Sr Advanced R&D Engineer/Scientist

Honeywell Aerospace • South Bend, IN

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Sr Advanced R&D Engineer/Scientist at Honeywell Aerospace, you will drive innovation, help shape technical strategy, and mentor future leaders. The role supports advanced technology development within the Fuel Controls business line and coordinates across engineering, manufacturing, testing, procurement, and Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) teams to support project execution, technical alignment, and milestone delivery. The work includes fuel controls technologies such as pumps, valves, and controllers.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, industry experts, and stakeholders to solve technical and execution challenges. The position also contributes to innovation, intellectual property, strategic planning, and industry representation. Applicants must be authorized to work full-time in the United States and meet the stated U.S. Person requirement related to export controls.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in a technical discipline, such as science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
• At least 6 years of experience in engineering, project engineering, technical project coordination, or related roles.
• Demonstrated experience developing fuel-system pumps and/or valves from design and analysis through fabrication and test.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to engage engineers, technical specialists, chief engineers, and senior leadership.
• Organizational, problem-solving, and prioritization skills, including the ability to manage multiple activities across geographically distributed teams.
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; Honeywell is not sponsoring work visas for this position.
• Must be a U.S. Person as defined in the posting: a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or person with protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status, or have the ability to obtain export authorization.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in aerospace, research and development, or technology maturation programs.
• Proactive, hands-on approach with strong ownership and accountability, and ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced engineering environment with high leadership visibility.
• Experience with project risk management, integrated master schedules (IMS), technical reviews, and technology readiness processes (TRL/MRL).
• Strong industry network and connections.

Responsibilities

• Lead project engineering coordination for advanced fuel controls technology development, including pumps, valves, and controllers.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, chief engineers, test engineers, technicians, manufacturing, procurement, and ISC to deliver technical work and resolve execution challenges.
• Facilitate technical reviews, communicate project status to engineering leadership, and maintain stakeholder alignment.
• Identify technical and execution risks, escalate issues as appropriate, and drive timely resolution to meet project commitments.
• Drive innovation and identify emerging trends and technologies.
• Mentor and develop future leaders within the organization.
• Represent Honeywell Aerospace as a subject matter expert at industry conferences and events.
• Contribute to the development of intellectual property.
• Participate in strategic planning and decision-making processes.

Benefits

• 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.
• Educational assistance.
• Parental leave.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Paid time off for vacation, personal, and sick time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior