Quality 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

• Responsible to support in-house and customer plant quality concerns. Understanding of TMP-GA's manufacturing characteristics, transmission function, and department equipment to support complex quality concerns and verification of changepoints.

Key Accountabilities

• Technical lead for unit. Understand and manage mass production product changepoints and impact to department procedures and equipment. Develop special testing as required to support mass production changepoint verification, part deviation approval and analysis of quality concerns.
• Department New Model lead - Understand New Model impact to department, customer plant and in-house quality. Coordinate with affected MP Representatives to ensure smooth transition from New Model to MP start - Change points, Testing, Quality Agreements, assembly/disassembly, function, etc. Train TQ Dept associates on all New Model change points and testing requirement/procedures. Ensure necessary jigs, fixtures, equipment, test modes are in place to support the New Model. Prepare and present New Model Evaluation documents to Department/Division/Zone Leaders.
• Equipment lead for unit. Repair, maintenance, hardware/software, and training. Creation of test modes when necessary.
• Statistical Analysis (Utilize data trends to help identify quality concerns & improvement items)
• Weekly, Monthly Reporting/Communication
• Support Department Business plan performance measurable and targets, forecast impact, monitor results & develop gap elimination plans to achieve Department goals

Required Education

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent in related field

Required Experience

• 2-8 years' experience working with quality controls in a manufacturing process

Decisions Expected

• Deep rooted complex analysis of transmission concerns to determine if product is non-conforming or in spec per Honda drawings and engineering standards. Strong mechanical aptitude with past technical mfg, quality, or engineering experience.
• Establishing solid activity with good communication and confirmation plan, to maximize the benefit of the change, while preventing negative impact to cost and quality.
• Establishing a clear and robust plan for quality improvement activity and problem solving that needs coordination and collaboration between Quality and Manufacturing. Technical liaison between Manufacturing and Transmission Quality.

Working Conditions

• Manufacturing environment
• Occasional travel - Approx 1-2 trips average per year for complex issues and collaboration with Ohio.
• 5-10 hours of OT each week. OT support required as major quality concerns arise.

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• 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
• Free Drinks Onsite

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.