Manufacturing Project Engineer - Aerospace

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary 

The Project Engineer III is responsible for leading the technical execution of complex aerospace development and customer programs from requirements definition through design, qualification, certification, production introduction, and delivery. 

This role coordinates multidisciplinary engineering activities, develops and maintains technical requirements and plans, manages engineering schedules and risks, and serves as a primary technical interface among Engineering, Program Management, Operations, Quality, suppliers, and customers. You wiII work independently on high-complexity assignments and ensures engineering commitments are clearly defined, coordinated, and completed in accordance with program objectives. 

The position serves as a senior project-level engineering contributor and provides technical guidance to project team members and less-experienced engineers. 

What you will be doing:

• Lead engineering activities for complex aerospace products, systems, and customer programs from initial definition through production release and in-service support. 
• Develop integrated engineering plans, work packages, schedules, milestones, and deliverables in coordination with program and functional leadership. 
• Track technical progress, dependencies, risks, and action items and drive timely resolution across the project team. 
• Serve as a technical focal point for internal reviews, customer meetings, supplier coordination, and program-status discussions. 
• Translate customer specifications and contractual requirements into clear system, subsystem, and component-level engineering requirements. 
• Coordinate requirements allocation, interface definition, design reviews, and technical decision-making across mechanical, electrical, software, systems, stress, thermal, test, and manufacturing disciplines. 
• Maintain technical compliance matrices, interface documentation, assumptions, and action-item closure evidence. 
• Support engineering change and configuration-control activities to ensure approved changes are incorporated consistently across affected products and documentation. 
• Coordinate verification, validation, qualification, and certification planning with Test, Certification, Quality, and program personnel. 
• Support test-readiness reviews, test execution, data evaluation, discrepancy resolution, and completion of technical reports. 
• Ensure objective evidence is available to demonstrate compliance with customer, regulatory, and internal engineering requirements. 
• Support FAA, EASA, delegated authority, and customer technical reviews, as applicable to the program. 
• Support the transition of engineering designs into manufacturing, assembly, inspection, and production-test processes. 
• Coordinate resolution of technical issues identified during prototype build, qualification, production, installation, or field support. 
• Work with Supply Chain and suppliers to clarify technical requirements, evaluate proposed solutions, and support delivery commitments. 
• Communicate technical status, risks, recovery actions, and decisions clearly to customers and internal leadership. 
• Provide technical direction and day-to-day coordination to project engineers and multidisciplinary team members. 
• Mentor less-experienced engineers in project execution, requirements management, design reviews, risk management, and customer communication. 
• Promote consistent engineering processes, documentation quality, lessons learned, and continuous improvement across programs. 

What you need to qualify: 

• 8+ years of progressive engineering experience in aerospace, defense, or a similarly regulated product-development environment 
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Systems, or a related engineering discipline required; master's degree preferred 
• Strong aerospace project-engineering and technical-leadership capability 
• Knowledge of aerospace product development, systems integration, qualification, certification, and production processes 
• Ability to interpret customer specifications, statements of work, engineering drawings, and technical requirements 
• Experience with requirements management, risk management, configuration control, and engineering change processes 
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, planning, and decision-making skills 
• Effective written and verbal communication with customers, suppliers, and multidisciplinary teams 
• Ability to manage multiple technical priorities and deliverables in a schedule-driven environment 
• Demonstrated experience leading complex engineering projects or work packages through design, testing, qualification, certification, and production introduction 
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and communicating directly with customers and suppliers 
• Working knowledge of aerospace quality, configuration-management, and regulatory requirements, including AS9100 and applicable FAA or EASA requirements 
• Experience with project-planning, requirements-management, product-lifecycle-management, or similar engineering tools preferred 
• Project Management Professional certification or formal project-management training is a plus 

What's in it for you:

• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefits package
• Matching 401k
• Tuition Reimbursement

DISCLAIMER: The compensation range represents a good faith estimate of what our client may pay for the position at the time of posting. Our client may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidate’s gender or any other protected status. 

We are an established and growing aerospace manufacturing company whose products are found in nearly every commercial aircraft.

Company Description

We are an established and growing aerospace manufacturing company whose products are found in nearly every commercial aircraft.\n