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Project Engineer

Sustaining project engineers are responsible for three core objectives, product improvements and upgrades, cost reduction/supply chain support and manufacturing support of production products.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Lead projects coordinating with the various support organizations to implement changes and demonstrate continued compliance to the equipment specification.
  • Lead cost reductions which are identified through a cross-functional group which evaluates cost reduction versus effort.
  • Evaluate the impact of the changes on the production product to ensure performance and service life will not be adversely impacted.
  • Disposition of material non-conformances, supplier change evaluations and design and specification changes to accommodate manufacturing processes that do not impact performance or service life.
  • Sustaining engineers need to have good problem solving and planning skills in order to drive projects to completion.
  • The engineer must also be comfortable dealing with ambiguity and learning on the fly as issues come from a number of customers and different levels of complexity

Education / Certifications

  • Bachelor's degree; focus in Mechanical, Electrical, Materials or Aerospace Engineering

Experience/Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree focused on Mechanical, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering and five years' experience; Master's degree and three years’ experience in an engineering role.
In the absence of a degree, 9 years of relevant experience is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with hydraulic actuation or hydro mechanical components
  • Experience in aerospace
  • Experience with component and/or system design
  • Experience managing projects