Modeler Senior I

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 :

Operates independently and collaboratively with multidisciplinary design and engineering teams to execute a full range of digital modeling tasks aligned with program and organizational objectives. Translates product concepts, styling intent, and engineering requirements into high-quality digital surface models. Applies advanced visualization, sculpting, and surfacing skills to deliver production-ready digital assets that meet design and manufacturing specifications. Serves as PIC for assigned area of specialty and may lead project teams as a Project Leader (PL). Responsibilities are carried out with a high degree of autonomy, requiring sound judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making within defined parameters for accuracy, quality, efficiency, and compliance with program timelines and organizational standards.

Key Accountabilities :

• Utilizes excellent knowledge / understanding of design / styling concepts and modeling skills / techniques to interpret design sketches, drawings and layouts to confirm engineering requirements / styling intent and creatively visualizes design concepts into three dimensional scale, full-size forms and digital models, incorporating accurate visual proportions, line character, weight, directional quality and total harmony of the design.
• Utilizes excellent digital modeling skills to create package models of proposed vehicles / components in area of specialty, including applying engineering specifications to produce digital model design / styling data, building and issuing 3-D data model and verifying “prove out” model meets design engineering specification while capturing design styling intent.
• As PIC interfaces with design, fabrication and project teams in all phases of development, clarifying design concept / styling intent, producing finished models / package model data per project schedule, reviewing design / styling issues and conducting problem-solving to determine and / or propose styling solutions, altering / modifying models and reissuing package model data to meet project goals / technical requirements and summarizing / presenting project status / updates as needed.
• Identifies potential styling concerns that may impact product safety, quality and manufacturability, interfacing with designers to review styling issues and recommending styling changes to promote design feasibility while maintaining design concept / styling intent.
• Participates in project meetings, activities, and discussions, providing information and general project support as needed.
• Supports process improvement efforts in area of specialty, evaluating existing modeling processes and recommending changes / improvements to support current / future business operations.
• Expands knowledge / understanding of design development process and project cycles as well as SED organization / functions and identifies opportunities to promote department services.

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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.