Paint Manufacturing Materials Engineer

Role details

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

This position will focus on materials such as adhesives and sealers used throughout the body structure. Our goal is to ensure body in white structural integrity by establishing and leading systems to develop, implement, and sustain various welding and joining processes beginning at the new model prototype phase throughout the mass production lifecycle.

Key Accountabilities

• Control, investigate and make proposals of specs for joining equipment needs (in the areas of new equipment, consumables, joining hardware, spare parts, preventative maintenance, and inspection technologies) and act as liaison to vendor(s) to optimize and standardize joining equipment.
• Meet requirements of new model development and maturation (parameter development, destruct/countermeasure, quality standard sheets, drawing review, feasibility studies, and build support) to achieve milestone targets and smooth launch.
• Develop testing and procedures for quality verification and inspection to prevent shipment of nonconforming product.
• Create and maintain sealer and adhesive quality reporting and documentation for the department to manage daily production and compliance.
• Perform destructive analysis of the body in white structure to ensure quality standards and targets are met through the analysis of welds, sealers, and adhesives then reporting these findings.
• Provide engineering technical knowledge to manage nonconforming product evaluation, execution, and containment to minimize impact to plant operations or customers.
• Make, update and revise training material for joining processes and conduct training to improve department skill level.
• Optimize usage of joining sub materials to reduce department operating expenses while maintaining product and manufacturing characteristics.
• Maintain regular communication with other facilities, reduce duplicate workload, and collaborate on global joining activity.
• Lead and/or actively participate in department initiatives such as business plan, loss elimination, knowledge share/transfer, continuous improvement, and engagement.
• Develop a thorough understanding and apply engineering standards, spec / drawing and Honda quality systems and methods to hold accountability, prevent outflow, and ensure compliance.

Qualifications, Experience, And Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Material Science or Mechanical Engineering Or Equivalent related experience
• 0-6 years of experience based on education (Manufacturing Experience preffered)
• Knowledge of sealers and adhesives material properties and behaviors
• Knowledge of materials application technologies
• Knowledge of destructive testing and measurement practices
• Experience with manufacturing processes and practices
• Laboratory measurement experience
• Good communication with internal and external groups
• Problem solving skills
• Preferred ability to read and understand mechanical drawings – both 2D (two-dimensional) and CAD (computer-aided design) environment
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Power Point design and Excel formulation)
• Familiarity with 6-axis robot systems (Fanuc and Yaskawa)

Working Conditions

• Plant floor, Office, some lifting
• 40% office/40% production floor/20% meetings on average
• Infrequent off-shift support
• 5-10 hours paid overtime per week on average
• Opportunity for short-term travel/business trips/training

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

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.