Summary:
The Sr Mechanical Design Engineering Manager – PGM leads the mechanical design engineering function responsible for Honeywell Aerospace’s power generators and motors. This leader ensures robust mechanical architecture, detailed design execution, cross-functional integration, and full lifecycle partnership of generator and motor hardware used across commercial, defense, and advanced technology programs. The role reports within Design, Installations & Services Engineering and manages a high-performing engineering team delivering new product introduction, product sustainment, technology maturation, and mechanical design excellence for rotating electrical machines. Employees are located at 3 sites in North America, Torrance, CA, Phoenix, AZ and Mexicali, MX. Up to 25% travel is expected to support the team.
ResponsibilitiesResponsibilitiesLeadership- Own and drive mechanical design strategy, standards, and execution for all PGM hardware (rotors, stators, housings, bearings, cooling features, structural elements).
- Ensure team is equipped for conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design phases ensuring compliance with performance, durability, manufacturability, cost, and certification requirements.
- Ensure your team can provide expert guidance on complex mechanical challenges, failure investigations, and RCCA activity.
- Lead mechanical work scope and cost estimates for new generator/motor development, major redesigns, and advanced technology demonstrators.
- Ensure and maintain alignment with key stakeholders across global teams.
- Drive timely delivery of models, drawings, design analyses, and configuration releases supporting program schedules.
- Manage, coach, and develop a global team of mechanical design engineers, building succession pipelines and ensuring strong technical capability growth.
- Promote Honeywell Mechanical Design excellence and digital engineering adoption across the team.
- Conduct performance management, staffing planning, labor forecasting, and resource allocation across multiple programs.
- Partner closely with Power Systems and ISC leadership on generator/motor technology direction and investment priorities.
- Influence enterprise standards for CAD modeling, GD&T, design rules, and advanced design tools.
- Support technology maturation initiatives such as parametric modeling, digital engineering workflows, and next-generation PGM architecture development.
- Ensure compliance with ASME Y14.5, internal design standards, customer requirements, export regulations, and aerospace and Military certification requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement of design processes, templates, learning and development tools, and mechanical methodologies.
- Champion design governance through peer reviews, integration reviews, and hardware readiness checkpoints using digital and MBE tools.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related STEM field.
- 10+ years of mechanical product development or production experience with rotating. electrical machines (generators/motors), propulsion or power systems.
- Demonstrated leadership of engineering teams and complex technical programs.
- Experience with Organizational change management, high-performance team development and multi-functional stakeholder organizations.
- Strong verbal, non-verbal, and written communication skills with ability to engage a wide variety of aerospace roles including chief engineers and executive leadership.
- Experience with digital engineering, parametric design, and advanced CAD toolchain development.
About us:
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.
Honeywell Aerospace products and services are found on aircraft across commercial aviation, defense and space — from engines and cockpit electronics to cabin systems, mechanical components and connectivity solutions. Our technology helps operators fly more safely, reduce fuel consumption, improve on-time performance and deliver a better experience for the people on board.
As aviation continues to evolve, we're also developing systems to support autonomous and supersonic platforms, bringing the same focus on safety and efficiency to the next era of flight. With approximately 36,000 employees worldwide and net sales of $17.4B in 2025, Honeywell Aerospace is one of the largest dedicated aerospace companies in the world.
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Engines & Power Systems provides the propulsion, auxiliary power and electrical systems that keep aircraft flying. With engines across roughly 120 aircraft types and more than 47,000 APUs in service today, we support operators across commercial and defense markets — backed by an aftermarket network built for the long service life of every platform we power.
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
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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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related STEM field
- 10+ years of mechanical product development or production experience with rotating electrical machines, generators, motors, propulsion, or power systems
- Demonstrated leadership of engineering teams and complex technical programs
- Experience with organizational change management, high-performance team development, and multifunctional stakeholder organizations
- Strong verbal, non-verbal, and written communication skills, including engagement with chief engineers and executive leadership
- Experience with digital engineering, parametric design, and advanced CAD toolchain development
- Must be a U.S. Person or have the ability to obtain export authorization
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.
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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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