Drivemode

Product Manager

• Define compelling value propositions grounded in insights from user research, analytics, and market signals.
• Define KPI and success metrics for each project.
• Identify and validate customer needs (interviews, usability studies, etc.).
• Conduct competitive analysis and develop competitor maps, opportunity matrices, and customer journey assets.
• Translate ambiguous challenges into crisp opportunities and structured product narratives.
• Partner with Design Research to gather insights and synthesize them into actionable themes.
• Use analytical and qualitative inputs to size opportunities, understand adoption blockers, and prioritize user problems, balancing user insights and market signals with business goals and OKR alignment.
• Influence business goals based on the loud signals from the market.
• Create low-to-medium fidelity prototypes (flows, wireframes, interaction mocks, simple functional prototypes) to explore ideas quickly.
• Run lightweight experiments to test hypotheses, validate assumptions, and refine solutions before committing engineering effort.
• Collaborate with Design and Engineering to evaluate feasibility early and iterate rapidly based on feedback.
• Drive continuous learning cycles by combining user insights, prototype feedback, and data to converge on high-confidence product decisions.

• Define and Execute Product Strategy: Develop product vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Drive Customer-Centric Innovation: Create intuitive mobile/out-car experiences.
• Collaborate Across Borders: Work with stakeholders at Honda in Japan and the US.
• Lead and Scale Teams: Build and mentor a high-performing product team.
• Optimize Development Processes: Ensure efficient product delivery with cross-functional teams.
• Champion Product Excellence: Establish best practices for product management.

Director of Product – Mobile

SDET

• Analyze the app being built and determine the best automation approach.
• Create new test cases to ensure mobile app quality meets Honda's high standards.
• Work closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders throughout the Honda organization.
• Provide mobile app automation solutions on both iOS and Android, across APIs, and automotive hardware.

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Analyst

• Build an Excel single source of truth for workforce / man-month capacity and effort by project/team.
• Consolidate Worksheets; normalize IDs/names, maintain mapping tables (project, team, cost center), and document change logs.
• Track effort and capacity by project/org on a monthly cadence and variances for management reviews.
• Build reusable templates (Power Query queries, input forms) to minimize manual work and improve repeatability.
• Define data quality rules (cut-off, naming, versioning) and reconciliation checks; escalate exceptions with clear owners and due dates.
• Partner with PMs, Engineers, Finance, and HR stakeholders across the US and Japan to drive adoption, coordinating across time zones and flexing hours for occasional late meetings (JST, with advance notice).

Workforce Planning Analyst

Full-stack Engineer

• Develop a multiplatform vehicle companion app for iOS and Android using Kotlin Multiplatform, Jetpack Compose, and SwiftUI
• Partner with product managers, designers, backend engineers, and peers across Honda
• Engage in discussions and contribute ideas to product definitions and designs
• Lead technical discussions, feature development, and architecture reviews
• Pair with managers to define a technical vision and roadmap for the app
• Drive system design and architecture
• Own the breakdown of complex problems into simple development tasks
• Build prototypes to validate the feasibility of requirements and to test new ideas
• Advocate for unit and integration testing best practices
• Design APIs and SDKs together with external teams
• Lead observability of non-functional requirements to ensure a delightful experience for Honda and Acura drivers around the world
• Support engineering development lifecycle processes in a highly regulated and safety-oriented industry

Staff Mobile Software Engineer

iOS Engineer

• Develop a vehicle companion app on iOS with a Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) core and native SwiftUI views
• Provide guidance and support across the app feature stack, including the Android app and the server layer
• Partner with product managers, designers, backend engineers, and peers across Honda
• Engage in discussions and contribute ideas to product definitions and designs
• Lead technical discussions, feature development, and architecture reviews
• Design APIs and SDKs together with internal and external stakeholders
• Take ownership of features from concept to delivery
• Support engineering development lifecycle processes in a highly regulated and safety-oriented industry
• Build prototypes to validate the feasibility of challenging requirements and to test new ideas
• Mentor other engineers and proactively raise the level of the team
• Drive company vehicles to support hands-on product development, testing, and real-world validation
• Get behind the wheel for competitive analysis, benchmarking, and helping shape the next generation of our products

Senior Software Engineer – Mobile, iOS

IT Support

• Lead our IT organization across both our US and Japan offices, promoting global collaboration to deliver user-focused solutions and a seamless global experience.
• Oversee and maintain the IT systems, networks, and cloud-based infrastructure.
• Lead efforts to transform the IT infrastructure into a more user friendly and secure environment.
• Develop and implement IT policies, security protocols, and best practices.
• Manage the IT budget, optimizing costs, and recommending new technologies.
• Implement and manage security measures to protect the organization's data, networks, vehicles, and systems from unauthorized access, cyber threats, viruses, and other security breaches.
• Collaborate with department heads to ensure IT services align with business requirements.
• Maintain detailed documentation of IT systems, network configurations, software licenses, and support procedures to facilitate troubleshooting, maintenance, and future upgrades.
• Interact with IT vendors and service providers to procure hardware, software, and services, negotiate contracts, and manage vendor relationships.

Senior IT Engineer

Backend Engineer

Our Mission: Driving technology always feels old. Not by a little bit. We believe vehicles can be a thousand times smarter, safer, and more connected to the world around us, and our mission is to see it happen. In 2019, we joined forces with Honda as their first startup acquisition, and now we’re expanding our vision into building the future of electric vehicles (BEV) for millions of people around the world.
Why Drivemode: Drivemode is the new software and user experience division of Honda that is focused on digital experience for new electric vehicles. You will be joining an exciting startup environment that combines impactful work, competitive compensation, and excellent benefits. By becoming a part of our team, you'll contribute to our crucial mission of changing the way people engage with vehicles and help solving the world's environmental challenges. This presents an exceptional opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation and drive Honda's success in the EV market.
About the role: The Senior Backend Engineer is responsible for designing, delivering, and operating services on cloud infrastructure that support drivers on day-to-day activities such as navigation, preferences, authentication, and so on. You will work directly with product owners, and mobile and embedded application engineers to understand the product needs for online services you will be in charge of. You might also engage directly with external teams to learn about existing corporate systems, experiment with them, and participate in architecture and integration decisions.
We’re looking for someone who has a strong sense of ownership of product features and quality, is enthusiastic about trying new technologies, and does not hesitate to do whatever it takes to get things done, even if outside your usual responsibility area.