Staff Project Engineer-Aerospace

About the role

The Project Engineer (PE) is responsible for the Technical Management of the Program along with the oversight of performing requirements analysis and management, technical planning, systems-level design, systems integration, verification and validation, cost and risk management, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Engineering project plans on assigned Programs in new product development or sustainment of existing projects.
• Perform requirements management using tools such as DOORS.
• Establish timelines, budgets/estimates, and secure support/buy-in from functional and senior management.
• Conceptualize, analyze, design, and oversee semi-complex systems-level architecture design.
• Lead teams and facilitate the communication and interaction amongst the functional representatives; develop cross-functional teams to assure proper engineering discipline representation on a task.
• Perform requirements analysis and allocations.
• Identify roadblocks and bottlenecks to project execution and determine a course of action to eliminate or avoid them; develop and implement recovery plans for off-schedule and unanticipated events.
• Communicate with the Engineering resources to ensure that specific tasks assigned to them are progressing at the required completion rate.
• Escalate engineering issues to the appropriate level of management for which the engineering team cannot reach consensus.
• Maintain action item lists.
• Conduct project reviews as required; present detailed plan status to senior management as required.
• Represent project execution issues in stakeholder or customer discussions.
• Create procedures for carrying out various systems engineering tasks.
• Affiliate with verification and validation tasks.
• Follow internal systems engineering procedures for carrying out various SE responsibilities.
• Other related duties assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent technical discipline with a minimum of 5 years of related Project Engineering Management and Systems Engineering experience to be proficient in the above areas, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Requires a working knowledge of engineering processes related to Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Proficiency with MS Office, including Microsoft Project and associated applications, is needed.
• Systems-level block diagram capture tools such as Visio.
• Other related systems engineering tools.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) exposure or certification a plus.
• Requirements Management Tools preferred (DOORs or other similar relational databases).

Skills and Abilities

• Strong communicator, both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate with individuals, functions, senior management, and suppliers.
• Skilled to motivate and facilitate individuals and teams.
• Strong problem solver, able to differentiate the importance from the urgent and prioritize activities.
• Demonstrated strong leadership at a Program level.

Benefits

• Most locations offer a 9/80 schedule, providing every other Friday off.
• Competitive compensation & 401(k) program to plan for your future.
• Robust medical, dental, vision, & disability coverage with qualified wellness discounts.
• Basic Life Insurance and Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available.
• Paid vacation & PTO.
• Paid parental leave.
• Generous employee referral program.
• Voluntary benefits available: Longer Term Care, Legal, Identity Theft, Pet Insurance, and more.
• Voluntary Tricare Supplement available for military retirees.