Chief Engineer - Electric Power Control Systems

Job Description

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The future is what you make it. When you join Honeywell, you become a member of our global team of thinkers, innovators, dreamers, and doers who make the things that make the future. That means changing the way we fly, fueling jets in an eco‑friendly way, keeping buildings smart and safe and even making it possible to breathe on Mars. Working at Honeywell isn’t just about developing cool things.

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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 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 is 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.

• 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…