Senior Engineer, Quality Management Systems
Job Description
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
Develop the Honda Aircraft Quality Management System (QMS) including identification/resolution of business practice
concerns, assuring compliance to AS9100, and assuring compliance to government requirements.
Key Accountabilities
- As a company-wide function, develop, maintain, and assure adherence to the Honda Aircraft Quality Management Policy (QMP) through leadership of the Quality Standardization committee.
- Identify and resolve issues to improve business practices involving QMS compliance by leading working groups with QMS representatives and subject matter experts.
- Integrate requirements for improvements from internal sources such as AS9100 compliance audits, risk assessments, and regular PDCA, as well as external sources such as normal warranty issues, ADs, government audits and HM audits.
- Strategically lead the development of solutions through guided expert recommendations to business unit QMS representatives while building horizontal consensus across the company.
- Build consensus with all levels of management in the Honda Aircraft business units to determine how to change business operations to improve quality. Be a resource to business units and divisions on concerns related to QMS strategy, procedures, audits, training, and other items as needed.
- Apply the Global Honda Quality Standards (GHQS) to the aviation business.
- Develop clear QMS supplements, standards and procedures.
- Identify and resolve issues to improve business practices involving QMS compliance by leading working groups with QMS representatives and subject matter experts.
- Compliance with AS9100
- Lead auditor for AS9100 internal audits and support external audits.
- Negotiate with auditors on technical merits of C/M ideas.
- Create analysis reports.
- Lead and direct other departments to investigate/resolve non-conformities.
- Review and confirm effective countermeasures for audit results.
- QMS System Owner / Administration
- Manage incorporation of QMS into electronic systems for document control and training records and procure resources as needed to ensure sustainability and continuous improvements.
- Administer and maintain systems required to manage the QMS, audit plans, non-conformities, training, and records.
- Plan and implement improvements with suppliers and Honda IT.
- Compliance with Government Regulation
- Collaborate with Chief Inspecting Engineer (CIE’s) to implement control plans and prepare for external audits.
- Develop countermeasures to findings using Honda problem solving methods.
Qualifications, Experience, and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent and strongly-related experience
- Minimum Experience
- 8+ years of related experience
- 2 years of experience at a Honda company
- Other Job-Specific Skills
- Knowledge of Quality Management Systems (ISO9001/AS9100) or Regulatory Quality Systems
- Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Key Performance Indicators
- L3 Business plan theme milestones completed on schedule with expected results.
- Business improvement strategies developed to meet prescribed planning cycle requirements
- Business Unit/Department KPIs achieved
Working Conditions
- Highly collaborative open office environment
- At the spot judgement to understand actual situation during internal audit.
- Occasional domestic and international travel for training, business collaboration, and benchmarking.
What differentiates Honda and makes 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.)
- Regional Bonus (when applicable)
- Manager Lease Car Program (No Cost - Car, Maintenance, and Insurance included)
- 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:
- Lifestyle Account
- Childcare Reimbursement Account
- Elder Care Support
- Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
- 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.