Product Engineer

About the role

The Product Engineer is responsible for leading assigned products and engineering workstreams across their full lifecycle, from requirements definition through design release, production support, and customer delivery. This role serves as the technical point of contact (TPOC) for assigned customers and programs, ensuring technical requirements, design intent, and execution details are clearly understood, controlled, and delivered.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned products and engineering projects from concept through production and sustainment
• Own day-to-day engineering execution, priorities, and deliverables for assigned products
• Plan, coordinate, and execute engineering activities to meet program schedules and milestones
• Identify technical risks and lead mitigation actions in coordination with the Lead Product Engineer
• Own requirements flow down from customer and system requirements to design outputs
• Coordinate design activities with Design Engineering and System Engineering
• Ensure designs are configuration-controlled and released in accordance with AS9100D
• Lead and support engineering change requests (ECRs) and engineering change notices (ECNs)
• Support customer design reviews, test reviews, and technical data exchanges
• Own requirements flow down from customer and system requirements to design outputs
• Coordinate design activities with Design Engineering and System Engineering
• Ensure designs are configuration-controlled and released in accordance with AS9100D
• Lead and support engineering change requests (ECRs) and engineering change notices (ECNs)
• Support customer design reviews, test reviews, and technical data exchanges
• Support build readiness reviews, first article inspections (FAI), and test activities
• Provide real-time engineering support to Manufacturing and Test during builds and investigations
• Ensure design intent is preserved through production execution
• Lead or support root cause analysis for technical and product-related issues
• Quantify technical impacts of design changes, deviations, or process variation
• Implement and verify corrective actions related to product performance and quality
• Escalate technical risks appropriately to the Lead Product Engineer and Program Management
• Maintain accurate and complete engineering documentation (drawings, BOMs, specifications)
• Ensure traceability between requirements, designs, tests, and delivered products
• Support integration of engineering data into PLM, ERP, and QMS systems
• Ensure engineering data is audit-ready and customer-ready
• Partner with Program Management to support schedule, cost, and risk objectives
• Collaborate with Supply Chain to support sourcing, material readiness, and supplier technical issues
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to product execution

Requirements

• Strong understanding of product engineering and lifecycle management
• Experience leading engineering projects or workstreams
• Ability to serve as a customer-facing technical point of contact
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills
• Ability to manage confidential and export-controlled information (ITAR)

Skills

• Strong understanding of product engineering and lifecycle management
• Experience leading engineering projects or workstreams
• Ability to serve as a customer-facing technical point of contact
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills
• Ability to manage confidential and export-controlled information (ITAR)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline
• 5+ years of experience in product, design, or manufacturing engineering roles
• Demonstrated experience supporting cross-functional engineering execution

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance Coverage
• Life/ADD & Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Paid Time-Off (PTO)
• Holidays

Company Information

• EEO, Minorities, Females, Vet, Disabled, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity or any other protected class
• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities
• Pay transparency