Honeywell Aerospace is the world leader in providing Flight Management Systems for Aircraft. As the Sr Director Engineering for Flight Management Systems (FMS) here at Honeywell Aerospace, you will play a critical role in leading and managing the engineering function within the company. You will lead an organization responsible for design, development, and verification of aircraft Flight Management systems covering Air Transport, Business, General Aviation, Helicopter, and Urban Air Mobility markets. Customers include Airbus, Boeing, Dassault, Embraer, Gulfstream, Leonardo, and Pilatus.
The position will focus on attracting, developing, and retaining top technical talent; partnering with the business to create and execute innovative product line growth strategies; providing technical leadership for a global engineering team; and building an operating system to ensure efficient and effective project and department execution.
Your strategic leadership, technical expertise, and commitment to excellence will contribute to the company's success, reputation, and growth in the industry.
Responsibilities Primary Responsibilities - Provide strategic direction and leadership to the engineering function.
- Program execution – own FMS development program cost and schedule, staffing supply, demand management, and driving engineering efficiency improvements to achieve yearly productivity targets.
- Employee engagement and talent development – all aspects of people leadership including hiring, expectation setting, coaching, career development, performance management, and team building.
- Product line strategy development and business execution – actively participate in product roadmap development, technology transitions, customer engagements, competitive intelligence, and new business proposal generation and approval.
- Own and drive engineering transformation initiatives for FMS product development to create meaningful impact on development cycle time and cost.
- Department operations – manage strong execution focused management operating system, department expense, fill rates, engineering absorption, and identify and implement improvements to drive efficiency for the organization.
Reporting Relationship This position is for Sr Director of Engineering for Flight Management Systems reporting to the Electronic Solutions CTO/ Avionics Engineering Vice President , working out of our Deer Valley location.
Qualifications US PERSON REQUIREMENT Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. Person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status or have the ability to obtain an export authorization. YOU MUST HAVE - Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related technical field
- 15 years engineering development experience or combined engineering development and leadership experience
- Proven track record of successful project execution and delivery
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities
WE VALUE - Positive, solution oriented leadership
- Proven experience of leading a large engineering organization
- Proven strategic leadership impact & ability to positively influence others and create a passion for excellence
- Global mindset and team-work spirit, able to effect change through results, leadership and influence
- Proven track record of successfully leading technically complex development projects and transitions to production
- Ability to execute multiple projects while meeting customer expectations
- Flight Management Systems domain knowledge
- Extensive collaborative work with cross functional partners enabling teams to exceed expectations on work delivery and timelines
- Self-motivated and consistently takes the initiative to get things done