Project Engineer – Aviation & Defence Systems

Matchtech Group; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Matchtech Group in Peterborough is seeking a Project Engineer to join our product development team. The role involves coordinating development activities, supporting planning, and ensuring on-time delivery of complex engineering projects in regulated sectors.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams, manage documentation, and drive milestones from concept through to service introduction. A degree in Engineering or related field is preferred and strong communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Electronics, Communications, Software, or related technical discipline.
• Experience in a product development environment.
• Experience in project coordination or engineering project support.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support internal engineering development projects.
• Maintain and update key project documentation including quality plans, release plans and statements of work.
• Support project planning and scheduling activities alongside technical and project leadership teams.
• Identify and coordinate project resource requirements.
• Track project progress and ensure development activities remain aligned to agreed roadmaps.
• Monitor risks, issues and mitigation activities, escalating concerns where required.
• Liaise with technical authorities and engineering teams to provide accurate project status reporting.
• Support the generation and management of project requirements.
• Coordinate procurement and availability of development equipment, prototypes and engineering materials.
• Manage ordering and delivery of prototype hardware and associated project items.
• Organise and facilitate technical and project review meetings.
• Drive delivery of project milestones and roadmap activities.
• Support engineering resource planning and departmental improvement initiatives.
• Manage one or more concurrent engineering development projects.
• Contribute to continuous improvement activities across the engineering function.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Documentation and reporting

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Engineering degree or related technical discipline

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Matchtech Group in Peterborough is seeking a Project Engineer to join our product development team. The role involves coordinating development activities, supporting planning, and ensuring on-time delivery of complex engineering projects in regulated sectors.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams, manage documentation, and drive milestones from concept through to service introduction. A degree in Engineering or related field is preferred and strong communication is essential.