Senior Project Engineer (R2861)

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Collaborate with the team to execute projects with speed, efficiency, and quality.
• Assist in the coordination of project activities, ensuring adherence to timelines and budget constraints using project management tools.  
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather project requirements and ensure effective communication between stakeholders. 
• Communicate technical subject matter to subject matter experts, customers, and executives. Communicate to achieve various objectives such as status, decision-making, issue identification, and direction.  
• Work within a team of multidisciplinary engineers and specialists throughout the life of UAS design and integration efforts 
• Prepare and maintain project documentation, including project plans, progress reports, and technical documentation. 
• Assist in the development of executive-level status reports for presentation to the Technical Program Manager, customers, and other relevant stakeholders. 
• Assist in resource allocation and management to ensure optimal utilization of personnel and equipment. 
• Collaborate with team members to monitor project timelines and milestones. 
• Identify potential technical and programmatic risks and challenges within projects and propose mitigation strategies. 
• Monitor and report on risk factors affecting project progress. 
• Identify process gaps and work to fill them through temporary ‘tiger-teams’ and cross-functional process development.   
• You get excited about technical and process challenges, and are the go-to person to fix problems of all flavors. 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 4 years and a Master’s degree; or 2 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience.
• B.S. Degree in a STEM field. Aerospace, Physics, Mathematics, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.  
• Familiarity with concepts of systems engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software development, and control theory 
• Extremely organized and detail-oriented 
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills 
• Experience with project management and technical communication. 
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Top Secret clearance. 
• Ability to support travel up to 25% 
• Demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Hands on manufacturing, flight testing, design engineering, or systems engineering experience 
• Experience working on mission critical DOD systems 
• Experience with DOD acquisition  
• Active or ability to obtain a U.S. Secret security clearance