Chief Engineer - Electric Power Control Systems

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This position is for a System Chief Engineer for Electric Power Products. The expectations for this position include responsibility for technical oversight and support of military and commercial Electric Power products that are developed and produced at Aerospace sites including Torrance CA and Tempe AZ. These products include Engine Start Controllers, Generator Controls, Power Distribution products and integration of Generators into a system as well as Motor Controllers to support Control Systems.

This role will work with the broader Honeywell Aerospace Engineering Organization, including the Integrated Supply Chain (ISC); Customer and Product Support (C&PS), Product Integrity, and Quality. Frequent engagement with customers, regulatory agencies and suppliers is expected to ensure Honeywell Aerospaceis compliant with applicable requirements and regulations to successfully achieve world-class performance for Electric Power Products.

This position is part of a powerful, innovative, and agile team consistent with elements of the Chief Engineers Transformation launched in 2019 and the Chief Engineers Leadership Model. A key element of the position is to provide balanced technical leadership and guidance across the entire product lifecycle This includes support of developing Product Strategy, Proposal Activity, NPI, Development Programs, Production Programs, field related issues and quality escapes. The Chief Engineer for Electric Power will help shape short and long-term strategies to create future vision and maintain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The position also requires talent development through formal and informal training, including lunch and learn group training, KCaT, and the Associate Chief Engineer Program. The Chief Engineer is expected to use these training tools to leverage all resources and talent to develop engineering technical strength and competencies and a pipeline of potential successors. 

Major job responsibilities include:

Leadership

• Be a change leader
• Strong technical leadership skills with demonstrated ability to influence and obtain consensus with stakeholders across multiple disciplines.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interface and influence executive level leadership in matters related to Electric Power
• Guide effective deployment of improvement ideas. Champion improvements with project teams, identify and remove roadblocks
• Share learnings and best practices with project teams and other Chief Engineers
• Design Authority (final accountability) for Electric Power products
• Functions as a partner with the Offering Manager as the Chief Engineer and CTO for the Electric Power business.
• Drives MOS to utilize Chief Engineer/PAC Scorecard. Chief leads and collaborates with PAC members to identify and implement improvements and opportunities for growth. Chief ensures regular updates to scorecard ratings and improvement plans
• Serves as an active member of the Product Action Committee (PAC):
• Functions as a technical spokesperson with suppliers, customers, and regulatory authorities.
• Lead and advocate value-added process changes and improvements. Share lessons learned across business and projects.
• Participate in knowledge management and transfer including development of succession plan candidates.
• Provide training and mentoring to build capability and effectiveness of the broader Electric Power engineering team.
• Approve of processes/tools used in product design, analysis, and test.
• Lead engineering & technology intellectual property plan for Electric Power products.
• Experience leading Design Reviews
• Experience dealing with Honeywell Aerospace customers and suppliers for commercial and defense products and services
• Experience working with personnel at other Honeywell Aerospace  sites foreign and domestic
• Experience with Honeywell Aerospace internal processes (IPDS, IRB, SARB, MRB, DREA)

Product Strategy

• Drive concept development and ideation for Break Through Initiatives (BTI).
• Promote and influence NPD Transformation for Speed
• Identify the most impactful, transformational improvement ideas
• Influence product development maturity and growth using criteria of the New Product Reinvention Scorecard. Ensure recurring and service revenue opportunities are identified and implemented. Connected, intelligent, and autonomous product architectures are identified and implemented. Opportunities to leverage data extracted from in-service products are identified and implemented.
• Reviews and analyzes Voice of the Customer (VOC) and Competitive Intelligence (CI) data to drive technical strategies and product plans.
• Provide oversight and guidance to Advanced Technology in defining technologies and products to address customer needs, competitive challenges, or disruptors.
• Ensures the strategies of the technology and Product Roadmaps are synchronized engine and systems growth plans across the entire product life cycle.
• Supports development of product design requirements, qualification, and certification strategies, including review and approval of required documentation (FAA, EASA, Mil-Qual, etc.)

Pursuit Strategy

• Guides, reviews, and approves technical concepts.
• Provide leadership for trade study activities to identify optimum solutions for Honeywell Aerospace’s Electric Power product line.
• Ensures compliance with customer and business requirements including alignment with the technical strategy.
• Reviews and approves the program plan, SOW and ensures scope is well-defined and complete
• Reviews and approves the Quote Estimate (QE) and technical Basis of Estimate (BOE) for proposals, including reuse applications.

