Principal Engineer - OTA Software Updates and Compliance

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!

• This senior principal software update engineer will perform the role of a Technical Expert and is responsible for defining technical processes, concepts and requirements as well as reviewing/judging the completeness of all technical‑related work products within their subject matter area(s). Technical Experts will also support the creation and development of technical strategies or supplier capability assessments together with Technical Leaders.
• This technical expert will be responsible for company‑level Software Update regulation (UN R155) management activities as well as technical development of the in‑vehicle over‑the‑air (OTA) software update system.
• The objective for this technical expert is to ensure clear development processes for all technical work items are established, product development is performed and results are verified using the established criteria, and that all technical deliverables meet the company criteria for performance, safety, quality, and reliability at each step within the automobile development process.

• Software Update regulation (UN R155) management:
  • Implement and manage the overall application of Software Update regulation to all applicable development models.
  • Correlate with global office to ensure the latest Software Update regulation process and requirements are understood and implemented within HDMA.
  • Deploy related tools and development know‑how to all related function departments.
  • Review work products submitted from all function departments to ensure Software Update regulation requirements are achieved.
• Technical Item Judgment:
  • Review all technical work products made by engineers within expertise area and evaluate them according to established company standards or subject‑matter‑specific criteria.
  • Utilize knowledge within subject‑matter expertise area to evaluate results of concepts, specifications, or test results.
  • Assign homework for any deficient items, support other engineers in understanding requirements or best practices, and follow up on incomplete items to maintain the development schedule.
  • Review all Technical Evaluation documents within subject matter area and ensure information is easy to understand, technically accurate and completed on‑time.
  • Ensure consistency of judgment criteria with global office where applicable.
• Technical Development Process:
  • Creates and maintains the standard development process to develop components within expertise area.
  • Establishes new methods, templates and action plans for any new technical activity.
  • Periodically reviews established processes to ensure comprehensive coverage of all requirements and past problems are resolved.
  • Investigates efficiency improvements or optimization activities.
  • Ensures consistency of processes with global office where applicable.
• Technical Requirement Setting:
  • Utilizes experience and understanding of company or function‑specific goals to establish requirements for product development.
  • Encourages engineers within subject matter area to propose and justify concept or requirement options, reviews and decides the best method.
  • Ensures consistency of requirement setting with global office where applicable.
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