Join Honeywell Aerospace’s Flight Recorders engineering team and help design, develop, and integrate complex avionics systems. As a member of the Flight Recorders engineering team, you will be part in an organization which is responsible for development of Flight Data Recorders (also known as Black Boxes).
We have an opportunity for a Lead Project Engineer to join our Aerospace Technologies Engineering team in Brno.
What will your role look like?
You will guide and oversee airborne system development while building rare, highly valued expertise in flight recorders, including cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders. This is an opportunity to specialize in a distinctive area of aerospace engineering and contribute to technologies that have helped shape and improve air-traffic safety.
In this position you will be given an opportunity to grow your technical skills, interact with multiple different stakeholders (engineering, business teams, suppliers, customers and other partners) In addition to daily technical tasks, you will be encouraged to think out of the box and come up with new ideas and or approaches how to grow our Services and Connectivity business.
This is a hybrid role with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.
ResponsibilitiesKey responsibilities
- Lead and manage engineering projects from initiation to completion
- Manage projects using project management tool (MS Project, Accolade, SAP, …)
- Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Define project schedules, milestones, budgets, oversight and track project execution against schedule, scope and budget
- Identify and mitigate risks and issues, and overall risk management
- Capital projects management, monthly project updates
- Track and report project KPIs
- Communicate issues with stakeholders/team and actively contribute to their timely resolution.
- Support S&C organization in productivity, execution excellence and innovation initiatives
Key skills and qualifications
- University Degree
- 6+ years hands-on experience with managing product development projects
- Strong knowledge of engineering principles, practices and standards
- Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies
- Business acumen and understanding business objectives
- Experience working with demanding customers
- Experience with managing suppliers
- Interest in being close to development of Aerospace products.
- Enjoy working with data, analyses and ability to present ideas/plans in a clear way
- Ability to communicate in English language
Our offer
- Enjoy 25 vacation days per year
- Meal allowance
- Benefit Plus Cafeteria Card available to all employees
- To promote health and wellbeing we provide life insurance coverage, employer contribution to Pension saving scheme or long-term investment product (DIP)
- Multisport Card, Makro Card, discount at T-Mobile tariffs and multiple discount programs in our partner network
- Flexible working hours with 3+ hybrid work arrangement to support your work-life balance
- Work in international environment
- Recognition & Referral bonus programs
- Employee Assistance Program - Free and confidential service to help with any difficulties regarding work, life and personal or family matters
- Honeywell Aerospace Learning & Development Center – learning platform with over 10,000 courses from Udemy
- Frequent Employee Engagement activities fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment
- Global employee networks to help you connect and grow
- Comprehensive induction, ongoing training, and development to set you up for success, in-house and external learning platforms supporting development opportunities
Join a company that's reintroducing itself to the aviation community we've helped advance for more than a century. At Honeywell Aerospace, 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. We operate through three business areas:
• Electronic Solutions develops the avionics, navigation systems, sensors and electromagnetic defense technology on board 90% of the world's aircraft
• Engines & Power Systems provides the propulsion, auxiliary power and electrical systems that keep those aircraft flying
• Control Systems supplies the thermal and motion control systems that support takeoff, landing and the safety of everyone on board
With approximately 58,000 employees worldwide and net sales of $17.4B in 2025, we are also advancing systems for autonomous and supersonic platforms — bringing the same focus on safety and efficiency to the next era of flight. Explore our businesses: https://www.honeywellaerospace.com
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 us now and make an impact!
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Skills Required
- University degree
- 6+ years of hands-on experience managing product development projects
- Strong knowledge of engineering principles, practices, and standards
- Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies
- Business acumen and understanding of business objectives
- Experience working with demanding customers
- Experience managing suppliers
- Interest in aerospace product development
- Ability to work with data and analyses and present ideas and plans clearly
- Ability to communicate in English
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.
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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