Product Testing Engineer

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

5d•Onsite

About The Position

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! The Product Durability Test Engineer ensures ATV/SxS products meet Honda’s quality, reliability, and customer expectations by planning and executing prototype durability tests, coordinating root-cause investigations, and effectively communicating across the development team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
Engineering experience desired, preferably in Power Sports industry
ATV/SxS riding experience is highly desired
Capable data acquisition and laboratory skills/techniques
Capable mechanical skills, troubleshooting, problem solving, decision-making, and prioritization
Capable understanding of development project cycles, milestones
Capable in FTA, FMEA
Competent in written and oral communication
Competent analytical, problem solving, judgement, decision-making and prioritization
Competent in creating a plan and schedule
Competent time management skills
Must maintain a high level of confidentiality

Responsibilities

Manage and coordinate vehicle durability testing based on development contents and test requirements.
Define durability necessity based on development change points.
Identify, analyse, summarize & communicate test problems/concerns/results to development team.
Create overall test schedule considering project milestones and resource availability.
Manage assembly of prototype test vehicle, perform pre- test inspections and coordinate team inspection events.
Operate data acquisition equipment, including set up, instrumentation, data retrieval and analysis.
Complete daily vehicle inspection, ride test vehicle following defined test standards, monitor test course conditions, complete daily test summary documents.
Monitor that the test is being run safely and accurately and take action as needed.
Coordinate/schedule post-test inspection activity, development team check events, vehicle tear down.
Concisely and accurately summarize findings.
Facilitate root-cause analysis and countermeasure activity with development team.
Report test results clearly at team technical evaluation.
Maintain test lab, test equipment and tools; minimize downtime, maintain cleanliness, and keep safe/organized working area.
Coordinate internal/external test facility needs, including test scheduling, arranging maintenance & repair requests, and monitoring test course conditions for accuracy/safety.
Manage test part retention and destruction standards.
Support periodic lab safety audits. Propose and implement improvements to enhance safety.
Generate improvement ideas/proposals and lead execution.
Support market quality themes. Utilize problem-solving methods to investigate root causes.
Advance and implement C/M specs as necessary.
Generate basic ideas that contribute to the evolution of new technologies.
Support maturation of ideas to prepare for development applications with minimal supervision.