Lead, Project Engineering

Role Overview

• Responsible for full lifecycle Project Engineering support for a range of software and hardware development, assembly, and integration and test efforts.
• Responsible for successfully leading a project team to meet customer requirements within allocated cost and schedule commitments.
• Develops, oversees, and coordinates the cost/schedule/technical aspects of an ongoing engineering project within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.
• Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets, manages schedules, drives execution, identifies opportunities, and delivers results through achieving payment milestones.
• Assesses engineering issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Identifies, tracks, mitigates, manages, and dispositions program-level risks and opportunities.
• Estimates resource and material needs for the project/product.
• Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received.
• Understands how to develop a schedule using Earned Value (EV) and manage a project using the Earned Value Indicators on a DCMA surveilled program (highest rigor applied).
• Participate in small teams and perform a wide variety of tasks to drive execution (e.g., value stream mapping activities).
• Must have ability and willingness to work in a collaborative team environment on quick reaction projects and will have regular contact with customers.
• Experience in the following engineering/technical areas: Missile Warning, Software Engineering.
• Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance required.
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance preferred.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience
• Experience with program baselining, planning, IBR process experience
• Missile Warning/Space Operations experience
• Experience with best practices for project engineering and program execution
• Experience in managing multi-discipline programs across multiple locations
• Experience in software development and integration programs
• Experience managing projects with total budgets of $70M+
• Experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM)
• Experience as an Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL) and driving labor resources in a matrix organization
• Experience with Technical Supplier Management, Risk and Opportunity Management

Tech Stack

• Assembly

Benefits

• health and disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• education assistance
• parental leave
• paid time off
• company-paid holidays