Engineering Project Coordinator

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service - spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack - from the lab to the field - we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Group Overview

Aerospace Engineering Group (AERO) provides an integrated, end-to-end capability for the rapid modification and fielding of mission-specific aircraft. The Airborne Asset Adaptation (A3) Cell acts as the central command and coordination hub, managing requirements and external interfaces from inception to operational delivery. Specialized technical execution is delivered by the Aircraft Integration Centre (AIC), a Part 145 facility focused on airframe modification, and Aerospace Design (ASD), which provides organic design engineering and FAA-authorized certification. Collectively, these elements bridge the gap between initial requirements and the deployment of flight-certified, mission-ready assets.
Position Summary

The Engineering Project Coordinator supports engineering programs by coordinating project schedules, documentation, action items, and cross-functional communication to help ensure successful project execution. This role works closely with engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, and program management teams to track deliverables, maintain project records, support reporting, and identify risks or delays. The Engineering Project Coordinator plays a key role in keeping technical projects organized, compliant, and aligned with business and customer requirements.
What You'll Do

• Document Logging: Log, version-control, and formally release technical drawings, reports, and compliance checklists
• Records Maintenance: Maintain organized, up-to-date archives of conformity data, change histories, and engineering baselines
• File Accessibility: Ensure technical files are properly organized and easily accessible to internal teams and external audit authorities
• Schedule Tracking: Monitor engineering calendars, tracking task deadlines against the program's Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
• Milestone Coordination: Coordinate dates for conformity events, compliance submissions, and FAA/ODA review cycles
• Data Entry: Provide structured, accurate schedule data to project managers regarding task dependencies and resource needs
• Package Routing: Assist in preparing, routing, and tracking the sign-off status of regulatory documentation packages
• Workflow Administration: Track the administrative progress of Design Change Requests (DCRs) and Engineering Data Packages
• Process Checking: Cross-check engineering submissions to ensure they follow standard file-naming and data-retention guidelines
• Process Improvement: Suggest administrative workflow improvements to make document control and file routing more efficient

What You Bring

Education

• High School Diploma or GED with 1-3 years of administrative, document control, or scheduling experience in a regulated environment or Associate Degree in Aviation Technology or Engineering Technology, or a related field
• Preferred- Bachelor's Degree in Aviation Management, Project Management, or a related field
• Prior administrative experience in the aviation industry strongly preferred

Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills and discipline, with strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated intellectual humility, high levels of emotional intelligence, and an innate ability to challenge one's own thinking and adjust to others
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Demonstrate success working in a highly collaborative multi-function environment
• Must be results-oriented and demonstrate flexibility in dealing with changing and ambiguous situations
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with staff
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly developed sense of judgment and maturity
• Must be able to accomplish all duties with little or no assistance
• Must have good command of the English language, oral and written

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plan options
• HSA/FSA accounts
• Dental and vision coverage
• 6% employer 401(k) match
• Fully paid parental leave for all new parents
• Generous PTO
• Life and disability insurance
• Long-term and Short-term disability coverage
• AD&D Coverage
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
AAP / EEO Statement

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time non-exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Non-Exempt employees may be required to work over 40 hours per week with approval from the department manager.
Work Environment

This job operates in an office setting.
Travel

Travel requirements are less than 10%.

Our Firmware

At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.

Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.