Principal Electronics Project Engineer - CAES

Delivering mission-critical, electronic solutions that protect lives.  Use your creativity and critical thinking to take our products from concept to customer.

At CAES, we engineer solutions for the world’s most critical missions. We serve customers in the defense and aerospace markets.

Seeking a career that offers challenging, diverse projects and opportunities?  Looking for a position with a company that offers long-term professional advancement?  Searching for a place that values a diverse, team-based environment?  One that values YOU.  Consider CAES.

The most important thing we build is TRUST

Are you up for challenges?  CAES is looking for a Team Player to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment at the Lancaster facility. Working closely with multi-disciplinary teams, and being able to adapt to a rapidly changing production environment brings with it an exciting opportunity to influence the successful execution of production goals and achieving operational excellence.  This position must have the ability to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance to the level of Secret.

The Electronics Project Engineer provides technical, structural, organizational, and project leadership throughout the entire product development lifecycle to ensure successful production qualification of a given program.  This role is responsible for coordinating and driving all engineering and development tasks on assigned programs.  The Project Engineer works collaboratively with Program Management and with all levels of the organization to ensure all contractual elements of a given program are satisfied and to help ensure the defined project budget, scope, and schedule are maintained throughout the development process. 

An ideal candidate applies their technical knowledge and structured project leadership techniques to leverage their formal education, technical training, supporting skill sets, and prior work experience to continuously reduce project risks throughout execution.  This position is expected to operate independently with some management oversight as a project lead, as an individual contributor, as a technical consultant, as a project champion, and as structured product development mentor for other engineering staff.

This is a high exposure position for a technical leader looking for an opportunity to take things to the next level, advance their career, grow their soft skills, expand their influence in the company, and collaboratively lead high profile programs to success. This is a high value position with significant impact to the bottom line. Continuous improvement to process and effectiveness is the expectation and the norm. This is not a position for passive individuals needing daily task guidance or micro-management.

• Materially support and successfully drive completion of program milestone deliverables such as System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, Test Readiness Review, Production Readiness Review, and Production Qualification.
• Incorporate traceable hardware requirements, software requirements, use cases, and acceptance test procedures to direct and coordinate development activities and meet customer contract requirements.
• Materially support the creation of project documentation such as work estimates, project plans, integrated master schedules, requirements specifications, interface control documents, acceptance test procedures, design assurance test procedures, operational models, and other development deliverables.
• Materially support risk reduction planning, maintain decision matrixes, journalize development rationale information, and secure project artifacts using designated enterprise database tools and storage systems.
• Lead and direct meetings onsite, in-person, and remotely with various video conferencing tools.
• Perform related or other supporting engineering work assignments as business needs require.
• Travel infrequently to off-site locations as needed (0-10%).

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering discipline or similar technical degree and eight (8) years of experience in a Technical or Engineering discipline; or Master's Degree in Engineering and 5+ years’ experience 
• Five (5) years of experience working with electronics systems and electronics manufacturing.
• Five (5) years of experience working with stage-gate, structured product development environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, strong interpersonal skills, proven analytical and root cause analysis capabilities, advanced problem solving ability
• Able to present to Customers, Senior Staff, and Subject Matter Experts
• This position requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by US export laws. In order to be eligible for this position, you must be a “US Person” under US export laws (or eligible for approval under a U.S. Government export license).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance. 

Preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering discipline or similar technical degree and 11+ years’ experience; or,
• Master's Degree in Engineering discipline or similar technical degree and 8+ years’ experience in Technical or Engineering discipline
• Experience working within the framework of requirement statements.
• Ability to collaboratively work with and inspire technical teams to design and develop products using industry standard system engineering and project management tools and techniques.
• Demonstrable self-directed functional task management and strong attention to detail.
• Familiarity with operations and quality management within an AS9100 environment.
• Experience with DOORS NexGen or similar requirements management tool is a significant benefit.
• Experience with Cameo or similar model-based system engineering (MBSE) tool is a significant benefit.
• Experience effectively and professionally interfacing with staff, customers, suppliers, and senior staff.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio.
• Ability to operate a computer and other standard office technology.
• Ability to proficiently write and verbally communicate clearly and effectively in English.
• Stand or sit for long periods of time.
• Ability to work under deadlines and constraints, multitasking across different proposals

Salary Range min/max: Project Engineer IV (110,832-166,248). Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographical location, job function of the position, education, and experience of the successful candidate. 

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EMPLOYMENT TRANSPARENCY

BENEFITS

We take care of our people and provide competitive health, wealth and wellbeing benefits – from day one. You’ll also discover learning and development opportunities so you can take your career to the next level – and beyond.

Other benefits include:

• Comprehensive PTO, Paid Holiday and Paid Family Leave Programs.
• Student Loan Repayment Program & Tuition Reimbursement
• 9/80 Alternate Work Week Schedule
• Tailored Management/Leadership Training
• Innovative Medical Programs, Including Family Forming

ABOUT CAES

CAES is the largest provider of analog and radiation hardened technology for the United States aerospace and defense industry.  From human spaceflight and space exploration, to missile defense and electronic warfare, to healthcare solutions addressing COVID-19, our talented team develop high performing electronic solutions that work the first time, every time.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

At CAES we welcome differences and celebrate new ideas. We believe the diversity of our people inspires our creativity and drives our innovation. Everyone is welcome here, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please email CAEScareers@caes.com.