Senior Engineering Project Manager
Thales Defense & Security, Inc. · Aurora, IL · 3 wk ago
HybridInformation Technology$138k–$170k/yrFull-time
Top Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Yearly Incentive Compensation Plan
- Medical insurance for self and eligible family members
- Generous 401(k) program- up to 7% company contribution and 100% immediate vesting
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Paid wellness, vacation, and holiday leave
- Paid maternity, paternity, and parental leave
- 9/80 Work Schedule (every other Friday off)
- Hybrid working environment
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership to Engineering project teams.
- Manage cross-functional engineering development teams throughout the product life cycle to design and develop new products and transition to full production.
- Support Business Development with customer meetings, requirements elicitation, architecture development, and systems implementation.
- Support product development teams with use case analysis, requirements capture and allocation, architectural analysis and design, unit level testing, integration, verification and validation efforts, and transition to manufacturing.
- Represent engineering across product lines as a key stakeholder.
- Work with Program, Product Line and Engineering Management on schedule, resource loading and prioritizing assignments.
- Lead and support bid and proposal efforts, including managing technical teams to generate technical solutions and concepts, preparing cost estimates and generating material used in formal responses.
- Work with Business Development and Program Management provide technical support for customer interactions and customer deliverables (e.g. white papers, proposals, demos, meetings, etc.) for new business capture and product developments.
- Support the development and maintenance of product roadmaps and technology introduction.
- Manage and mitigate technical risks throughout the project.
Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship required. - Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field - MS preferred. MBA and/or PMP are a plus.
- 12+ years of professional experience, to include:
- 6 - 8 years+ of experience with design of tactical products (mix of hardware and software) intended for manufacture. Avionics/ helmet-mounted display product experience highly desirable.
- 6+ as an engineering project manager or equivalent experience
- Technical background and competence in design and development of complex electronic products requiring a mix of hardware and software.
- Experience in planning and managing technical projects that include engineering development teams, bid teams and other relevant personnel is a plus.
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to multi-task and strong work ethic required.
- Effective oral and written communication skills and the ability to manage multiple projects.
- Ability to work in a team environment and interact with employees in all departments and functions.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Project and Atlassian suite of tools are a plus.
- Ability to comply with all Company guidelines, policies, procedures and embrace Company Core Values.
- Ability to travel up to 20%.