User Experience Chief Engineer

Location: Raymond, OH
Workstyle: Hybrid

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 which 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!

About this Position:

As an Infotainment UX and Strategy/Sensing Engineer you will utilize your mastery of User-centered design methodology to guide research and set the direction for vehicle interface solutions to ensure an exceptional User Experience in the North American market and for development vehicles. In addition, you will work with group members to set high level strategy and perform product sensing for IVI division. You will guide junior engineers in the process and make sound judgments regarding Digital UX interactions, strategy and sensing, and specifications with a focus on C.A.S.E. (Connected Autonomous Shared Electrification).

As Chief Engineer (Technical Leader) you adapt and apply locally the Global Technology Strategy and have final accountability and authority on the technical output of this function area of IVI.

Responsibilities include:

• User Experience Roadmap: Communicate the UX vision and outcomes needed along with guidance, mentoring, and team action on how to achieve them to facilitate qualitative and efficient directions, and to ensure that work is prioritized in line with divisional and company requirements and priorities.
• User Experience Development: Review and approve HMI proposals and oversee the development of UX specifications. Correlate UX specifications with Japan, and provide feedback to Japan on their UX development
• User Experience Testing: Provide judgment on customer impact for proposed system changes and propose alternative solutions as necessary
• Documentation: Review, approve and sign-off technical documentation as highest technical authority (i.e., development documents for technical evaluations, A- Requirements, functional safety). Bear legal responsibility for documentation signed.
• Integration & Correlation: Follow company policies and external regulations and consider industry best practices to set divisional guidelines and frameworks for validating hardware/software into the vehicle. Foresee potential integration issues and advise on their resolution. Develop and coach others, helping them through roadblocks. Interactions and correlations are typically cross-company and global.
• Strategic Planning/Sensing: Understand and adapt global technology strategy of assigned technical area in the region and estimate and request necessary resources. Involves regular and close communication and technical correlation with Japan Office.
• Supplier Management: Identify new, select, and lead technical and pricing negotiations with suppliers. Provide oversight and direction and offer troubleshooting judgement as needed. Provide direction and requirements on all technical outputs, including development process related, for quality assurance.
• Improvement & Innovation: Follow organizational strategic direction to set the course and oversee the development of new technologies organized and executed by HRA in assigned functional area(s).
• Technical Leadership and Direction: Break down high level strategies and/or direction into clear tactical plans. Explain how they relate to the division's strategy and direction, and the broader organization's mission and vision. Motivate associates to achieve technical area's goals while growing professionally at the same time.
• External Representation: Represent the company in professional associations, forums, and conventions, typically for the assigned technical area. Represent the company in legal cases involving own responsibility area.
• Horizon Scanning: Maintain understanding of related current technologies and explore future trends and possibilities through ongoing education, conference attendance, industry association representation, industry publications, and competition tracking, to inform strategic planning and/or relay internally for further consideration.

Who we are seeking:

Required Work Experience:

• General Experience: Experience level enables job holder to provide leadership to others regarding work related systems, processes, and challenges (More than 15 years).
• Managerial Experience: Experience of planning, managing, and organizing resources within short / medium timescales within the overall policy framework (6 - 10 years).

Required Education:

• Bachelors in Human Factors, Industrial Design, UX design; Engineering, Psychology, or Product Development

Desired skills:

• Experience conducting user-centered research in educational and/or professional environment and implementing to design solution
• Product Benchmarking
• Experience with GUI prototyping preferred (Figma, Axure, Kanzi, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills and ability to produce presentation documents

Working Conditions:

• Hybrid
• Sitting (40%), Vehicle testing (35%), Standing (10%), Walking (10%), Reaching (5%), Crouching (4%), Bending (4%), stooping (4%), Lift/Carry 50lbs (2%), Pushes/Pulls equip (2%)
• Exposure to: Flammable gases, Compressed gases, Extreme Temperatures, Radio Frequencies, Drive vehicles, Color vision

Additional Position Factors:

• Workstyle: Hybrid
• Travel: 10%

At Honda, you will play a key role in our journey to become a company that society wants to exist now, and in the future. Your endless curiosity will drive innovation and your courageous spirit will challenge the status quo. We believe having a workforce made up of diverse thinkers and innovators makes us a better Honda. Respect for each other and respect for diversity each and every day drives our associates to contribute at the highest level and work effectively in a team environment. We make the dream of mobility a reality with our innovative and high-quality products. Together, we Bring the Future to our customers, associates, and communities. We are Honda!

What differentiates Honda and makes 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, education, etc.
• Annual Bonus
• Manager Lease Car Program (No Cost - Car, Maintenance, and Insurance included)
• Industry leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, sick time, personal days
• 401K Plan with company match additional contribution
• Lifestyle Bonus
• Relocation assistance

Career Growth:

• Advancement opportunities
• Career mobility
• Education reimbursement for continued learning
• Training and Development programs

Additional Offerings:

• 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.