We are seeking a highly motivated Sr Advanced Project Engineer to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex engineering projects. The successful candidate will act as the technical focal point between engineering disciplines, programme management, customers, suppliers, and manufacturing teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
The Sr Advanced Project Engineer will combine strong technical knowledge with project management skills to coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities throughout the full product lifecycle, from concept and design through integration, verification, and customer acceptance.
ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities
Project Delivery
- Manage and coordinate engineering activities across multiple projects.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and risk registers.
- Monitor project performance and report progress to stakeholders.
- Ensure project deliverables are completed on schedule and within budget.
- Support programme reviews, customer meetings, and milestone assessments.
Technical Leadership
- Act as the technical interface between engineering teams and programme management.
- Support the development of system architectures, technical solutions, and engineering strategies.
- Coordinate technical reviews and design activities across disciplines.
- Drive issue resolution and manage technical risks throughout the project lifecycle.
- Ensure engineering outputs comply with customer, regulatory, and company requirements.
Stakeholder Management
- Collaborate with customers to understand project requirements and expectations.
- Coordinate activities between engineering, quality, operations, procurement, and manufacturing teams.
- Support supplier and subcontractor management activities.
- Communicate project status, risks, and mitigation plans to leadership and customers.
Quality, Risk, and Compliance
- Ensure adherence to engineering processes, standards, and best practices.
- Identify, manage, and mitigate technical and programme risks.
- Support configuration management and change control processes.
- Ensure compliance with applicable industry standards and customer requirements.
Continuous Improvement
- Contribute to process improvements that enhance project execution and engineering efficiency.
- Support lessons learned activities and best-practice sharing.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team development.
The Honeywell building is a controlled goods program environment. Candidates must be eligible for CGP clearance.
QualificationsQualifications
Essential
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
- Proven experience delivering engineering projects within a regulated or high-technology industry.
- Strong understanding of engineering development lifecycles.
- Experience managing project plans, schedules, budgets, and risks.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams.
Desirable
- Project Management qualification (PMP, or equivalent).
- Experience within Aerospace, Space, Defence, Telecommunications, or a similar industry.
- Knowledge of systems engineering principles and requirements management.
- Experience with Agile and/or traditional project delivery methodologies.
- Familiarity with engineering and project management tools such as Jira, MS Project, Confluence, or similar.
Key Competencies
- Leadership and influence
- Technical problem solving
- Planning and organisation
- Risk management
- Customer focus
- Decision making
- Commercial awareness
- Collaboration and teamwork
The annual base salary range for this position is $94,000 to $125,000 in Cambridge, ON Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Honeywell Aerospace 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.
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.
Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities under the Ontario Human Rights Code.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field
- Experience delivering engineering projects in a regulated or high-technology industry
- Strong understanding of engineering development lifecycles
- Experience managing project plans, schedules, budgets, and risks
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams
- Project Management qualification such as PMP or equivalent
- Experience in aerospace, space, defense, telecommunications, or a similar industry
- Knowledge of systems engineering principles and requirements management
- Experience with Agile or traditional project delivery methodologies
- Familiarity with Jira, Microsoft Project, Confluence, or similar tools
- Eligibility for Controlled Goods Program 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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