Principal User Experience Designer

Honeywell Aerospace is seeking an ambitious Principal User Experience Designer that is dedicated to defining and designing elegant and usable products, services and offerings that meet the expectations and improve the lives of our customers and end users, while also providing business value by meeting strategic goals.

When you join Honeywell Aerospace, you become a member of our global Honeywell User Experience (HUE) design team; comprised of creative thinkers, innovators, dreamers and doers who make the things that make the future. That means changing the way we operate aircraft for increased safety and comfort, fueling jets in an eco-friendly way, and even making it possible to breathe on Mars. Working at Honeywell Aerospace isn’t just about developing cool solutions. That’s why all our employees enjoy access to dynamic career opportunities across different disciplines, products, and offerings.

As a designer on the HUE Team, you will help to define the design direction and contribute directly to creating the next generation of user experience on a wide variety of leading-edge products and services. This can include General Aviation, Business, Commercial, and Military aircraft avionics, Space, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), web-based and app-based software, and even virtual reality solutions. You will collaborate with business stakeholders and cross-functional technical teams to develop needs-based solutions, develop personas, conduct user research, define UX metrics and outcomes, and act as a voice for the customer and end user throughout the product development life cycle.

Responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Facilitating workshops and design sprints across multi-disciplinary teams to develop business cases, product and service design concepts, and defining UX metrics and outcomes
• Leading user-centered design initiatives across a wide range of projects
• Coaching and developing both designers and stakeholders to define and/or improve experiences across a wide range of offerings
• Develop and implement a comprehensive UX strategy aligned with business goals. Advocate for user-centric design principles throughout the organization.
• Provide end-to-end UX/UI support for all digital touchpoints that have customer implications across our products, services, and offerings
• Conduct user research activities to gain insights into user behavior and preferences. Utilize research findings to inform design decisions and improve user experiences.
• Lead the design process from concept to implementation. Manage UX aspects of projects and help to identify solutions to business needs using Figma to develop high-fidelity wireframes and interactive prototypes.
• Definition, Design, Development and Maintenance of Design Systems for different types of solutions and applications
• Stay informed about design industry trends and best practices in UX design.

Qualifications

YOU MUST HAVE

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Design-related field of expertise (or 10+ years of experience without a degree)
• 8+ years of experience in User Experience Design, Product Design & Development, and Service Design (with a Design related Degree)
• 8+ years of experience with creating digital graphical user experiences across both web and mobile devices (with a Design related Degree)
• 7+ years of experience defining, designing, and maintaining Design Language Systems (with a Design related Degree)

WE VALUE

• Significant knowledge, understanding, and applied application of human-centered design principles, and leadership and facilitation of design thinking workshops across broader teams with diverse business and technical backgrounds
• Experience with leadership, project planning, scoping and execution of projects in a phase-gate and/or Agile/Scrum environment
• Proficient with User Research, Ethnography, synthesis of data collected while conducting research to turn insights into user need definitions and UX metrics (acting as the voice of the customer)
• Proficient User Experience Design practices, e.g., customer journey mapping, experience diagramming, service diagramming, task flow analysis, low fidelity & high-fidelity GUI design and prototyping, etc.
• Fluent with sketching design ideas and using prototyping tools (ex: Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD)
• Proficiency with design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience with Industrial Design and/or Hardware Design—with and without graphical user interfaces
• Familiarity and understanding of front-end development technologies and frameworks; and their impact on design decisions
• Familiarity with enterprise-level Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems and platforms
• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation skills, and strong networking skills
• Excellent collaboration and teamwork attitude
• Outstanding Design Portfolio demonstrating application of User Experience Design principles, design concepts and ideation, solving complex problems, providing value to both the business and the customer, and commercialized products that exist in the world
• Previous experience designing Human Machine Interfaces for automotive, aircraft, and/or heavy industrial equipment (ex: tractors, combines, bulldozers, etc)
• Degree in Human Factors, Cognitive Behavioral Psychology, or related degree
• Pilot Certificate and/or completion of pilot ground school.

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 or have the ability to obtain an export authorization.

Join a company that's reintroducing itself to the aviation community we've helped advance for more than a century. At Honeywell Aerospace (NASDAQ: HONA), we're launching as an independent, publicly traded aerospace and defense company built on a legacy of operational excellence and mission-focused execution.

Our new brand identity pairs that heritage with real momentum, as we build technology that helps pilots navigate with confidence, aircraft operate more efficiently, and operators stay ahead of change. With our systems on board 90% of the world's aircraft, your work here has reach that's rare to find anywhere else.

Focusing on our customers, investing in innovation, and building a culture of accountability and performance is how we're shaping what comes next.

Every horizon. Every mission. Every day.

Benefits

Beyond a performance-driven salary, you'll work alongside dedicated experts on technology that's advancing aviation. As a Honeywell Aerospace employee, you're eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts
• Employee assistance program and educational assistance
• Parental leave and 12 paid holidays
• Paid time off for vacation, personal and sick time

Explore your benefits: https://honeywellaerospacebenefits.com/

POSTING TIMELINE

The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Corporate:

Honeywell Aerospace products and services are found on aircraft across commercial aviation, defense and space. We operate through three business areas:

• Electronic Solutions develops the avionics, navigation systems, sensors and electromagnetic defense technology on board 90% of the world's aircraft
• Engines & Power Systems provides the propulsion, auxiliary power and electrical systems that keep those aircraft flying
• Control Systems supplies the thermal and motion control systems that support takeoff, landing and the safety of everyone on board

With approximately 58,000 employees worldwide and net sales of $17.4B in 2025, we are also advancing systems for autonomous and supersonic platforms — bringing the same focus on safety and efficiency to the next era of flight. Explore our businesses: https://www.honeywellaerospace.com