Senior Project Engineer
LAUNCH Technical Workforce Solutions is seeking a Senior Project Engineerwith extensive aerospace manufacturing experience.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Applies expert and specialized knowledge to plan, direct, and coordinate the engineering design, integration, analysis and certification of company products and processes for manufacturing of complete aircraft parts, components, subsystems and complete systems for operational aircraft.
- Develops solutions to complex and unusual problems that require considerable ingenuity and innovation to make substantial modification to policies and standards related to managing engineering projects in the areas of design or technology.
- Work is accomplished with only limited direction allowing considerable freedom to act.
- Analyzes project objectives and requirements to determine feasibility, reducibility, cost, and production time.
- Discusses technical issues of the project with customer representatives, engineers, and other personnel. Evaluates product design for conformance to engineering principles, customer requirements, quality standards, and specifications.
- Ensures engineering specifications, drawings and other technical documents are produced to standard engineering practices and regulatory requirements.
- Evaluates and approves design changes and drawing releases.
- Assigns project personnel to specific aspects or phases of project such as analysis, development, or design.
- Establishes milestones and monitors adherence to master plans and schedules, identifies program problems and obtains solutions such as allocation of resources or changing contract specifications and technical solutions.
- Coordinates design, production, testing, and related activities.
- Consults with project personnel and others to provide technical assistance and information.
- Coordinates with Manufacturing, Marketing, Contracts, and Quality Assurance and other groups to ensure required engineering documentation is established and maintained for each project.
- Creates and maintains budget and schedule tracking metrics and reports progress to Engineering management.
- Provides guidance to teams on development, performance and productivity issues.
- Works with the regulatory agencies or designees in creating compliance and other engineering reports.
- Reviews status reports prepared by project personnel and modifies schedules or plans as required.
- Prepares project reports for management, client, or others.
Qualifications and requirements:
- Bachelor level degree in appropriate engineering discipline, master level degree preferred, or equivalent and nine (9) plus year’s related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Communicate effectively using electronic media and in written and verbal forms.
- Make telephone and direct personal contact with internal and external personnel and make formal presentations to small or large groups.
- Competent in the use of standard software applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Competent in the use of design and project management software.
- Professional Engineer Certification preferred.
- Safety training applicable to the job and work area.
- Work in excess of eight (8) hours per day and five (5) days per week as required.
- While performing the duties of this job, the Stakeholder is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather conditions. T
- Experience in design, testing and certification of system level components (hydraulic valves and actuators, pneumatic valves and ducting, fluid lines, electrical monitoring devices) is beneficial.
- This position will work directly with suppliers responsible for designing these types of line replacement units from program requirements.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Why Choose LAUNCH?
A team of aviation staffing experts leads LAUNCH. We understand the challenges of finding the top aviation jobs and we focus on linking you with the best openings in the most sought-after locations.
LAUNCH offers you an ACA compliant benefit package including company-sponsored medical insurance with multiple plans to choose from. Our MinimumEssentialCoverage is offered to every employee who does not have coverage elsewhere at no cost to you! LAUNCH also offers a 401(k) program with a company match. Plus, you join theLAUNCH Loyalty Clubon your first day, earning you extra cash bonuses, apparel and safety rewards.