Principal Systems Engineer

Socket.dev; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Honeywell Aerospace invites a top-performing Principal System Engineer to join the Platform COE. You will lead as a program team leader, guiding the Thunderbolt platform product goals and objectives, and collaborate with customers and engineering peers to shape software design directions.

You will act as a technical leader and coach, applying advanced simulation tools to deliver high-impact aerospace software solutions across multiple programs.

Qualifications

• Lead as principal system engineer with technical leadership across a program team.
• Identify and develop new product opportunities and value engineering proposals.
• Influence software design directions and engineering methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead proposals to address future business opportunities and platform goals.
• Coach and guide engineers; act as technical mentor.
• Collaborate with customers and broader engineering teams to drive design directions.

Skills

Technical leadership

System engineering

Proposal leadership

Coaching others

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Simulation tools

Platform software development

Job description

The Honeywell Aerospace Platform Organization a within Honeywell Aerospace is a centralized engineering group responsible for developing and supporting foundational software platforms, reusable technologies, and engineering capabilities that enable multiple aerospace products and programs across the business. Led by a team of engineering and software leaders within the Platform Center of Excellence (COE), the organization focuses on advancing common software architectures, engineering best practices, platform technologies, and scalable development frameworks that support the delivery of next‑generation aerospace solutions. Working closely with product teams across Honeywell Aerospace, the Platform Organization plays a critical role in driving innovation, improving development efficiency, and ensuring the quality, reliability, and scalability of software used in safety‑critical aerospace applications.

Whether we’re turning mustard seeds into fuel, creating quantum algorithms, or making taxis fly, our engineering team is home to the world’s leading technological talent.

We want principal engineers who are responsible for providing technical expertise as a program team leader in the identification and development of new products. Leads proposals to address future business opportunities, value engineering and program/process changes. Acts as a key focal point for driving and implementing Thunderbolt platform product goals and objectives.By collaborating with customers and broader engineering teams, you will influence software design directions and methodology developments. As a system engineering technical expert, you will leverage advanced tools and simulation techniques to deliver high impact business results while acting as a technical leader and coach for other engineers.

Connect with us and design the world's most advanced avionics within the Electronic Solutions Software COE where we have an immediate need for a top-performing Principal System Engineer to join our elite team that will innovate and create the new Thunderbolt platform product for our customers.