Senior Design Research Engineer
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The Design Research Senior Engineer in the CoE Division conducts sensing for NA market and consumer trends, extracts emerging technologies, formulates hypotheses, and proposes research initiatives to provide value toward NA Honda’s business direction. Honda seeks individuals with diverse backgrounds, strong work ethic, and alignment with Honda’s goals to bring the future.
Responsibilities The Design Research Senior Engineer conducts sensing for NA market and consumer trends, extracts emerging technologies, and proposes research initiatives.
Continuously summarize and correlate sensing results and conclusions with internal stakeholders.
Propose and carry out advanced research of emerging technologies utilizing Agile methodologies to prove hypotheses and define value with speed.
Independently manage technical project resources while maintaining leading knowledge of state-of-the-art principles and theories.
Propose new technology research themes for implementation into the Honda technical strategy through existing meeting structure and cadence.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external research partners, industry experts, consortium members, university staff, and policy leaders to gather expertise and grow capability.
Within defined technical pillar, identify root causes of highly technical and multidisciplinary problems and develop plans, designs, test systems, materials, techniques and processes to achieve objectives.
Gain knowledge and expertise in emerging technologies, document findings, and inform others to grow the overall technical capability in North America.
Qualifications, Experience, And Skills Minimum Educational Qualifications Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering field or equivalent relevant experience in science/engineering research capacity.
Minimum Experience 5 or more years with focus on digital chip architectures, benchmarking, open-source IP / ISA (RISC), ARM, familiarity with CPU / GPU / NPU, FPGAs, SoCs (System-on-Chip) and heterogeneous integration.
Familiarity with Assembly language.
Other highly desirable: Prior experience with industry standard EDA tools (e.g., Synopsys / Cadence) for IC chip design. Experience with HDLs (Verilog / VHDL).
Other Job-Specific Skills Passion for research, solving hard problems, and challenging the status quo.
Ability to learn new topics and apply principles to design and manufacturing challenges.
Working knowledge of Agile processes and methodologies.
Design experiments to test hypotheses and prove them out.
Utilize agile processes to conduct sensing and research initiatives.
Confidently make autonomous decisions bounded by the research mission and understanding of the company business model.
Ability to efficiently manage resources to achieve project initiatives and schedules.
Clearly communicate new research and technology concepts to technical team members and management.
Scientifically analyze data from tests and experiments to gain knowledge and understanding of the research subject.
Oversee overall research project schedule, budget, and direction.
Working Conditions This position will require the employee to work at our ADC, Raymond, OH office at least 4 days per workweek. One remote workday a week may be possible with prior departmental approval.
Benefits and Rewards Competitive Base Salary (pay based on location, 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)
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.
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