Project Engineer
Posted 27 Aug 2026
Advertised as “Principal Project Engineer - Communication, Navigation and Surveillance”
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- Expected experience
- 8+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- Hybrid
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyEngineering, Mathematics, Science, Technology
Study levelBachelor's
CertificationsProject Management Professional
Field of studyElectrical Engineering
Study levelBachelor's or higher
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Exciting Opportunity within the Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) organization!
This position is for the Principal Project Engineer within the Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) COE. The CNS team is a large global team based out of Deer Valley Arizona with design teams in Minneapolis Minnesota, Bangalore India, Hyderabad India, Bruno Czech Republic, Krakow Poland and Beijing China. The CNS team designs, builds, and maintains some of the world’s most valued safety systems within the Aerospace industry. The product line spans from Weather, Radar, Ground Proximity Warning Systems, Instrumented Landing Systems, Communication, Datalink and Navigation Radios, Transponders, Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems and Radar Altimeters. As a Principal Project Engineer here at Honeywell Aerospace, you will play a critical role in leading and managing large hardware engineering projects in the weather radar product line. You will be responsible for defining project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with cross-functional teams. By developing and implementing project plans, including timelines, budgets, and resource allocation, you will ensure efficient project execution and delivery. Your expertise in project management and technical engineering will contribute to successful project outcomes and drive operational excellence. You will report directly to our Director of Project Engineering, and you'll work out of our Deer Valley, Arizona location on a hybrid work schedule.
In this role, you will have a significant impact on the success of our advanced engineering projects. You will be responsible for leading and managing a team of engineers, providing technical guidance and mentorship, and driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance project management processes and practices.
Responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead teams in development of proposals, statements of work and associated cost estimates.
- Serve as the technical point of contact for customers and the program manager.
- Define and implement project scope, objectives, deliverables, prepare schedules and resource forecasting in Microsoft project.
- Monitor project progress and ensure adherence to timelines and budgets using Earned Value Management (EVM) metrics.
- Lead a robust risk management process to identify and mitigate risks and issues that may impact project delivery.
- Contain scope growth though robust baseline change management.
- Coordinate and communicate with stakeholders to provide project updates and address concerns.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance project management processes and practices.