Are you an electronics or software engineer with experience co-ordinating projects? Or a project manager with experience managing electronics or software projects? If so, we want to hear from you!
We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Project Engineer to join our Electronic Controllers team at Honeywell Aerospace in Yeovil.
Honeywell Aerospace products and services are used on virtually every commercial, defence, and space aircraft. We build aircraft engines, cockpit and cabin electronics, wireless connectivity systems, mechanical components. Our hardware and software solutions help create more fuel-efficient aircraft, more direct and on-time flights and safer skies.
The Yeovil site is a thriving design, development and manufacturing facility specialising in Environmental Control Systems and Life Support Systems. As part of the town’s rich aviation heritage, the site boasts world class development and qualification testing facilities, and has produced numerous innovations in these product areas.
Within the Yeovil Engineering department, the Electronic Controllers team is a multidisciplinary group that provides the core functionality of these systems, integrating specialised hardware and software to meet the stringent requirements associated with these high integrity systems.
This is a hybrid role, featuring a 3 days in-office/2 days remote work model, with occasional travel to customer sites in the UK and Europe.
Responsibilities
Our project engineers ensure the successful delivery of high quality electronic controller solutions on time and within budget. Core responsibilities include:
- Leading the design, qualification and compliance of multiple aerospace electronic products from concept through to production.
- Collaborating with mechanical, electronics, firmware and software engineers to achieve technical requirements and objectives.
- Controlling the electronics project scope, including schedule, budget, and risk, along with scope change and baseline control.
- Managing design and phase gate reviews as well as progress status reporting, with key stakeholders within the organisation, and with customers.
- Providing engineering cost and effort estimates to proposals, to win new business.
- Demonstrating compliance with all requirements, quality processes and procedures.
- Partnering with other diverse engineering disciplines and teams both locally and globally, to achieve successful results.
This varied role requires a wide range of technical and personal skills, determination, focus, and application, offering a unique opportunity to develop a successful and rewarding career in a world-renowned global aerospace company.
Qualifications
Essential:
- Degree or equivalent in electronics, software, aerospace engineering or a related field.
- Demonstrable experience in digital/analogue electronics design and/or embedded software design, to an extent that inspires confidence in the design team being led.
- Experience in requirements and configuration management, quality standards and documentation to a level commensurate with aerospace products and techniques for ensuring built in quality and safety.
- Conversant with and have experience in all facets of project management (including resource, cost and milestone planning, risk management, change management) using typical planning tools such as Microsoft Project.
- Experience in developing management operating systems for projects per AS9100 and Aerospace Procedures, or equivalent quality standards.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience leading teams to achieve successful outcomes.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
Desired:
- Demonstrable experience with commercial or military aerospace governance standards, in particular RTCA/DO-160, DO-178 and DO-254.
- Experience with DOORs for requirements management, or SAP Advanced Product Quality Planning.
What we offer:
- Work for a well-known brand with a strong focus on innovation and growth.
- Join a dynamic team with professional development opportunities, where most leaders are promoted from within.
- Access to medical, vision, dental, and mental health benefits
- Benefit from share investment plan and pension scheme.
- Be part of a culture that fosters inclusion, diversity, and innovation.
Join a company that's reintroducing itself to the aviation community we've helped advance for more than a century. At Honeywell Aerospace (NASDAQ: HONA), we're launching as an independent, publicly traded aerospace and defense company built on a legacy of operational excellence and mission-focused execution.
Our new brand identity pairs that heritage with real momentum, as we build technology that helps pilots navigate with confidence, aircraft operate more efficiently, and operators stay ahead of change. With our systems on board 90% of the world's aircraft, your work here has reach that's rare to find anywhere else.
Focusing on our customers, investing in innovation, and building a culture of accountability and performance is how we're shaping what comes next.
Every horizon. Every mission. Every day.
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Qualifications
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual
orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform
crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Join a team recognized for leadership, innovation, and diversity.
Skills Required
- Degree or equivalent in electronics, software, aerospace engineering, or a related field
- Experience in digital or analogue electronics design and/or embedded software design
- Experience with requirements and configuration management, quality standards, and aerospace documentation
- Experience across project management activities including resource, cost, milestone, risk, and change management
- Experience using project planning tools such as Microsoft Project
- Experience developing project management operating systems compliant with AS9100, aerospace procedures, or equivalent quality standards
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience leading teams to successful outcomes
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Experience with commercial or military aerospace governance standards, particularly RTCA DO-160, DO-178, and DO-254
- Experience with DOORS requirements management or SAP Advanced Product Quality Planning
The Aerospace Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Aerospace Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by The Aerospace Corporation.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) plan provides a company‑paid contribution of 8–12% based on years of service with immediate eligibility and vesting, and eligible employees can access retiree medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off includes 15 vacation days (rising to 20 after five years), nine paid holidays, and unlimited sick time for exempt employees with accruals for non‑exempt staff.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work models include a 9/80 schedule with alternating Fridays off, supported by backup care services, an EAP, relocation assistance, and home‑office stipends where applicable.
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What We Do
The space enterprise has been transformed by rapid change and growth. New vehicles for national security space, a more rapid launch cadence, proliferated satellite constellations, the pursuit of interplanetary exploration, and thriving commercial ventures are changing the nature of the space industry. The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) is a leading architect for U.S. space programs, shaping efforts to outpace threats to our national security while cultivating the technologies needed to further this new era of space commercialization and exploration. Aerospace works across the space enterprise in service of the public interest. In addition to supporting the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, our customers include NASA, NOAA, numerous federal agencies, and commercial space — all of whom benefit from our deep technical knowledge. We only pursue business related to the space mission and complementary fields, operating as the nation’s trusted partner to solve the toughest challenges and develop reliable and innovative technologies. Innovation in space occurs when people have the freedom to imagine and do. At Aerospace, we take pride in our readiness to solve some of the most complex challenges in the space enterprise.
Why Work With Us
We are a non-profit corporation chartered by the government to work on the hardest problems in space. We employ technical experts in every discipline of space-related science and engineering who touch every part of the US space program. Come join us as we make an impact bigger than ourselves.
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