Aircraft Senior Project Engineer at AEVEX Aerospace

The Senior Project Engineer is responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and completion of engineering projects. This role involves coordinating with cross-functional teams, managing timelines, and ensuring technical excellence throughout the project lifecycle. The Senior Project Engineer acts as a technical leader and provides mentorship to junior engineers while ensuring projects meet all requirements for quality, safety, and environmental compliance.

Essential Functions

• Lead and manage engineering projects from concept through completion, ensuring on-time delivery, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

• Provide interface between Project Management, Design and Production team

• Provide technical direction and solutions for complex engineering challenges. Act as the subject matter expert for engineering designs and project specifications.

• Oversee the design and development of project plans, specifications, and engineering solutions. Ensure adherence to industry standards and best practices.

• Coordinate with external stakeholders such as clients, vendors, and contractors.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, ensuring potential issues are addressed proactively.

• Support the development of project budgets, schedules, and resources. Monitor progress and make necessary adjustments to ensure project goals are achieved.

• Ensure all engineering work complies with relevant safety, quality, and environmental regulations, as well as company policies and standards.

• Manage the tasking of technical team ensuring resources are available to support all project milestones and deliveries.

• Ensure thorough and accurate project documentation, including reports, drawings, and technical specifications.

• Perform other duties as required

Standard Essential Functions

• Regular and reliable attendance on a full-time basis.

• Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal and external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company's policies and practices.

• Embodies AEVEX’s cultural values and aligns daily actions with department goals and company culture.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Strong project management skills with experience managing multi-discipline, cross functional engineering projects.

• Expertise in engineering design, development, and analysis.

• Experience working RF systems development for terrestrial and space-based systems. Particularly with GNSS systems and associated ground-based support equipment.

• Experience with engineering software and tools such as SolidWorks, MatLab, Jama, and Jira

• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

• Familiarity with military and industrial design standards, and certification of systems for military use.

• Responsible for defining system and subsystem interfaces and translation of those requirements across a multi-disciplinary team which they manage.

• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, team-oriented environment.

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

• Required to display strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meeting project/company objectives.

Education / Certifications

• Bachelor of Science in any of the following fields: Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

• Master's Degree in Engineering preferred • Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred

• Familiarization with DoD Acquisition System Experience

• 12+ years of experience in engineering project management or similar role, preferably in Aerospace and Defense Industry.

• Developing and tailoring System Engineering processes based on program cost, schedule, and risk tolerance

• Developing requirements traceability verification matrix (RVTM) and supporting the verification analysis and testing.

• Experience with ISO 9001/AS9100 standards in a design and manufacturing environment

• Using System Engineering tools to document and manage project requirements

Security Clearance

• Top Secret. Eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information DoD clearance. U.S. Citizenship required