Program Execution

• Participates in program management reviews and engages with suppliers and customers to drive action plans and closure on critical issues.
• Accountable for success of development programs with responsibility and authority to drive actions needed to ensure success.
• Ensures critical technical, business and program issues have effective risk mitigation plans.
• Participates in and approves project phase gate exit reviews for new development programs.
• Ensures appropriate plans are in place to meet key requirements, including Rolled Throughput Yield (RTY), Design-To Cost (DTC) and quality.
• Ensure compliance with customer specifications and/or regulatory authority requirements.
• Provide technical oversight/approval of internal and external design reviews and ensure appropriate level of design reviews are conducted (TCR, PDR, CDR, etc.)
• New Product Development (NPD) - Guide effective deployment of improvement ideas. Champion improvements with project teams, identify and remove roadblocks
• Transformation for Speed – Ensure the most impactful, transformational speed and cost improvement ideas are being deployed on key projects.

Life-Cycle Ownership

• Experience in leading teams in successful Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations of field and production issues.
• Responsible for resolution of critical and systemic in-service and delivery issues and serves as a member of the Safety Review Board (SRB) with authority to drive necessary actions and issues to closure.
• Conduct safety assessments and closure of Product Condition Reports (PCRs) and safety issues in conjunction with Product Integrity.

People Development

• Use of Associate Chief Engineer
• Mentoring potential successors and non-successors through formal, informal and OJT
• Provide training and mentoring to enhance team capability 
• Succession Plan in Place - Top and ready now candidates identified
• Identify Opportunities for group training & knowledge transfer (TEAMS, KCaT, Lunch & Learn, etc.)         
• Define knowledge capture needs, process, and lessons learned   
• Create and maintain an archive of relevant training materials

Transformation

• Be a change leader
• Champion the just cause, take intelligent risks, join the guiding coalition, build team trust, demonstrate the culture
• Identify the most impactful, transformational improvement ideas
  • Challenge the status quo, push beyond norms, challenge requirements (including customers)
  • Focus on most impactful few improvement ideas, drive broad applicability of ideas
  • Champion driving improvement ideas into the project, optimizing them, and gathering learnings
• Guide effective deployment of improvement ideas
  • Champion improvements with project teams, identify and remove roadblocks
  • Share learnings with Workstream teams and other Chief Engineers

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.

• Must have or be eligible for a security clearance due to contractual requirements

YOU MUST HAVE

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
• 10 years-experience in design and support of power electronics and associated controls systems, requirements development, design, product development, testing, qualification, validation and verification, technology validation for new product introduction and field issue resolution of Electric Power systems.

WE VALUE

• Advanced Degree in Engineering
• Experience and knowledge of interactions and integration of Electric Power Systems in commercial and military aircraft applications.
• Experience or training received in the following:
• Power Electronics
• Thermal Integration
• Electro-Magnetic Compatibility principles
• Hardware and Software Development (DO-254 and DO-178)
• ARP-4754 & ARP4761 Fundamentals
• Field Orientated Motor Controls principles
• Aircraft Power Quality (MIL-STD-704, MIL-PRF-21480)
• Vapor Cycle System working principles
• Wound Field Generator working principles

PAY AND BENEFITS 

The annual base salary range for this position in the state of California is <$201,000- $251,000>. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Honeywell Aerospace considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.

This position is incentive plan eligible. 

In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell Aerospace employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. For more information visit: click here

The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

About us:

Join a company that's reintroducing itself to the aviation community we've helped advance for more than a century. At Honeywell Aerospace (NASDAQ: HONA), we're launching as an independent, publicly traded aerospace and defense company built on a legacy of operational excellence and mission-focused execution. 

Our new brand identity pairs that heritage with real momentum, as we build technology that helps pilots navigate with confidence, aircraft operate more efficiently, and operators stay ahead of change. With our systems on board 90% of the world's aircraft, your work here has reach that's rare to find anywhere else.

Focusing on our customers, investing in innovation, and building a culture of accountability and performance is how we're shaping what comes next.

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Benefits:

Beyond a performance-driven salary, you'll work alongside dedicated experts on technology that's advancing aviation. As a Honeywell Aerospace employee, you're eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

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

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