Principal Artificial Intelligence Engineer

The Principal Artificial Intelligence Engineer will provide expert-level technical leadership in the design, development, and application of AI technologies, algorithms, and intelligent systems to solve complex engineering and product challenges. You will be responsible for acting as the subject matter expert for technical AI projects and provide direction on exploring and implementing methodologies and best practices.

You will report directly to our Director of Advanced Projects and you’ll work out of our Plymouth, MN location on a Hybrid work schedule.

As a Principal Artificial Intelligence Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader within Honeywell's Advanced Projects organization, applying cutting-edge AI technologies to create innovative product capabilities and solve complex engineering challenges. You will help establish the tools, frameworks, and best practices that enable rapid experimentation and agentic AI development while partnering with cross-functional teams to mature concepts from research and prototype through product deployment. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the future of intelligent aerospace systems by translating emerging AI technologies into differentiated products, capabilities, and business value.

Responsibilities Key Responsibilities

• Lead the application of AI, machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI technologies to solve complex product, engineering, and operational challenges.
• Establish and promote AI development tools, agentic frameworks, workflows, and best practices that enable rapid experimentation, prototyping, and deployment.
• Partner with engineering, product, and research teams to identify and execute high-impact opportunities for AI-enabled product innovation.
• Design, develop, and integrate AI-driven capabilities into next-generation navigation, sensing, autonomy, and aerospace systems.
• Provide technical leadership in AI architectures, model development, data strategies, and agent-based system design across Advanced Projects initiatives.
• Support product development teams by applying AI techniques to improve system performance, automate workflows, accelerate decision-making, and address complex technical problems.
• Build and evaluate proof-of-concepts, prototypes, and technology demonstrators that reduce technical risk and accelerate new product development.
• Monitor emerging AI technologies and industry trends, translating advancements into actionable product strategies, capabilities, and roadmaps.

Qualifications US PERSON REQUIREMENT

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.

YOU MUST HAVE

• Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D. preferred) in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field.
• Proven experience applying AI, machine learning, data-driven algorithms, or advanced analytics to solve complex engineering, product, or operational challenges.
• Strong understanding of modern AI and machine learning techniques, including combinations of traditional ML, deep learning, generative AI, agentic systems, optimization, or autonomous decision-making approaches.
• Experience developing, prototyping, and transitioning advanced technologies into products, capabilities, or operational solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives and influence technical direction across cross-functional engineering and product teams.
• Experience evaluating system performance, robustness, validation approaches, and operational considerations for AI-enabled or mission-critical systems.
• Strong software engineering and system design skills, with experience building scalable, maintainable, and deployable solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to engineering, product, customer, and executive stakeholders

WE VALUE

• Experience developing AI-enabled products or platforms in aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomy, transportation, industrial, or other complex technology domains.
• Experience with modern AI development ecosystems, including generative AI, large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic AI frameworks, AI orchestration platforms, and MLOps practices.
• Expertise in navigation, estimation, sensor fusion, autonomy, perception, controls, or intelligent decision-support systems.
• Experience establishing engineering processes, development frameworks, and best practices that improve team productivity and accelerate innovation.
• Experience rapidly prototyping and evaluating emerging technologies to mature concepts into scalable product capabilities.
• Familiarity with assurance, validation, verification, safety, security, or certification considerations for AI-enabled and mission-critical systems.
• Contributions to patents, publications, open-source projects, industry initiatives, or other recognized technical achievements.
• Passion for exploring emerging technologies and applying AI to create innovative products, solve difficult technical problems, and shape the future of intelligent aerospace systems.

The annual base salary range for this position is $214,000– 268,000. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Honeywell Aerospace considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.

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