Senior Specialist, Project Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the Program Manager to define and achieve technical, schedule, and cost objectives
• Engage cross-functional leadership to secure necessary resources and align program priorities with broader organizational demands
• Interface directly with customers to interpret technical and contractual requirements, anticipate needs, and drive resolution of issues
• Support proposal development by defining work breakdown structures (WBS), basis of estimates (BOEs), integrated master schedules (IMS), and identifying risks and opportunities
• Lead requirements definition, verification, and management of the technical baseline
• Drive system architecture, trade studies, detailed design, integration, testing, and qualification activities
• Serve as the engineering focal point for technical execution, decision-making, and issue resolution
• Direct and coordinate engineering team activities within a matrix structure
• Maintain clear, consistent communication with program leadership, engineering teams, suppliers, and customers
• Support design-to-cost and design-for-manufacturability initiatives in collaboration with engineering and production teams
• Apply continuous improvement methods to enhance engineering and production efficiency

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or a graduate degree with a minimum of 4 years of related experience
• Practical knowledge of project management principles, including Earned Value Management and risk/scope management
• Strong systems thinking mindset with multidisciplinary engineering experience
• Experience leading or coordinating technical teams and managing engineering deliverables

Preferred Additional Skills

• Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership and collaboration within multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Experience working in a continuous improvement environment
• Working knowledge of resource-loaded scheduling and proficiency with Microsoft Project
• Experience with DO-178, DO-254, and DO-160 development environments