Design Principal Engineer

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



Drive new technologies and mass production developments by market sensing, generating, and developing concepts to meet the established specification with the key purpose of maintaining Honda’s high quality and customer’s satisfaction.

Key Accountabilities



• Lead, guide or establish the generation of high-level drawings representing new technologies and components by using computer aided design which have been confirmed to guarantee fit, form, and specification by using 2D/3D layouts, calculation/simulation, FTA/FMEA, guidelines, standards, and regulations.  These drawings will be utilized for prototype generation, engineering estimates, supplier negotiations, factory assembly confirmations and finally mass production specification setting

• Lead, guide, or establish project teams to meet the targets and schedule of the development by ensuring deadlines are met, resource needs are coordinated with supervisor, and effectively utilize contractor resources without supervision. Consistently communicate project status and participate or lead project meetings, discussions, and development events.  Confirm SED and TE milestones are met

• Lead, guide, or establish bill of materials to track impacts of new technologies, features, and components by using cost tables, cost simulation software, and supplier quoting to guarantee project team cost targets are maintained

• Generate and develop advanced ideas to improve Honda competiveness by product features and technologies, or by factory or development efficiency without supervision

• Support or lead market quality and VA themes without supervision. Utilize problem-solving methods to analyse root causes. Develop and implement C/M specs as necessary without supervision. Lead recurrence prevention when appropriate

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills



• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in related field

• Project leadership experience

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