Principal Technical Product Lead

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:

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Principal Technical Product Lead for Digital Key to join our growing team. As a technical product lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Digital Key and connected products, from ideation to launch and beyond. You will be responsible for translating business requirements into technical specifications, working closely with engineering teams to deliver high-quality products, and championing the user experience.

Key accountabilities:

Translate business requirements into clear and concise technical specifications that

align with our overall product vision. Lead code and architecture review.

Program/Code prototype solutions to check the technical or customer value of new proposals.

Collaborate with product management, engineering, design, and marketing teams to define product strategy, roadmap, and feature prioritization.

Work closely with engineering teams to ensure that products are developed in a timely and efficient manner.

Manage product documentation and ensure that it is up-to-date and accurate.

Conduct market research and analyze user feedback to identify opportunities for product improvement.

Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies and trends that may impact our products.

Champion the user experience (UX) and ensure that products are easy to use and delightful to interact with.

Minimum educational qualification:

An undergraduate or graduate level degree with concentration in Computer Science / Wireless Communications / Electronics / EE and/or related field of study.

Other Job specific qualifications

10 or more years of experience working in the software and technical areas.

7 or more years of experience as a Technical Product Manager.

Strong experience with CCC key consortium and strong understanding of the interactions.

iOS / Android certification for connected systems (digital key, CarPlay / AndroidAuto)

Lead development of Digital Key solution using Bluetooth (BT), Near Field Communication (NFC) and Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technologies. Developed key authentication, key sharing, assigning key to a user profile and removing a key use cases.

Proficiency with IDEs (Android/JetPack, Cocoa/Swift, Python)

Experience and knowledge of authentication and authorization workflows using standards like OAuth and encryption standards.

Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications.

Strong understanding of software development methodologies.

Understanding of mobile application optimizations such performance and memory optimizations, debugging memory leaks and caching.

Able to think outside the box for solutions that meet the time and requirements

Able to modify and program GUI based solutions. Strong understanding of user. experience (UX) principles and design methodology.

Excellent planning and communication skills

Strong specification writing skills

Strong teamwork skills

Ability to work with software developers to meet project goals and timelines

Understanding of Agile principles and methodologies and experience implementing and adapting them to fit the team's needs.

Benefits and Total Rewards

Total Rewards:

Competitive annual base salary.

This role is eligible for Honda's Manager Vehicle Lease Program

Annual Bonus

Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision)

Paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, sick time, and personal days

401(K) Plan with company match + additional company service-based contribution

Career Growth:

Advancement opportunities

Career mobility

Education reimbursement for continued learning

Training and Development programs

Additional Offerings:

Well-being program

Annual lifestyle bonus: $1K

Relocation assistance.

Community service and engagement programs

Product programs

Free drinks onsite

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.