The Senior Project Engineer is responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and completion of engineering projects. This role involves coordinating with cross-functional teams, managing timelines, and ensuring technical excellence throughout the project lifecycle. The Senior Project Engineer acts as a technical leader and provides mentorship to junior engineers while ensuring projects meet all requirements for quality, safety, and environmental compliance.
Essential Functions
• Lead and manage engineering projects from concept through completion, ensuring on-time delivery, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Provide interface between Project Management, Design and Production team
• Provide technical direction and solutions for complex engineering challenges. Act as the subject matter expert for engineering designs and project specifications.
• Oversee the design and development of project plans, specifications, and engineering solutions. Ensure adherence to industry standards and best practices.
• Coordinate with external stakeholders such as clients, vendors, and contractors.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, ensuring potential issues are addressed proactively.
• Support the development of project budgets, schedules, and resources. Monitor progress and make necessary adjustments to ensure project goals are achieved.
• Ensure all engineering work complies with relevant safety, quality, and environmental regulations, as well as company policies and standards.
• Manage the tasking of technical team ensuring resources are available to support all project milestones and deliveries.
• Ensure thorough and accurate project documentation, including reports, drawings, and technical specifications.
• Perform other duties as required
Standard Essential Functions
• Regular and reliable attendance on a full-time basis.
• Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal and external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the companys policies and practices.
• Embodies AEVEX’s cultural values and aligns daily actions with department goals and company culture.
Qualifications and Competencies
• Strong project management skills with experience managing multi-discipline, cross functional engineering projects.
• Expertise in engineering design, development, and analysis.
• Experience working RF systems development for terrestrial and space-based systems. Particularly with GNSS systems and associated ground-based support equipment.
• Experience with engineering software and tools such as SolidWorks, MatLab, Jama, and Jira
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with military and industrial design standards, and certification of systems for military use.
• Responsible for defining system and subsystem interfaces and translation of those requirements across a multi-disciplinary team which they manage.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, team-oriented environment.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Required to display strong initiative and drive to accomplish goals and meeting project/company objectives.
Education / Certifications
• Bachelor of Science in any of the following fields: Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Masters Degree in Engineering preferred • Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
• Familiarization with DoD Acquisition System
Experience
• 12+ years of experience in engineering project management or similar role, preferably in Aerospace and Defense Industry.
• Developing and tailoring System Engineering processes based on program cost, schedule, and risk tolerance
• Developing requirements traceability verification matrix (RVTM) and supporting the verification analysis and testing.
• Experience with ISO 9001/AS9100 standards in a design and manufacturing environment
• Using System Engineering tools to document and manage project requirements
Security Clearance
• Top Secret. Eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information DoD clearance. U.S. Citizenship required
About AEVEX Aerospace
AEVEX Aerospace, headquartered in Solana Beach, California, supports the U.S. national security mission and partner nation needs around the world by providing full-spectrum aviation, remote sensing, and analysis solutions. The companys capabilities include custom design and engineering; rapid prototyping; sensor integration and sustainment; aircraft modification and certification; flight test instrumentation and support; mission operations service; advanced intelligence data processing, exploitation, and dissemination solutions; and tailored hardware and software mission-system tools. AEVEX uses agile and customized approaches to rapidly define, develop, and deliver specialized solutions for airborne special mission needs for the U.S. Government, partner nations, and commercial businesses. AEVEX has major offices in California, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia.
AEVEX provides a full suite of comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k)-retirement plan, comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance group coverage with a portion of the premiums paid by the company, professional development funds, and an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) with counseling, legal help, child and elder care support, among other benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
AEVEX Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.
