Flight-Critical Aerospace Actuation Systems Engineer

Honeywell Aerospace; Tempe (AZ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Disability coverage

401(k) match

Educational assistance

Parental leave and holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Honeywell Aerospace in Tempe, AZ seeks an Advanced Aerospace Systems Engineer to help develop flight-critical actuation systems, translating electronic commands into precise mechanical motion. You will collaborate across mechanical, electrical, controls, software, and test teams to deliver integrated aerospace systems throughout the development lifecycle.

You will work on system requirements, modeling, validation, and HIL testing, report to the Sr Engineering Program Manager, and participate in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline such as sciences, technology, engineering or mathematics.
• Minimum of 3 years of Electro-mechanical Systems Engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform system requirements analysis, decomposition, allocation, and traceability for complex aerospace actuation systems.
• Develop and integrate electro-mechanical actuation systems used in flight control applications.
• Support architecture development and system-level design trade studies.
• Develop physics-based models of actuators, motors, power transmission systems, sensors, and control systems.
• Analyze system performance, stability, dynamic response, reliability, and failure modes.
• Design and evaluate control architectures supporting flight-critical applications.
• Conduct modeling and simulation activities using tools such as MATLAB/Simulink and related platforms.
• Support development and integration of motor controllers, sensors, feedback devices, and embedded control systems.
• Define and execute verification and validation activities, including laboratory, subsystem, and system-level testing.
• Support Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL), qualification, environmental, and functional testing efforts.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective action implementation for complex technical issues.
• Interface directly with aerospace customers on technical requirements, system performance, and development activities.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Skills

Electro-mechanical systems engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Excel

Job description

Honeywell Aerospace in Tempe, AZ seeks an Advanced Aerospace Systems Engineer to help develop flight-critical actuation systems, translating electronic commands into precise mechanical motion. You will collaborate across mechanical, electrical, controls, software, and test teams to deliver integrated aerospace systems throughout the development lifecycle.

You will work on system requirements, modeling, validation, and HIL testing, report to the Sr Engineering Program Manager, and participate in