Advanced Hardware Engineer - Black Boxes

Join Honeywell Aerospace’s Flight Recorders engineering team and help design, develop, and integrate complex avionics systems. As a member of the Flight Recorders engineering team, you will be part in an organization which is responsible for development of Flight Data Recorders (also known as Black Boxes).

We are looking for an Advanced Hardware Engineer to join our Aerospace Engineering team in Brno and help shape the next generation of flight recorder technology.

What will your role look like?

You will guide and oversee airborne system development while building rare, highly valued expertise in flight recorders, including cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders. This is an opportunity to specialize in a distinctive area of aerospace engineering and contribute to technologies that have helped shape and improve air-traffic safety.

In this position, you will deepen your technical expertise and collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, business teams, suppliers, customers, and other partners. Alongside your day-to-day technical responsibilities, you will be encouraged to challenge established approaches and develop new ideas that support the growth of our recorders business.

This is a hybrid role with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.

Key responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of next-generation flight recorders across the hardware lifecycle:
  • requirements development
  • Electronic HW Design
  • Requirements verification
• Support hardware qualification or delta-qualification of recorders and other accessories (microphones, cockpit control units)
• Interaction with the relevant suppliers and customers
• Propose and drive changes in Electronic HW design to reduce manufacturing cost, improve reliability of the existing products
• Cooperate closely with Systems & Software engineering teams
• Ensure compliance with applicable processes, manage reporting (metrics), process improvement and updating documentations
• Participate in defining long term strategies and products roadmap
• Supporting various activities impacting flight recorders – EUROCAE ED-112 working groups, ARINC sessions

Key skills and qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related.
• Proven work experience in the aerospace, automotive or similar industry - hardware systems design experience
• Proven experience/track record in electronics design at analogue, high-speed digital, or power supply domains, signal integrity, MCU integration
• Familiar with electronic hardware development life-cycle including manufacturing
• Strong knowledge of electrical design features is crucial - schematics, signal flow, electrical components, root cause analysis and understanding of technical drawings.
• Very good level of English language (B2 as a minimum).
• Independent and fast learner, strong team player with a proactive mindset.

Our offer

• Enjoy 25 vacation days per year
• Meal allowance
• Benefit Plus Cafeteria Card available to all employees
• To promote health and wellbeing we provide life insurance coverage, employer contribution to Pension saving scheme or long-term investment product (DIP)
• Multisport Card, Makro Card, discount at T-Mobile tariffs and multiple discount programs in our partner network
• Flexible working hours with 3+ hybrid work arrangement to support your work-life balance
• Work in international environment
• Recognition & Referral bonus programs
• Employee Assistance Program - Free and confidential service to help with any difficulties regarding work, life and personal or family matters
• Honeywell Aerospace Learning & Development Center – learning platform with over 10,000 courses from Udemy
• Frequent Employee Engagement activities fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment
• Global employee networks to help you connect and grow
• Comprehensive induction, ongoing training, and development to set you up for success, in-house and external learning platforms supporting development opportunities

Join a company that's reintroducing itself to the aviation community we've helped advance for more than a century. At Honeywell Aerospace, 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.

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

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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