When you join Honeywell Aerospace, you become a member of our global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers and doers who make the things that make the future. That means changing the way we fly, fueling jets in an eco-friendly way, keeping buildings smart and safe and even making it possible to breathe on Mars.
Working at Honeywell Aerospace isn’t just about developing cool things. That’s why all of our employees enjoy access to dynamic career opportunities across different fields and industries.
Are you ready to help us make the future?
Be part of a team as a Lead Project Engineer with the interest, aptitude, and experience associated with the design, development, integration, and qualification of Aerospace Actuation products leading Commercial and Defense programs within our Honeywell Aerospace Control Systems - Actuation Systems product line. You will be the technical leader and primary decision maker for program cost, schedule, and technical issues. You will lead the prioritization of work packages, design goals, and objectives, and drive overall program performance throughout the development lifecycle.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Program/Project Management
- Cost account management skills in the SAP environment
- System and Component Requirements analysis and decomposition
- Control architecture and design
- Physics-based model development and system design
- Root cause and corrective action planning and execution
- Mechanical Systems validation & verification
- Customer technical interface
- Work with functional leaders to prioritize resources and implement project objectives
-Less than 10% domestic US travel
QualificationsUS CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT
Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws, regulations and contractual requirements, candidate must be a U.S. citizen.
YOU MUST HAVE
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in a technical discipline such as the sciences, technology, engineering or mathematics
- Minimum ten (10) years of Engineering experience in Complex Aerospace Systems
WE VALUE
- Strong management operating system that facilitates communication
- Leadership Skills — specifically decision making, driving results, and bias for action
- Utilizes Six Sigma and program management tools as appropriate within the Integrated Product Development Systems (IPDS) framework
- Persuasion to influence others to accept new concepts, practices, and approaches
- Ensures that departmental core competencies include continuous PE skill development
- Understanding of business objectives and more importantly the ability to interact with our customers
- Business acumen – knowledge of current and emerging practices, methods, and information relating to discipline and application within the industry
- Mechanical/Actuation Systems design and component controller integration
- Experience with systems requirement flow down
- Experience developing motor driven actuation systems
- Experience with systems requirement V&V
- Secret Security clearance
About us:
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.
Honeywell Aerospace products and services are found on aircraft across commercial aviation, defense and space — from engines and cockpit electronics to cabin systems, mechanical components and connectivity solutions. Our technology helps operators fly more safely, reduce fuel consumption, improve on-time performance and deliver a better experience for the people on board.
As aviation continues to evolve, we're also developing systems to support autonomous and supersonic platforms, bringing the same focus on safety and efficiency to the next era of flight. With approximately 36,000 employees worldwide and net sales of $17.4B in 2025, Honeywell Aerospace is one of the largest dedicated aerospace companies in the world. Explore our businesses: https://www.honeywellaerospace.com
Control Systems develops the thermal and motion control systems that help aircraft take off, land safely and protect the people on board. With more than 10 million passengers per day flying on aircraft equipped with our products and more than 75% of commercial flights beginning with our engine start systems, Control Systems reaches farther across the aviation industry than most people realize.
Benefits:
Beyond a performance-driven salary, you'll work alongside dedicated experts on technology that's advancing aviation. As a Honeywell Aerospace employee, you're eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts
- Employee assistance program and educational assistance
- Parental leave and 12 paid holidays
- Paid time off for vacation, personal and sick time
Explore your benefits: https://honeywellaerospacebenefits.com/
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics)
- Minimum ten (10) years engineering experience in complex aerospace systems
- U.S. citizenship (required due to export control laws)
- Program/project management experience
- Cost account management skills in the SAP environment
- Mechanical/actuation systems design and component controller integration experience
- Experience developing motor driven actuation systems
- Experience with systems requirements flow-down and V&V
- Utilization of Six Sigma and program management tools within IPDS
- Leadership skills (decision making, driving results, bias for action)
- Secret security clearance
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.
The Aerospace Corporation Insights
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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