Senior Engineering Project Manager

Senior Engineering Project Manager

We are excited to announce that we have an opening in our Billerica, MA office for a Senior Engineering Project Manager (EPM). The Senior Engineering Project Manager provides functional and technical oversight and project monitoring on design activities and ensures projects remain on track. These challenges are broadly related to helmet mounted displays and cueing systems and can include firmware/software development, system integration, system testing and evaluation, and the supporting of field-testing operations.

Responsibilities:

• Provides technical and managerial leadership for the Billerica engineering team.
• Manage cross-functional engineering development teams throughout the product life cycle to design and develop new products and transition to full production.
• Responsible for all technical aspects of the product design and development for assigned project(s).
• Support Business Development with customer meetings, requirements elicitation, architecture development, and systems implementation.
• Support product development teams with use case analysis, requirements capture and allocation, architectural analysis and design, unit level testing, integration, verification and validation efforts, and transition to manufacturing.
• Represent engineering across product lines as a key stakeholder.
• Work with Program, Product Line and Engineering Management on schedule, resource loading and prioritizing assignments.
• Responsible for the monitoring, control, reporting, and success of the development of assigned projects, including achieving technical performance, development budget and schedule, and recurring cost requirements.
• Lead and support bid and proposal efforts, including managing technical teams to generate technical solutions and concepts, preparing cost estimates and generating material used in formal responses.
• Working with Business Development and Program Management provide technical support for customer interactions and customer deliverables (e.g. white papers, proposals, demos, meetings, etc.) for new business capture and product developments.
• Working with Business and Product Owners, Business Development, Program Management, and Engineering Management to support the development and maintenance of product roadmaps and technology introduction.
• Manage and mitigate technical risks throughout the project.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Interviewing, hiring, training and developing employees; creating effective staff plans - assigning and directing work; performance appraisals, rewarding and management of employee discipline when required; and addressing complaints and resolving conflicts.
• Active mentoring and development of staff is a critical element of the supervisory responsibilities to create a highly performing cohesive team.

Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship required. - Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field - MS preferred. MBA and/or PMP are a plus.
• 12+ years of professional experience, to include: 6 - 8 years+ of experience with design of tactical products (mix of hardware and software) intended for manufacture. Avionics/ helmet-mounted display product experience highly desirable.
• Technical background and competence in design and development of complex electronic products requiring a mix of hardware and software.
• Experience in planning and managing technical projects that include engineering development teams, bid teams and other relevant personnel is a plus.
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to multi-task and strong work ethic required.
• Effective oral and written communication skills and the ability to manage multiple projects.
• Ability to work in a team environment and interact with employees in all departments and functions.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Project and Atlassian suite of tools are a plus.
• Ability to comply with all Company guidelines, policies, procedures and embrace Company Core Values.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.

The annualized pay range for this role is $169,329-216,365 USD along with a target incentive compensation plan (ICP) of 10%.