Join Honeywell Aerospace as a Senior Supplier Development Engineer and play a key leadership role in driving supplier performance, quality, and innovation. In this high-impact position, you’ll lead supplier development initiatives, elevate operational excellence, and mentor a team while shaping a strong, diverse culture. You’ll collaborate closely with suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure consistent delivery, continuous improvement, and strategic alignment with business
As a Senior Supplier Development Engineer here at Honeywell Aerospace, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our supplier performance, fostering innovation, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality products and services.
You will report directly to our Director. Note: This role and will support Clients in the West, Midwest or Northeast region.
At Honeywell, our people leaders play a critical role in developing and supporting our employees to help them perform at their best and drive change across the company. Help to build a strong, diverse team by recruiting talent, identifying, and developing successors, driving retention and engagement, and fostering an inclusive culture.
ResponsibilitiesKEY RESPONSIBILITIES- Develop and execute a comprehensive supplier development strategy that aligns with the organization's goals, ensuring the enhancement of supplier performance and capabilities.
- Lead and provide mentorship to a team of supplier development engineers and professionals, ensuring their growth and the successful execution of supplier development projects.
- Establish and enforce supplier performance standards, conduct regular assessments, and collaborate with suppliers to identify areas of improvement, ensuring quality and reliability.
- Travel: up to 50% with occasional international
BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR HONEYWELL AEROSPACE
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/
The annual base salary range for this position in California and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), is $96,000 - $120,000. For most major metropolitan areas in New York & California, the annual base salary range is $96,000 - $120,000. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Honeywell considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Job Posting Date: July 31, 2026.
QualificationsYOU MUST HAVE- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in a technical discipline such as science, technology, engineering, mathematics or equivalent work experience
- 4 or more years of experience in supplier development, engineering, or a related leadership role.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Proficiency in budget management and financial acumen.
- In-depth knowledge of supplier development strategies, supplier relationship management, and quality control.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in engineering or a related field.
- Aerospace/Automotive manufacturing experience.
- Proven track record of delivering results.
- Experience in supplier development and supplier relationship management.
- Knowledge of industry best practices and emerging trends in supplier development.
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to manage internal and external stakeholders
ABOUT HONEYWELL AEROSPACE
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.
U.S. PERSON REQUIREMENTS
Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.
No Sponsorships - We are not currently sponsoring applicants for work visas for this job. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent work experience
- 4+ years of experience in supplier development, engineering, or related leadership role
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Proficiency in budget management and financial acumen
- In-depth knowledge of supplier development strategies, supplier relationship management, and quality control
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- U.S. person required; employer does not sponsor work visas
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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