Senior Test Engineering Manager

Honeywell Aerospace•Phoenix, AZ

About The Position

Honeywell Aerospace is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for its Engines and Power Systems – Test Services Team at the Engines Campus. The role leads the team responsible for engineering infrastructure supporting compressed air, vacuum, and fuel delivery systems used in gas turbine engine testing. The team includes engineers and technicians working across multiple shifts and owns the systems that supply the energy required for testing, including centrifugal compressors, refrigerant and desiccant air dryers, cooling towers, pneumatic and water valves, natural gas heaters, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), electric motors, pumps, and instrumentation. The manager is accountable for reliable operation and maintenance of these systems, team development, safety, continuous improvement, cost and energy performance, digitization, and a capital project portfolio that supports product needs. The role works with Honeywell Aerospace Safety, Environmental and Facilities (HSEF) and leads change management across the employee population. Honeywell Aerospace is an equal opportunity employer. Due to U.S. export control requirements, candidates must be U.S. persons—U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or individuals with protected status under asylum or refugee status—or have the ability to obtain export authorization.

Requirements

Engineering degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Facilities Engineering, or a related discipline.
At least 8 years of management or leadership experience with cross-functional engineering teams.
Experience influencing and communicating effectively with frontline employees, site leadership, and senior executives, including leading cross-functional initiatives and presenting business outcomes to leadership teams.
Must be a U.S. person as defined in the posting, or have the ability to obtain export authorization.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing infrastructure operations, maintaining mechanical industrial equipment, or familiarity with gas turbine engine testing environments.
Alignment with Honeywell Aerospace values, behaviors, and principles, with focus on customer outcomes, transformation, innovation, end-to-end ownership, and teamwork.
Ability to listen actively and demonstrate empathy.
Proven ability to drive results and coach teams or peers across departments.
Experience developing and sustaining networks or communities.
Leadership experience motivating and developing diverse teams.
High analytical capabilities.
Basic knowledge of high-speed rotating centrifugal compressors.
Experience working with industrial air delivery systems.
Industrial HVAC experience; EPA refrigeration universal certification is a plus.
Plumbing experience and familiarity with chillers and refrigerant or desiccant dryers.
PLC programming or troubleshooting experience.
Electrical experience, including ability to read and interpret wiring diagrams and system schematics.
Ability to troubleshoot integrated mechanical systems.
Safety experience with fall protection, lockout/tagout, and arc flash precautions.

Responsibilities

Ensure reliable operation of compressed air, vacuum, cooling tower, and jet fuel delivery systems to meet customer demand, maintain uptime, and minimize operational disruption.
Manage, mentor, and develop a team of more than 10 engineers and technicians supporting operations.
Implement a maintenance operating system for large air compressors, air heaters, cooling water systems, refrigerant dryers, pumps, motors, and related equipment.
Maintain equipment maintenance and repair records.
Oversee a common maintenance system for test cells and related equipment across Engineering Test Services, serving as the ETS focal point for the system.
Partner with HSEF to observe OSHA and health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures.
Facilitate troubleshooting and equipment repairs, and support contractor efforts.
Drive the FRACA process to promote continuous improvement and knowledge capture.
Meet or exceed absorption targets to drive low rates for the Air and Fuel systems.
Develop strategies to improve energy-system reliability and cost savings.
Implement digitization to develop a functional facility system model.
Drive continuous improvement through automation and facility-system control.
Create, own, and execute a department capital project portfolio to ensure facility systems meet product portfolio needs.
Lead and execute change management across the employee population.