Senior Director Engineering CTO CAES by Honeywell

Delivering mission-critical, electronic solutions that protect lives, use your creativity and critical thinking to take our Electronic Warfare, Radar and Sensor products from concept to customer. At CAES by Honeywell, we serve customers in the defense and aerospace markets, engineering solutions for the world’s most critical missions.

Join the industry leader to design the next generation of breakthroughs

Overview

As CTO, you will be pivotal in driving innovation, technical leadership, and strategic vision within CAES by Honeywell. Reporting to the President of CAES by Honeywell as a key member of our leadership team, you will be accountable for providing strategic direction, technical guidance, and operational oversight to our technology teams.

Focusing on Electronic Warfare, Radar and Sensor applications, you will be instrumental in driving innovation, fostering technical excellence, and shaping our long-term technical strategy. By providing expert guidance, mentoring engineering teams, and leading cutting-edge research and development efforts, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that CAES by Honeywell remains at the forefront of technology and engineering in Aerospace & Defense.

This role can sit in multiple locations – San Diego, CA, San Jose, CA, or Phoenix, AZ.

Responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive the technology vision and roadmap for CAES by Honeywell, both within our business and collaboratively across all of Honeywell Aerospace.
• Develop growth opportunities and oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of technology projects synchronized with our strategic growth plans.
• Guide and develop high-performing technology teams to drive innovation that achieves business objectives.
• Manage and optimize technology resources, budgets, and timelines.
• Act as an executive technical spokesperson within Honeywell Aerospace, building customer advocacy with Primes, DoD entities and the A&D community.
• Ensure technology best practices, quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance productivity.

Qualifications

YOU MUST HAVE

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business.
• Minimum 10 years of engineering experience, including EW, Radar and/or Sensor applications.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience and a proven record of successful project execution with large and diverse technology and stakeholder teams.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills to guide and develop high-performing technology teams.
• Strong dedication to safety, quality, and compliance.
• This position requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by US export laws. In order to be eligible for this position, you must be a “US Person” under US export laws (or eligible for approval under a U.S. Government export license).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

WE VALUE

• Extensive engineering experience, including product integration into complex systems and platforms.
• MS or PhD in Engineering; MBA.
• Strategic technology vision reflecting strong technical expertise and understanding of modern defense priorities.
• Market-focused mindset and ability to anticipate changes in customer's needs.
• Extensive senior leadership experience, preferably in a multi-site and multicultural business environment.
• Powerful executive communication skills with customers and stakeholders.
• Strong evidence of change-management expertise.
• Demonstrated business experience and leadership combined with executive development training.

SALARY RANGE

Base Salary : $250,000/year to $312,000/year. Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographical location, job function of the position, education, and experience of the successful candidate. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as business results.

EMPLOYMENT TRANSPARENCY

BENEFITS

We take care of our people and provide competitive health, wealth and wellbeing benefits – from day one. You’ll also discover learning and development opportunities so you can take your career to the next level – and beyond.

Other benefits include:

• Comprehensive PTO, Paid Holiday and Paid Family Leave Programs.
• Student Loan Repayment Program & Tuition Reimbursement
• 9/80 Alternate Work Week Schedule
• Tailored Management/Leadership Training
• Innovative Medical Programs, Including Family Forming

WE ARE CAES by HONEYWELL

CAES by Honeywell pioneers advanced electronics that underpin many of the world’s most critical missions. We design, engineer, test, and manufacture advanced electronic solutions for the U.S. aerospace and defense industry. From inception and development engineering, to full-rate production and sustainment, we work closely with customers as partners throughout the program lifecycle.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

At CAES by Honeywell, we welcome differences and celebrate new ideas. We believe the diversity of our people inspires our creativity and drives our innovation. Everyone is welcome here, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please email

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