Project Engineer

Position Description

Responsibilities

• Bid & Proposal Development (Pre-Award)
• RFP/RFQ Evaluation: Analyze complex technical specifications, statements of work (SOW), and military/aerospace standards within Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
• Technical Writing: Draft comprehensive technical proposal narratives, executive summaries, compliance matrices, and engineering execution strategies.
• Cost & Labor Estimation: Establish Engineering Cost Estimates (ECEs) and Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for engineering labor hours, non-recurring engineering (NRE), and hardware development.
• WBS & Scheduling: Define the project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and author preliminary integrated master schedules (IMS) using Microsoft Project or Smartsheet to map resource constraints.
• Pricing: Conduct pre-bid risk assessments to identify technical roadblocks, manufacturing challenges, or long-lead material constraints, pricing these risks into the proposal contingency.
• NPI Coordination & Technical Execution (Post-Award)
• Execution Strategy: Translate proposal concepts into actionable engineering development plans upon program award.
• Action Item Tracking: Maintain detailed technical action item lists, tracking engineering tasks to prevent schedule drift.
• Cross-Functional Communication: Facilitate technical alignment across Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations.
• Milestone Reviews: Lead and support critical program gateway reviews, including PDR (Preliminary Design Review), CDR (Critical Design Review), and MRR (Manufacturing Readiness Review).