As a Senior Supplier Development Engineer for the Electronics Value Stream, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of electronic suppliers. You will be responsible for developing strategic partnerships with suppliers, managing their performance, and driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product quality and supply chain efficiency.
You will report directly to our Sr Director of Supplier Development, and you’ll work out of our Minneapolis, MN location on a Hybrid work schedule.
In this role, you will impact our supplier development by bringing your extensive expertise and experience to our organization. You will play a critical role in driving supplier performance and ensuring that our suppliers meet the highest quality standards. Your contributions directly impact our organization's operational excellence and overall success.
ResponsibilitiesKEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Supplier Capability Assessment: Evaluate the capabilities of suppliers and support the transition of hardware from development to production.
- Quality Improvement Plans: Conduct supplier risk assessments and implement targeted quality improvement plans.
- Performance Management: Lead and participate in capacity assessment exercises, driving supplier performance by establishing clear metrics and performance expectations.
- Operational Excellence: Partner with Suppliers to Lead and support OPEX projects enabling improvements in product flow / throughput, lead time reduction, & yield.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure that suppliers comply with quality management systems, industry standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborative Engagement: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, manufacturing, and quality assurance, to resolve supplier-related issues and improve overall supply chain performance.
YOU MUST HAVE
•Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials, Supply Chain, Business, Management
•7 years+ of manufacturing engineering and supplier development experience
• Experience in one or more of the following: Quality, Business, Supplier Management background (supplier quality and/or development)
• Global Mindset: Capable of working effectively across borders with employees, customers and shareholders to develop business opportunities that lie beyond community and country borders. Supports sourcing for representing quality to manufacture, deliver products and services efficiently/effectively globally.
• Must be a US Citizen due to contractual requirements
WE VALUE
- Knowledge of aerospace standards and practices.
- In-depth knowledge of supplier development strategies, supplier relationship management, and quality control
- Experience with project management and Kaizen facilitation
- Familiarity with Total Preventative Maintenance, asset management for downtime reduction, critical spare parts, and CAPEX proposals.
- Proficiency in budget management and financial acumen
- 6+ years of leadership and team management experience
- Excellent communication skills with a demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Green or Black Belt Certification(s) in Lean / Six Sigma
Benefits 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 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. Posting Date: 07/28/2026
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.
Honeywell Aerospace is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status. 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've launched 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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials, Supply Chain, Business, or Management
- 7+ years of manufacturing engineering and supplier development experience
- Experience in Quality, Business, or Supplier Management (supplier quality and/or development)
- Global mindset and ability to work effectively across borders
- Must be a U.S. Citizen (U.S. Person) due to contractual requirements
- Knowledge of aerospace standards and practices
- Experience with project management and Kaizen facilitation
- Familiarity with Total Preventative Maintenance, asset management, and CAPEX proposals
- Proficiency in budget management and financial acumen
- 6+ years of leadership and team management experience
- Green or Black Belt Certification(s) in Lean / Six Sigma
- Excellent communication and cross-functional influencing skills
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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