Sr. Mechanical Design Engineering Manager PGM

Honeywell Aerospace•Phoenix, AZ

About The Position

The Sr. Mechanical Design Engineering Manager – PGM leads the mechanical design engineering function responsible for Honeywell Aerospace’s power generators and motors. The role oversees mechanical architecture, detailed design execution, cross-functional integration, and lifecycle partnership for generator and motor hardware used in commercial, defense, and advanced technology programs. It manages an engineering team delivering new product introduction, product sustainment, technology maturation, and mechanical design excellence for rotating electrical machines. The team is located at three North American sites: Torrance, California; Phoenix, Arizona; and Mexicali, Mexico. Up to 25% travel is expected to support the team. The role is within Design, Installations & Services Engineering. It leads mechanical design strategy and execution across PGM hardware, ensures designs meet technical and program requirements, directs mechanical work scopes and deliverables, and develops a global engineering team. It also partners with Power Systems and ISC leadership on technology direction and investment priorities, advances digital engineering and design methodologies, and owns compliance with applicable standards, customer requirements, export regulations, and aerospace and military certification requirements. Candidates must be a U.S. person as defined in the posting: a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, someone with protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status, or someone able to obtain export authorization. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related STEM field; 10 or more years of relevant experience; and demonstrated engineering-team and technical-program leadership. Experience with digital engineering, parametric design, and advanced CAD toolchain development is valued.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related STEM field.
10 or more years of mechanical product development or production experience with rotating electrical machines (generators or motors), propulsion, or power systems.
Demonstrated leadership of engineering teams and complex technical programs.
Experience with organizational change management, high-performance team development, and multifunctional stakeholder organizations.
Strong verbal, non-verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to engage a wide variety of aerospace roles, including chief engineers and executive leadership.
Must be a U.S. person as defined in the posting: a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, someone with protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status, or someone able to obtain export authorization.

Nice To Haves

Experience with digital engineering, parametric design, and advanced CAD toolchain development.

Responsibilities

Own and drive mechanical design strategy, standards, and execution for PGM hardware, including rotors, stators, housings, bearings, cooling features, and structural elements.
Ensure the team is equipped to execute conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design phases while meeting performance, durability, manufacturability, cost, and certification requirements.
Provide expert guidance on complex mechanical challenges, failure investigations, and root cause and corrective action (RCCA) activity.
Lead mechanical work scopes and cost estimates for new generator and motor development, major redesigns, and advanced technology demonstrators.
Maintain alignment with key stakeholders across global teams.
Drive timely delivery of models, drawings, design analyses, and configuration releases to support program schedules.
Manage, coach, and develop a global team of mechanical design engineers; build succession pipelines and strengthen technical capabilities.
Promote Honeywell Mechanical Design excellence and adoption of digital engineering across the team.
Conduct performance management, staffing planning, labor forecasting, and resource allocation across multiple programs.
Partner with Power Systems and ISC leadership on generator and motor technology direction and investment priorities.
Influence enterprise standards for CAD modeling, GD&T, design rules, and advanced design tools.
Support technology maturation, including parametric modeling, digital engineering workflows, and next-generation PGM architecture development.
Ensure compliance with ASME Y14.5, internal design standards, customer requirements, export regulations, and aerospace and military certification requirements.
Continuously improve design processes, templates, learning and development tools, and mechanical methodologies.
Champion design governance through peer reviews, integration reviews, and hardware readiness checkpoints using digital and MBE tools.