We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead Test Engineer to join our dynamic team in Yeovil. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the testing team, ensuring the quality of our products through comprehensive testing strategies and methodologies. This role requires strong technical abilities, leadership skills, and a passion for quality assurance.
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.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deputising for Engineer Manager in absence
- Promoting safe behaviour all times as a role model: Adherence and Audits of personnel protective equipment and HS&E practices on site.
- Participate as required in MOR and Staff meetings.
- Contribution to meet our goals and objectives.
- Follow up on issues, to avoid downtimes and promote best practices for resources optimization.
- Responsible for foreseeing operational roadblocks and supporting to resolution or escalating to Engineering manager.
- Support Manager in learning plans and coaching for the team to build skills and flexibility across the department.
- Support manager in the generation and development of proposals and technical and estimates.
- Work with Manager to review planned resource demand and prepare scenarios for review with Manager.
- Co-ordinate production of consistent technical document template formats
- Work with Manager to recommend optimized use of resources based on planned projects.
- Develop, implement and support the 5-year test STRAP objectives.
- Lead and manage the testing team, providing guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
- Develop, implement, and maintain test strategies and processes to ensure product quality.
- Design and execute test cases, including functional, regression, performance, and automated testing.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including development, product management, and operations, to understand product requirements and ensure alignment on testing objectives.
- Identify, report, and track defects using appropriate tools; work closely with the development team to prioritise and resolve issues.
- Analyse testing results, prepare reports, and present findings to stakeholders.
- Stay updated with industry trends and advancements in testing methodologies and tools.
Qualifications:
- Minimum HND/Degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace or related subject area
- Proven and extensive experience working with LSS systems
- Proven experience as a Test Engineer, with at least 5 years in a lead or senior role.
- Good problem-solving abilities, and example of doing so
- A logical approach to resolving test issues
- Knowledge of pneumatics systems within air-based systems
- Previous experience in a similar environment would be advantageous
- Highly resourceful and results-oriented with a strong bias for action and keen sense of urgency
- Strong leadership and influencing skills to drive results in a highly matrixed organization
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective coaching, mentoring, and influencing skills
- High energy level with can-do attitude
- Ability to communicate and build relationships with employees at all levels
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
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.
Skills Required
- Minimum HND or degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related subject
- Extensive experience working with LSS systems
- At least five years of experience in a lead or senior test engineering role
- Strong problem-solving abilities with demonstrated examples
- Logical approach to resolving test issues
- Knowledge of pneumatic systems within air-based systems
- Previous experience in a similar environment
- Resourceful, results-oriented, action-focused, and urgent approach
- Strong leadership and influencing skills in a matrixed organization
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective coaching, mentoring, and influencing skills
- Ability to communicate and build relationships with employees at all levels
- Excellent attention to detail
The Aerospace Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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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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