# Development Testing and Validation Engineering, Senior

**Company**: American Honda Motor Company
**Location**: Haw River, North Carolina
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $92,000.00 - $114,900.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4744011

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Development Testing and Validation Engineer to join our team at American Honda Motor Company in Haw River, North Carolina. The successful candidate will play a key role in the electrified transition, setting technical specifications and test methods for new products.

The role involves:

- Motivating, guiding, and establishing high-level specifications and confirmation methods for new technologies and components in the area of electrified strength and regulation

- Conducting bench marking and market sensing, prototype confirmation testing using strength benches and real-world testing

- Setting targets with the use of DA's and FTA/FMEA, ensuring guidelines, standards, and regulations are met

- Confirming customer requirements and Honda quality with prototypes and pre-production samples

- Leading market quality and VA themes with minimal supervision in the area of strength and regulation

The ideal candidate will have:

- A Bachelor's Degree in engineering or equivalent in a related field

- 5+ years of engineering experience, preferably in Power Products or Powersports

- Power product testing experience in strength and regulation

- Expertise in judging parts strength for lawn mowers and riding mowers

- Knowledge of lawn mower regulations and ability to apply them to A-requirement tests

We offer a competitive salary range of $92,000.00 - $114,900.00, as well as a comprehensive benefits package, including:

- Competitive base salary

- 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

Responsibilities:

- Motivate, guide, and establish the generation of high-level specifications and confirmation methods representing new technologies and components in the area of electrified strength and regulation

- Motivate, guide, and establish small project teams through Project Leader Role to meet the targets and schedule of the development

- Generate and develop new ideas to improve Honda competitiveness through competitor research

- Lead market quality and VA themes with minimal supervision in the area of strength and regulation

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree in engineering or equivalent in related field

- 5+ years engineering experience preferably in Power Products or Powersports

- Power product testing experience in strength and regulation

- Expertise to judge parts strength for lawn mowers and riding mowers

- Expertise with lawn mower regulations and can apply them into A-requirement tests

Working Conditions:

- Travel: Amount varies based on project demands/responsibilities, conferences, etc.; includes possible overseas travel

- Physical: Splits time between desk and shop working with the actual machines

- Hazards: Risks found in a typical office & shop setting

- Overtime: Overtime expected based on project demands/responsibilities

## Skills

### Required
- Power product testing
- Strength and regulation
- Lawn mower regulations
- FTA/FMEA
- Data logging hardware/software
- Strain gage application
- Material testing
- Test plan and schedule creation
- Research/test report creation
- Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Catia CAD software

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