Project Engineer
Aerospace China Engineering (ACE) | Shanghai | On-site
As a Project Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace, you will support the planning and execution of aerospace engineering projects, with a strong focus on project coordination, customer communication, technical issue follow-up, and disciplined delivery. You will work across customers, the China engineering team, and global Engineering Centers of Excellence to keep scope, schedule, actions, risks, and technical deliverables aligned.
You will report directly to our Engineering Manager and work from our Shanghai location on an on-site schedule. This is an early-career Project Engineer role for someone who already has hands-on project engineering experience and is ready to take ownership of defined work packages and customer-facing coordination, while continuing to deepen aerospace systems knowledge.
In this role, you will impact the successful integration and execution of Honeywell Aerospace mechanical systems and power-system projects, including Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) applications, by helping teams make timely decisions, close open issues, maintain reliable engineering data, and meet customer and program commitments.
ResponsibilitiesKEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Coordinate day-to-day project activities between customers, local engineering teams, and global Honeywell Aerospace organizations.
- Own and maintain project plans, action registers, schedules, risks, issues, decisions, and status reporting for assigned work packages.
- Prepare and lead regular customer and internal project reviews, including agendas, presentations, meeting minutes, action follow-up, and escalation of blockers.
- Support project scope definition, baseline control, resource planning, and change management under the guidance of senior project and engineering leaders.
- Develop gap analyses and practical closure plans for technical, schedule, documentation, and interface issues, then drive actions to completion.
- Coordinate the preparation, review, release, and configuration of engineering deliverables such as interface documents, analysis reports, compliance evidence, and customer presentations.
- Support system definition, performance assessment, trade studies, conceptual design activities, and low-complexity technical analyses as required.
- Facilitate clear technical communication between customers and global teams, including accurate bilingual communication or translation when needed.
- Build productive working relationships with customers and internal stakeholders through responsiveness, transparency, and reliable follow-through.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of project engineering methods, templates, metrics, and team knowledge.
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Thermodynamic, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Typically 3 to 5 years of relevant professional experience, including demonstrable hands-on experience in a Project Engineer, systems/project coordination, or comparable engineering project role.
- Experience supporting product development or complex engineering projects involving multiple functions, organizations, or external customers.
- Ability to build and maintain schedules, action lists, risk and issue logs, status reports, and engineering documentation.
- Strong ownership and organizational skills, with the ability to manage several priorities and close actions with limited supervision.
- Clear written and spoken communication skills in both Mandarin Chinese and English.
- Working proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Knowledge of the aerospace industry, aircraft development programs, or aerospace customer and supplier interfaces.
- Exposure to gas turbines, APUs, propulsion, environmental control, thermal systems, or other aircraft mechanical systems.
- Understanding of systems engineering, requirements, verification, configuration management, product lifecycle, or aerospace certification practices.
- Experience working with remote, cross-cultural, or multinational engineering teams.
- Practical problem-solving skills and comfort working through ambiguity with support from senior technical resources.
- A proactive, detail-oriented, and collaborative working style, with a strong commitment to customer success, quality, and continuous improvement.
- Project management training or certification, Agile exposure, or familiarity with Lean / Six Sigma methods.
Honeywell Aerospace is an independent global aerospace and defense company focused on protecting and advancing the promise of flight. We deliver critical technologies and integrated solutions across aircraft engines, auxiliary power, avionics, connectivity, mechanical systems, and related services. Our China engineering team works with customers and global teams to support Chinese and international aerospace programs through local engineering capability, disciplined execution, and close customer partnership.
Honeywell Aerospace is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on job-related qualifications, merit, and business needs.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Thermodynamic, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
- Typically 3 to 5 years of relevant professional experience in project engineering, systems or project coordination, or a comparable engineering project role
- Experience supporting product development or complex engineering projects involving multiple functions, organizations, or external customers
- Ability to build and maintain schedules, action lists, risk and issue logs, status reports, and engineering documentation
- Strong ownership and organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and close actions with limited supervision
- Clear written and spoken communication skills in Mandarin Chinese and English
- Working proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of the aerospace industry, aircraft development programs, or aerospace customer and supplier interfaces
- Exposure to gas turbines, APUs, propulsion, environmental control, thermal systems, or other aircraft mechanical systems
- Understanding of systems engineering, requirements, verification, configuration management, product lifecycle, or aerospace certification practices
- Experience working with remote, cross-cultural, or multinational engineering teams
- Practical problem-solving skills and comfort working through ambiguity with support from senior technical resources
- Proactive, detail-oriented, and collaborative working style with commitment to customer success, quality, and continuous improvement
- Project management training or certification, Agile exposure, or familiarity with Lean/Six Sigma methods
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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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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.
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