PROJECT ENGINEER

Help turn advanced technology into capabilities that matter to the mission. Bascom Hunter develops custom defense electronics spanning RF systems, resilient satellite and tactical communications, embedded computing, and emerging AI and neuromorphic technologies. Our engineers tackle demanding aerospace and defense challenges, bringing together hardware, software, manufacturing, and testing to move ideas from concept to deployment. As a Project Engineer, you’ll contribute directly to this work, solve technical problems alongside a multidisciplinary team, and help deliver systems built for real operational demands.

Based onsite in O’Fallon, MO, this role coordinates engineering execution from requirements through design, integration, test, and delivery, working with engineering, program management, manufacturing, procurement, and quality to meet technical, schedule, and cost targets.

Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate technical execution of defense electronics projects, translating customer requirements into engineering tasks, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for customers and suppliers; communicate requirements, resolve questions, and support design reviews.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities with manufacturing, procurement, and quality to support design release and production readiness.
• Support proposal development with technical approaches, engineering estimates, schedules, and identification of technical risks.
• Support requirements traceability, configuration control, verification planning, integration, and testing in accordance with project requirements and internal quality procedures.
• Identify and resolve technical risks and issues; assess design changes for impacts on performance, schedule, cost, and manufacturability.
• Track engineering milestones, action items, and deliverables; report technical status and resource needs to the Program Manager and engineering leadership.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 1–3 years of engineering or technical project experience.
• Experience coordinating engineering tasks and solving technical problems across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong technical communication, organization, and customer-facing skills; ability to interpret requirements, drawings, and test results.
• U.S. Citizenship required due to government contract requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting defense or aerospace electronics projects, including customer technical reviews and documentation.
• Familiarity with RF front ends, mixed signal electronics, embedded digital systems, or related electronics hardware.
• Experience with requirements traceability, configuration management, design release, and engineering change control.
• Hands-on experience with hardware integration, verification testing, troubleshooting, and transition to production.
• Familiarity with AS9100 or ISO 9001 quality systems and export control requirements (ITAR/EAR).
• Experience developing engineering estimates and schedules and tracking technical milestones, risks, and action items.

All positions at Bascom Hunter are subject to background investigations. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation including criminal history and identity check.

Bascom Hunter is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, religion, sex, color, national origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, disability/veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.