Project Engineer I
HybridDayton, Ohio, United States or Plano, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Coordinate engineering aspects of product development projects by developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, and budgets. Provide technical support to cross-functional teams while preparing regular status reports and documenting design specifications, test plans, and meeting minutes. Identify potential project risks and assist in creating mitigation strategies to ensure timely delivery of milestones. Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to execute project tasks, occasionally traveling to customer or field locations. Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 8+ years of experience, with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field
- 8+ years' experience in engineering roles
- Higher level relevant degree may substitute for experience
- Knowledge of engineering principles and practice
- Experience working in multi-disciplinary design and development team
- Basic understanding of requirements management, system design, and integration
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance
- U.S. Citizenship status
Desired Qualifications
- 2-4 years relevant leadership and/or project management experience
- Familiarity with project management software (e.g., MS Project, JIRA)
- Experience leading a multi-disciplinary design and development team and communicating with program management and customers
- Familiarity with preparation and development of project estimates, technical proposals, and program cost and schedule management
- Past history of leading baseline definition and maturation in a complex development setting, including the use of highly integrated trade studies and analysis of alternative
- Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and schematics, parts lists, specifications, instructions and test procedure
- Experience or certification in International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) standard
- Background in the Aerospace and Defense Industry
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