Mechanical Design Engineer (101531)

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.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Purpose



With guidance and support, set the part specification which contributes to the highest quality products for our customers at the most reasonable cost through drawing issue, development confirmation & reporting, and Bill of Materials management.

Key Accountabilities



• Schedule planning, management & reporting: establish and manage overall development schedule for assigned part(s) from concept to mass production.

• Design conceptualization: Given vehicle targets, determine what aspects of assigned part(s) must be changed and/or verified.  Clarify key inputs and appropriate target for each verification item.

• Design execution: Based on knowledge of manufacturing, assembly, & maintenance processes as well as understanding and consideration of variation factors for both assigned parts and surrounding parts, establish 3D layout concept and mature to fully defined 3D model.  Revise and repeat as needed if/when failures arise.

• Drawing creation and issuance: Based on factors described within the design concept, define the specification in the drawing to ensure part will be created and assembled in a way that all design inputs are fully satisfied.

• Cost calculation, correlation & reporting: Based on understanding of part specification and manufacturing process, estimate the cost for new designs.  Using this estimate, work with Honda purchasing department to negotiate with supplier to ensure the most reasonable cost.

• Change point verification: Considering all vehicle changes at each evaluation stage, determine potential side impacts to assigned parts.  Establish prospect for all confirmation items and compare estimated result to actual result to assess the validity.

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