Principal AI Solutions Architect

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

Transforms approved Powersports & Products AI use cases into scalable technical capabilities by independently defining solution design, requirements, integration specifications, implementation approach and measurable acceptance criteria. Serves as a principal Powersports & Products technical specialist for complex AI implementations and establishes reusable Powersports & Products solution patterns. Enterprise architecture, security, governance and production authorities retain final approval accountability.

Key Accountabilities

Assume technical ownership after business use case approval and within approved portfolio priorities, funding, platforms and governance requirements. Independently translate approved outcomes into solution design, technical requirements, integration specifications, implementation approach and measurable acceptance criteria.

Apply expert independent judgment to novel and ambiguous AI integration problems. Maximize approved AI platforms, agents, automation and data capabilities; create advanced AI solutions and controlled test environments; and recommend new technical approaches when established Powersports & Products patterns do not exist. Establish proven approaches for reuse across Powersports & Products through approved enterprise processes.

Serve as the lead Powersports & Products technical counterpart to AHM IT, the AI Hub and platform teams. Define functional and technical specifications, integration requirements and acceptance criteria; resolve Powersports & Products technical dependencies; and verify conformance to approved requirements while designated enterprise authorities retain final approval responsibility.

Independently lead advanced prototypes, controlled AI experiments and proofs of value. Demonstrate feasibility, repeatability, scalability and technical effectiveness; and recommend implementation, redesign or further experimentation to the accountable business and enterprise approval authorities.

Develop reusable Powersports & Products AI solution frameworks, integration patterns, technical decision methods and implementation playbooks for adoption through approved enterprise processes, accelerating future implementations across Powersports & Products functions and locations and reducing one off solution development.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

Minimum Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience. Advanced degree preferred.

Desired Experience

Extensive progressively responsible experience in enterprise technology, systems integration, solution architecture, technical transformation, AI/data enabled solutions, engineering technology or related disciplines, including demonstrated leadership of highly complex cross functional technical initiatives.

Required Skills

Expert AI solution design and enterprise systems integration.

Expert level judgment solving novel, ambiguous, cross domain technical problems.

Advanced AI, agentic AI, automation, cloud, data and analytics knowledge.

Ability to maximize approved enterprise AI platforms beyond standard use.

Expert translation of business outcomes into precise technical specifications.

Advanced technical influence across businesses, AHM IT, AI Hub, vendors and technical specialists.

Reusable solution framework and technical pattern development.

Executive level communication of feasibility, tradeoffs, risk and technical recommendations.

Principal level technical leadership, consultation and mentoring across multiple disciplines without direct supervisory authority.

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.