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Project Engineer - Aerospace

United States, Phoenix · Job Posted January 15, 2026
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The Project Engineer (PE) manages the technical aspects of a specific project or effort and ensures technical, schedule, and cost targets are met. The PE is both a project manager and technical leader/expert. A PE’s duties are broad in nature and may encompass multiple phases of a product’s lifecycle to include pursuit, development, production or post-delivery support. While possessing technical expertise and experience, the individual will coordinate and lead the engineering product development activities. The PE plans, schedules and directs the engineering support of the assigned projects, and keeps the team on plan through proactive engagement, constant and robust communication/collaboration and focused risk management. They are responsible for, and have authority over, all engineering resources associated with or in support of the project and must continually engage and collaborate with engineering functional leadership to ensure the necessary resources and support are available.

Job Responsibility

  • Manages the technical aspects of a specific project or effort and ensures technical, schedule, and cost targets are met
  • Coordinates and leads the engineering product development activities
  • Plans, schedules and directs the engineering support of the assigned projects, and keeps the team on plan through proactive engagement, constant and robust communication/collaboration and focused risk management
  • Responsible for, and has authority over, all engineering resources associated with or in support of the project

Requirements

  • Experience engaging other cross-functional leaders to advocate for the program’s needs and priorities while working with leadership to understand and accommodate the demands of competing programs
  • Experience interfacing and working closely with customers on technical and contractual requirements
  • Experience working in conjunction with PM and proposal lead to decompose business case and customer contract requirements into Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) elements, support creation of the detailed Basis of Estimates (BOEs), construct viable Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), determine technical deliverables and associated program risks and opportunities
  • Familiar with requirements definition, verification and distribution, technical baseline development, resource identification and allocation, design trade studies, preliminary design, detailed design, system testing, qualification testing, supporting the handoff to production (production configuration) and ensuring the technical deliverables to support a successful Entry-Into-Service
  • Experience as focal point for engineering development, product definition, resource allocation, task assignment and completion, problem solving and decision making necessary to accomplish project charter
  • Working knowledge of resource loaded scheduling and proficient with the use of Microsoft Project 2016
  • Experience with DO-254
  • Experience with DO-160
  • Experience with ARP-4754
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Accountable and takes ownership of assigned tasks
  • Self-motivated and takes initiative to get things done
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Experience in customer-facing roles

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