Lead Project Engineer - Turboshaft Engines

Honeywell Aerospace•Phoenix, AZ

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Lead Project Engineer – Turboshaft Engines at Honeywell Aerospace, you will manage and execute engineering projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to required quality standards. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, and drive project success through planning, coordination, and communication. You will report directly to the Sr. Program Engineering Manager and work from the Phoenix, Arizona location on a hybrid schedule. The role contributes to successful delivery of complex engineering projects, operational excellence, and continuous improvement and innovation. You will lead engineering activity for the assigned scope, from design and development through testing and in-service support. This includes leading a diverse cross-functional team, managing resource constraints and risks, maintaining customer communication, and supporting team members’ development. The role requires engineering experience in gas turbine engines or similarly complex mechanical systems and experience leading complex engineering projects. Candidates must meet U.S. export-control requirements: they must be a U.S. Person (a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or person with protected status under asylum or refugee status) or have the ability to obtain export authorization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in a technical discipline such as science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
At least 8 years of directly related engineering experience in the design, development, manufacture, and/or testing of gas turbine engines or similarly complex mechanical systems.
Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing complex engineering projects.
Must be a U.S. Person, as defined in the posting, or have the ability to obtain export authorization.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Prior experience leading gas turbine engine design, development, and support activities.
Experience with project management tools and methods relevant to leading engineering projects.
Demonstrated bias for action and ability to work independently.
Ability to prioritize time and resources effectively.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in a matrix organization to accomplish technical objectives under strict schedule constraints.

Responsibilities

Lead design, development, testing, and in-service support activities on schedule, within budget, and in compliance with technical requirements.
Serve as the single-point engineering leader for the assigned scope.
Lead a diverse cross-functional team to accomplish the scope.
Escalate effectively with leadership and cross-functionally across the organization.
Maintain a strong commitment to customer satisfaction.
Apply creative thinking and innovation to product design and everyday work.
Implement design-to-cost and variation-reduction strategies.
Promote strong team working relationships.
Manage work within difficult resource constraints.
Identify team gaps and risks.
Balance team members’ workloads and monitor their work to recognize when they are stuck or off track.
Leverage technical experts to review the team’s technical work.
Lead trade studies and root cause corrective action (RCCA) activities.
Communicate project status to internal and external customers.
Guide and develop early-career engineers.