Manufacturing Process 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!

About this Position: 

BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) Bridge Team Process Engineer will work within a team to study the impact of new equipment and line changes to improve current model processes in the Assembly Department. Additionally, this role will create and maintain a checklist to audit New Model Operation Standards to ensure they meet East Liberty plant-specific Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Morale characteristics. Finally, this role will study improvements to current model processes to align with New Model process design.

Responsibilities include:

•  Study current and future situations to create & present information for explaining the problem, proposed solutions, and to secure support for activities
• Audit large datasets to ensure accurate information across all New Model operation standards. Utilize Excel and VBA to optimize tasks.
• Study current production processes and determine impact and path forward based on New Model Assembly line changes
• Review PDDA data and attend physical builds to analyse and identify potential problems.
• Develop plans and schedules for innovation projects. Set timelines and detailed activities. Hold meetings with cross functional engineering groups to ensure completeness.
• Support project team with special studies and investigations specifically for design concepts with significant impact to current assembly methods
• Investigate & recommend improvements to New Model process design, line layout, product or part design, and the tools utilized in production to help eliminate top concerns
• Communicate New Model process and design information to other MMC team members and request support from groups when necessary
• Represent ELP in the development of New Model BEV processes
• Support New Model events and forecast design impact to department. Identify concerns and countermeasures before mass production.
• Coordinate hand-off of new model from New Model to ELP control

Who we are seeking:

Required Work Experience:

•  0-6 years of experience based on education, prefer intern or co-op experience (1-2 terms)

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent related experience

Desired skills:

• Root cause analysis
• Strong communication skills
• Collaboration with teams
• Self-driven
• Strong continuous improvement mindset
• MS office; problem solving/decision making skills
• project management capabilities
• knowledge of PDDA/MOST is a plus.

Additional Position Factors:

• Shift schedule is primarily a first shift position
• Position could require some travel to other Honda Locations, including Japan
• Position could require daily overtime or Saturday/Shutdown overtime

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.