The company is looking to solve the problem of delivering engineering programs on schedule, within scope, and in alignment with company standards, specifically for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and related programs and initiatives.
Requirements
- Experience in aerospace, defense, unmanned systems, or similar high-precision manufacturing environments
- Previous experience with management of agile and waterfall development processes
- Familiarity with MS Project Jira, automation frameworks (Jira Automations, SharePoint Automations)
- Experience with Version Control Systems (Git, GitHub, SVN, etc..)
- Basic understanding of networking concepts such as network sockets, NAT, and the differences between routing and switching.
- Basic understanding of electrical engineering concepts of harness creation for systems integration, PCB design, or electrical circuit design.
- A technical understanding of aircraft flight controls and hands-on experience flying full sized or model aircraft
Responsibilities
- Leads system development efforts from concept through production, providing technical direction, oversight, and full lifecycle ownership across all engineering domains.
- Oversees system integration, testing, and verification activities, ensuring comprehensive test coverage on representative hardware or platforms and validating performance against requirements.
- Create, maintain, and communicate detailed product development schedules, ensuring cross-functional alignment on tasks, milestones, dependencies, and delivery expectations.
- Review and approve technical documents and designs, engineering approaches, and development processes to ensure solutions meet performance, reliability, and compliance standards.
- Monitors task progress and time charging to ensure accuracy and alignment with project budgets and schedules.
- Resolve engineering issues as they arise by working closely with all stakeholders
- Communicate with technical personnel from multiple skill areas and functions to evaluate technical information and issues impacting design, production, and support of products, services, or other deliverables
Other
- Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) with 10+ years of related experience, or a master’s degree with 8 years of related experience or 14+ years of relevant experience in lieu of education.
- 5 years in a leadership or project coordination role, showing increasing responsibility
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to collaborate across technical teams
- Ability to traverse manufacturing facility
