Project Engineer

Tedeg Company; Çankaya; On-site; TRY 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

TEDEG Defence is seeking a Project Engineer for our İvedik campus in Ankara. You will own full project life cycle, bridge technical teams and customer needs, and drive delivery from contract to field completion.

The role requires leading cross-functional teams, managing schedules, and coordinating ERP-based processes across design, production, procurement, quality and test. Travel within Türkiye and abroad is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering (Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, Mechatronics or Industrial)
• 2+ years in project engineering or project management
• Experience in defence/aerospace or similarly regulated industries preferred
• Ability to manage project, order and material processes through ERP systems
• Proficiency in project management methodologies and ability to interpret specs/SOW/contract docs
• Willingness to learn MIL-STD standards and related MIL-SPECs
• Strong planning, organisation and follow-up skills with clear accountability
• Ability to manage multiple projects in parallel and coordinate cross-functional teams
• Strong customer relationship and communication skills with ability to translate IT/technical topics
• Willingness to spend time in field, production and testing environments
• Willingness to travel within Türkiye and abroad
• Holds a Class B driving licence and is actively driving
• Male candidates: military service completed, exempt or deferred

Responsibilities

• Review contracts, requirements and SOW to identify deliverables
• Build and maintain project schedules with milestones and WBS
• Assign tasks to functional units and track progress
• Open projects, issue work orders in the ERP system
• Coordinate cross-functional teams (design, production, procurement, QA, test)
• Lead project meetings and report to senior management
• Coordinate customer communications, change requests and feedback
• Prepare engineering reports and ensure timely deliveries
• Ensure documentation aligns with certification and verification plans
• Identify risks early and propose mitigations
• Monitor supplier/subcontractor progress and data integrity

Skills

Project management

ERP systems

Stakeholder communication

Scheduling & planning

Cross-functional leadership

Field work

Travel readiness

Industrial standards knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering

Tools

ERP software

Job description

We are looking for a Project Engineer to join our İvedik campus in Ankara, take end-to-end ownership of assigned projects, steer internal teams towards project goals, lead technical coordination with the customer and actively manage project processes through the ERP system.

The Role

At TEDEG Defence, project engineering means owning the entire life cycle of a project from contract to delivery, acting as the bridge between technical teams and the customer, and ensuring that every internal unit works in sync towards the project’s goals.

The candidate we are looking for is a teammate who does not merely report on a project but leads it from within, sets the schedule, goes out into the field and sees it through to completion.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree from a university engineering faculty (preferably Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Mechanical, Mechatronics or Industrial Engineering)
• At least 2 years of experience in project engineering or project management
• Preferably project experience in defence, aerospace or similarly highly regulated industries
• Able to actively manage project, order and material processes through ERP systems
• Proficient in project management methodologies
• Able to read and interpret customer Technical Requirements Specifications, Statements of Work and contract documents, and to derive deliverables from them
• Knowledgeable about, or willing to learn, military standards (MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461 and related MIL-SPECs)
• Strong planning, organisation and follow-up skills; knows “who has a task, since when and why it is delayed” and follows it through to completion
• Able to run multiple projects in parallel and prioritise
• Able to steer and coordinate cross-functional teams (design, production, procurement, quality, test)
• Strong customer relationship and communication skills; able to explain technical topics to the customer and relay customer requests internally
• Analytical, focused on problem-solving and proactive
• Does not shy away from responsibility and able to take initiative
• Willing to spend time in field, production and test environments
• Able to travel within Türkiye and abroad
• Holds a Class B driving licence and drives actively
• Male candidates: military service completed, exempt or deferred

Job Description

Project Planning and Schedule Management

• Review the customer contract, Technical Requirements Specification and Statement of Work in detail to identify project deliverables
• Build the project delivery schedule, define milestones and submit them for approval
• Prepare the project work breakdown structure (WBS) and assign tasks to the relevant units
• Keep the project schedule up to date, identify deviations early and take action

Internal Coordination and Leadership

• Track the project-specific goals of the design, production, procurement, quality and test units
• Organise and run project meetings (kick-off, status, close-out)
• Manage dependencies between units; identify and resolve bottlenecks
• Lead the project team; clarify goals, responsibilities and deadlines
• Prepare weekly status reports and present them to senior management

ERP System Management

• Open projects, create work orders and enter orders in the ERP system
• Organise the upkeep of project progress data and material and purchase requests in the ERP system
• Ensure project cost, progress and delivery tracking is traceable through the ERP system
• Establish process discipline that protects ERP data integrity

Customer Relations and Coordination

• Lead technical and programmatic communication with the customer
• Manage customer requests, change requests and feedback, and relay them internally
• Coordinate the preparation and delivery of engineering reports, document submissions and interim outputs to the customer
• Organise customer visits, review meetings (PDR, CDR, etc.) and audits

Verification, Documentation and Quality

• Take part in building project verification matrices and defining verification methods
• Coordinate the documentation activities needed to meet design certification and verification requirements
• Carry out advance planning and information gathering for environmental and functional tests
• Ensure project technical documentation is archived in an organised, traceable and complete manner

Risk and Process Management

• Identify project risks early and develop proposed solutions
• Ensure process follow-up at suppliers and subcontractors
• Present senior management with decisions that keep the project’s scope, schedule and cost triangle in balance

TEDEG Defence is a Turkish engineering company developing high-reliability power systems and electromechanical subsystems for the defence industry.

We develop military motor drives, static frequency converters, power distribution and control units, and platform-specific mission systems, and we carry out every process from design to production within our own engineering infrastructure.

Our core approach is to develop systems that offer an alternative to imported products, comply with military standards (MIL-STD) and operate reliably in the field. Environmental durability, electromagnetic compatibility, manufacturability and system integration are integral parts of our design processes.