Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Purpose

Collaborate with cross-functional divisions to develop automotive body structures and components within the Upperbody Design Department, ensuring designs meet or exceed customer expectations while balancing vehicle performance, styling, marketability, manufacturing requirements, profitability, and other design constraints.

Responsibilities

• Create and/or manage creation of 3D models, layouts, and 2D drawings using CATIA.
• Correlate and negotiate with internal Honda contacts including other design departments, test departments, styling studio, factories and purchasing.
• Lead part development activities with suppliers, setting design targets and confirming prospects to achieve requirements.
• Support part and vehicle verification, including developing countermeasures as necessary.
• Estimate and manage part cost, weight, and investment throughout development, including review of supplier quotes.

Qualifications, Experience, And Skills

• Minimum Educational Qualifications: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
• Minimum Experience: 0–2 years relevant experience
• Other Job-Specific Skills: CATIA or other 3D CAD software, self-motivated, organized, multitasker, effective verbal and written communication.

Key Accountabilities

Create and/or manage creation of 3D models, layouts, and 2D drawings using CATIA. Correlate and negotiate with internal Honda contacts including other design departments, test departments, styling studio, factories and purchasing. Lead part development activities with suppliers, setting design targets and confirming prospects to achieve requirements. Support part and vehicle verification, including developing countermeasures as necessary. Estimate and manage part cost, weight, and investment throughout development, including review of supplier quotes.

Working Conditions

• Majority of work is performed in an office environment.
• Some interaction in test lab, fabrication, and manufacturing environments.
• 5–10 hours/week OT as needed.
• Some domestic and limited international travel.

What Differentiates Honda and Make Us an Employer of Choice?

• Total Rewards: Competitive Base Salary, Paid Overtime, Regional Bonus (when applicable), Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx), Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown, Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution, Relocation assistance (if eligible).
• Career Growth Advancement Opportunities, Career Mobility, Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning, Training and Development programs.
• Additional Offerings: Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment, Lifestyle Account, Childcare Reimbursement Account, Elder Care Support, Wellbeing Program, Community Service and Engagement Programs, Product Programs.

What Makes a Honda, Is Who Makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”