Lead User Experience Designer

Job Description

Honeywell Aerospace is seeking an ambitious Lead User Experience Designer that is dedicated to defining and designing elegant and usable products, services and offerings that meet the expectations and improve the lives of our customers and end users, while also providing business value by meeting strategic goals.

When you join Honeywell Aerospace, you become a member of our global Honeywell User Experience (HUE) design team; comprised of creative thinkers, innovators, dreamers and doers who make the things that make the future. That means changing the way we operate aircraft for increased safety and comfort, fueling jets in an eco-friendly way, and even making it possible to breathe on Mars.

Working at Honeywell isn’t just about developing cool solutions. That’s why all our employees enjoy access to dynamic career opportunities across different disciplines, products, and offerings.

As a designer on the HUE Team, you will help to define the design direction and contribute directly to creating the next generation of user experience on a wide variety of leading‑edge products and services. This can include General Aviation, Business, Commercial, and Military aircraft avionics, Space, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), web‑based and app‑based software, and even virtual reality solutions.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders and cross‑functional technical teams to develop needs‑based solutions, develop personas, conduct user research, define UX metrics and outcomes, and act as a voice for the customer and end user throughout the product development life cycle.

• Facilitating workshops and design sprints across multi‑disciplinary teams to develop business cases, product and service design concepts, and defining UX metrics and outcomes
• Leading user‑centered design initiatives across a wide range of projects
• Coaching and developing both designers and stakeholders to define and/or improve experiences across a wide range of offerings
• Develop and implement a comprehensive UX strategy aligned with business goals. Advocate for user‑centric design principles throughout the organization.
• Provide end‑to‑end UX/UI support for all digital touchpoints that have customer implications across our products, services, and offerings
• Conduct user research activities to gain insights into user behavior and preferences. Utilize research findings to inform design decisions and improve user experiences.
• Lead the design process from concept to implementation. Manage UX aspects of projects and help to identify solutions to business needs using Figma to develop high‑fidelity wireframes and interactive prototypes.
• Definition, Design, Development and Maintenance of Design Systems for different types of solutions and applications
• Stay informed about design industry trends and best practices in UX design.

• 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.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Design‑related field of expertise (or 10+ years of experience without a degree)
• 8+ years of experience in User Experience Design, Product Design & Development, and Service Design (with a Design related Degree)
• 8+ years of experience with creating digital graphical user experiences across both web and mobile devices (with a Design related Degree)
• 7+ years of experience defining, designing, and maintaining Design Language Systems (with a Design related Degree)

• Significant knowledge, understanding, and applied application of human‑centered design principles, and leadership and facilitation of design thinking workshops across broader teams with diverse business and technical backgrounds
• Experience with leadership, project planning, scoping and execution of projects in a phase‑gate and/or Agile/Scrum environment
• Proficient with User Research, Ethnography, synthesis of data collected while…