Principal Manufacturing Engineer

As a Principal Advanced Manufacturing Engineer at Honeywell, you will serve as a technical leader responsible for driving key manufacturing processes within aerospace component production. This role plays a critical part in ensuring product quality, performance, and operational efficiency, with a strong focus on advanced turbine engine coating technologies.

This is a hands‑on, individual contributor role with significant technical ownership and influence—providing leadership and guidance to engineering teams without direct people management responsibilities.

• Own and lead end‑to‑end advanced manufacturing processes, with focus on:
  • Process development, parameters, and optimization
  • Tooling design and qualification
  • Maintenance and inspection criteria
  • Customer approvals and compliance
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance process stability, product quality, and operational efficiency
• Analyze production data and performance metrics to identify improvement opportunities and implement corrective actions
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and cross‑functional teams
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and quality teams to support production goals
• Ensure compliance with aerospace quality standards, safety regulations, and industry requirements
• Support integration and advancement of manufacturing technologies (e.g., automation, advanced processing methods)

• Aerospace special process manufacturing
• Thermal barrier coatings, including ceramic or aluminizing technologies
• Preferred specialization in EBPVD (Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition)

This role includes full technical ownership of coating processes, directly impacting product performance and customer requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field or 10+ years of EBPVD Thermal Coating Engineering experience.
• Proven experience in advanced manufacturing and process optimization within aerospace or highly regulated industries.
• Strong expertise in thermal coating technologies (ceramic and aluminizing).
• Experience in data analysis and process control (e.g., statistical process control).
• Demonstrated ability to operate in a technical leadership capacity.
• Strong problem‑solving, analytical, and decision‑making skills.

• Direct hands‑on experience with EBPVD coating processes.
• Experience in highly regulated aerospace manufacturing environments.
• Master’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• Knowledge of advanced manufacturing technologies (automation, robotics).
• Strong project management and continuous improvement experience.
• Six Sigma Black Belt.

• Part of a technical leadership group alongside Principal and Lead Engineers.
• Reports into a manager overseeing a team of ~22 engineers.
• Provides technical direction and mentorship to junior engineers while maintaining IC responsibilities.
• Collaborative, engineering‑driven environment focused on advanced aerospace manufacturing.

• Work on cutting‑edge aerospace technologies with high impact on product performance.
• Opportunity to own and optimize critical manufacturing processes.
• Be part of a highly specialized engineering environment.
• Access to career growth, professional development, and comprehensive benefits.

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.