Expert Engineering Project Lead

Required Qualifications

• Typically requires a BS degree in an engineering discipline & 12 years of related experience or demonstrated competence through sufficient applicable industry experience in relevant engineering leadership or management positions.
• Relevant Project Management or Engineering Leadership experience in new hardware/software product development, including defense, aerospace, avionics, or other domains
• Familiarity with scheduling, tracking and risk management techniques and tools
• Familiarity with Ghantt chart planning, preferably IMS development using Microsoft Project or similar project management software experience
• Knowledgeable in all phases of the product development life cycle from requirements through design, implementation, integration, verification, transition to production and sustainment support.
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements across an organization
• This position requires you to have or obtain a government security clearance in the future. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results, including leading Root Cause Corrective Action efforts.
• Exceptional communication skills, including experience in direct customer communications and ability to lead professional conversations with internal leadership.
• Experienced in decision analysis and willingness to integrate cross-functionally to drive excellent decision making.
• Strong team building, interpersonal and personnel development skills.
• Comfortable working among ambiguity and a changing and growing environment.
• Proactive mindset ready to take initiative and a strong sense of outcome ownership.
• Fluent in Microsoft applications, familiarity with Atlassian Jira and Confluence management tools
• System and subsystem integration.
• “This position requires you to access information that is subject to U.S. export regulations. You may only access such information if you are a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. government.”

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