Principal Applications Engineer

American Honda Motor Co., Inc.•Raymond, OH

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Applications Principal Engineer provides technical leadership for manufacturing systems, application integration, and digital transformation initiatives across development and manufacturing IT environments. This role drives adoption of standards, reference architectures, and best practices for APIs, event-driven systems, containerization, security, and AI integration. Working across product, architecture, infrastructure, and security teams, the engineer ensures scalable, secure, and efficient data movement while reducing technical complexity and system silos. The position also mentors teams, guides solution design, and translates enterprise standards into practical frameworks, templates, and reusable solutions.

Requirements

Must have a college level Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Data Science / Artificial Intelligence / Information Technology or a similar STEM field of study.
Must have at least 8 years of experience in IT or software engineering, including 3 or more years in a technical leadership role.
Strong expertise in two or more areas such as enterprise integration, API architecture, networking, OpenShift/container platforms, event-driven systems, streaming technologies, security frameworks (OAuth2, mTLS, Zero Trust), cloud/hybrid environments, or AI/ML integration.
Proven ability to influence teams, develop technical strategy, lead cross-functional initiatives, create executive-level presentations, manage vendors, support budgeting activities, and communicate complex technical concepts effectively.
Strong professional communication and technical writing.
Proven ability to deliver and evaluate management-level presentations.
Experience in budget planning and financial stewardship.
Vendor management and external partner coordination.
Capability to develop and drive strategy and execution plans.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of product and manufacturing systems (highly desired).

Responsibilities

Lead enterprise interface strategy and digital integration standards, including APIs, event-driven architectures, data flows, and AI-enabled solutions.
Drive adoption of container platforms such as OpenShift, CI/CD practices, and secure deployment patterns.
Define and implement security standards including authentication, authorization, data protection, and AI governance.
Establish scalable Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration approaches including LLMs, agent orchestration, MCP, RAG, and model-serving pipelines.
Guide streaming and event-driven data architectures, optimize performance and cost, and ensure seamless enterprise-to-plant connectivity.
Partner with architecture, security, infrastructure, vendors, and product teams to align solutions with business and technology objectives.