Lead Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description

As a Lead Advanced Manufacturing Engineer at Honeywell, you will serve as a technical leader responsible for driving key manufacturing processes within aerospace component production. This role plays a critical part in ensuring product quality, performance, and operational efficiency, with a strong focus on advanced turbine engine coating technologies.

This is a hands-on, individual contributor role with significant technical ownership and influence—providing leadership and guidance to engineering teams without direct people management responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Own and lead end-to-end advanced manufacturing processes, with focus on:
• Process development, parameters, and optimization
• Tooling design and qualification
• Maintenance and inspection criteria
• Customer approvals and compliance
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance process stability, product quality, and operational efficiency
• Analyze production data and performance metrics to identify improvement opportunities and implement corrective actions
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and cross-functional teams
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and quality teams to support production goals
• Ensure compliance with aerospace quality standards, safety regulations, and industry requirements
• Support integration and advancement of manufacturing technologies (e.g., automation, advanced processing methods)
  

🛠️ Core Technical Focus

• Aerospace special process manufacturing
• Thermal barrier coatings, including ceramic or aluminizing technologies
• Preferred specialization in EBPVD (Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition)
  
  

This role includes full technical ownership of coating processes, directly impacting product performance and customer requirements.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field or 10 years of EBPVD Thermal Coating Engineering experience.
• Proven experience in advanced manufacturing and process optimization within aerospace or highly regulated industries
• Strong expertise in thermal coating technologies (ceramic and aluminizing)
• Experience in data analysis and process control (e.g., statistical process control)
• Demonstrated ability to operate in a technical leadership capacity
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct hands-on experience with EBPVD coating processes
• Experience in highly regulated aerospace manufacturing environments
• Master’s degree in Engineering or related field
• Knowledge of advanced manufacturing technologies (automation, robotics)
• Strong project management and continuous improvement experience
• Six Sigma Black Belt
  
  

Team & Work Environment

• Part of a technical leadership group alongside Principal and Lead Engineers
• Reports into a manager overseeing a team of ~22 engineers
• Provides technical direction and mentorship to junior engineers while maintaining IC responsibilities
• Collaborative, engineering-driven environment focused on advanced aerospace manufacturing
  
  

✨ Why Join Us

• Work on cutting-edge aerospace technologies with high impact on product performance
• Opportunity to own and optimize critical manufacturing processes
• Be part of a highly specialized engineering environment
• Access to career growth, professional development, and comprehensive benefits
  
  

“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.”