Senior Advanced Quality Engineer

Honeywell•Charlotte, NC

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Quality Engineer within Honeywell Industrial Automation’s HSS business, you will apply deep quality-engineering expertise to improve product and process performance, strengthen compliance, and enhance customer satisfaction. You will work with Engineering, Operations, Sourcing, Supplier Quality, Product Management, and other functions to identify risk, resolve complex quality issues, and embed prevention-based practices across the product life cycle. You will report directly to the Director, Quality Control Engineering. The role is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, on a hybrid schedule, with other possible locations at HSS ISC sites in Boyne City, Michigan, and Richardson, Texas. New hires must work 100% onsite, Monday through Friday, for the first 90 days. You will improve the quality and reliability of HSS products by ensuring customer, regulatory, statutory, and Honeywell requirements are translated into effective controls. You will lead structured problem solving, use data to identify systemic opportunities, and drive corrective and preventive actions to reduce defects, escapes, warranty exposure, and cost of poor quality. The role requires domestic and international travel of 20–30% as business needs require. Honeywell Industrial Automation provides sensing, control, safety, productivity, and software solutions. Within Industrial Automation, HSS provides sensing and safety technologies for demanding applications. This role supports product quality, compliance, and customer trust across the global value chain.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Engineering, Quality, Science, Technology, or a related technical discipline.
At least 7 years of progressive experience in aerospace quality engineering, quality systems, manufacturing quality, design quality, supplier quality, or a related regulated-industry role.
Working knowledge of AS9100, ISO 9001, applicable aerospace regulatory requirements, and customer-specific quality requirements.
Experience leading quality management system governance, internal and external audits, nonconformance management, and corrective and preventive action across multiple sites or business units.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex root cause investigations using structured methods such as 8D, 5 Why, fault-tree analysis, and Lean Six Sigma tools.
Experience using quality metrics, statistical analysis, and trend data to identify systemic risk, establish priorities, and drive measurable improvement.
Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, contractual quality clauses, and regulatory requirements and translate them into effective controls.
Strong executive communication, influencing, and stakeholder-management skills in a global matrix organization.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and deliver measurable results in a fast-paced global matrix environment.
Strong analytical, organizational, facilitation, and project-management skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, quality data systems, dashboards, and enterprise tools such as SAP.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally to support sites, suppliers, customers, and audits.
Must be a U.S. person as defined by applicable U.S. export-control laws, or otherwise eligible to obtain and maintain required U.S. government authorization for access to ITAR-controlled information, products, and technology.
Understanding of ITAR compliance obligations, including access restrictions, technical-data controls, export authorization, secure handling, and preventing unauthorized exports or deemed exports.
Ability to identify, mark, store, transmit, discuss, and dispose of ITAR-controlled technical data in accordance with approved company procedures and authorized systems.
Ability to complete required ITAR and export-compliance training and maintain compliance with applicable policies, licenses, agreements, provisos, and technology-control plans.
Ability to maintain accurate and auditable records demonstrating compliance with applicable export-control requirements.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Engineering, Quality, Business, or a related field.
Experience with ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO 13485, IATF 16949, or other regulated-industry quality standards relevant to the product portfolio.
ASQ certification such as Certified Quality Engineer, Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence, Certified Quality Auditor, or equivalent.
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
AS9100 lead auditor qualification and experience supporting certification, customer, regulatory, and special-process audits.
Experience supporting an aerospace Safety Management System (SMS), including safety risk management, safety assurance, occurrence reporting, and continuous improvement.
Experience with FAA, EASA, Defense Contract Management Agency, Defense Contract Audit Agency, and other aerospace or defense oversight requirements, as applicable.
Knowledge of AS9145/APQP, PPAP, FMEA, control plans, statistical process control, measurement-system analysis, first article inspection, and configuration management.
Experience supporting product certification, regulatory compliance, test laboratories, or global approval agencies.
Experience establishing enterprise quality strategy, standardizing processes, and building QMS maturity across geographically dispersed sites.
Clear written and verbal communication and ability to influence across functions, sites, and organizational levels.
Experience leading supplier quality improvement, supplier recovery, and systemic corrective action across complex global supply chains.
Demonstrated success reducing customer escapes, quality PPM, cost of poor quality, audit findings, and operational disruption.
Ability to coach senior leaders and technical teams, manage competing priorities, and deliver sustainable results without direct authority.

Responsibilities

Lead quality planning and execution for HSS products and processes, including new product introduction, change management, production, and post-delivery support.
Ensure compliance with applicable quality management systems, customer requirements, engineering specifications, and industry standards, including ISO 9001 and AS9100 where applicable.
Lead root cause and corrective action activities using methods such as 8D, 5 Why, fault-tree analysis, and Six Sigma tools; verify effectiveness and prevent recurrence.
Analyze quality data and performance trends—including customer escapes, defects, warranty, scrap, rework, and cost of poor quality—and translate findings into prioritized improvement plans.
Facilitate risk-based assessments such as FMEA and control-plan reviews to identify and mitigate product and process risks.
Partner with Engineering and Operations to establish inspection, test, validation, and acceptance criteria that support capable and stable processes.
Support internal, customer, registrar, and regulatory audits; address findings and sustain audit readiness.
Collaborate with suppliers and Supplier Quality to resolve material and component issues, improve supplier capability, and strengthen incoming quality performance.
Represent Quality in cross-functional reviews, customer communications, and escalation forums; clearly communicate status, risk, containment, and recovery plans.
Coach and mentor colleagues on quality tools, standards, problem solving, and prevention-focused decision making.
Drive continuous improvement using Lean Six Sigma and Honeywell operating-system principles.
Travel domestically or internationally 20–30% as business needs require.
Incorporate export-control requirements into quality processes, audits, corrective actions, supplier oversight, document control, configuration management, and records retention.
Maintain accurate, auditable records and comply with ITAR and export-control requirements, including required training and approved handling of controlled technical data.