Defense Electronics Project Engineer

Bascom Hunter; O’Fallon (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Bascom Hunter in O’Fallon, Missouri, is seeking a Project Engineer to coordinate technical execution of defense electronics projects from requirements through design, integration, test and delivery.

You will collaborate with manufacturing, procurement, and quality to meet schedule and cost targets, act as a technical point of contact for customers and suppliers, and support design reviews, estimates, and risk evaluation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 1–3 years of engineering or technical project experience.
• Experience coordinating engineering tasks and solving technical problems across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong technical communication, organization, and customer-facing skills; ability to interpret requirements, drawings, and test results.
• U.S. Citizenship required due to government contract requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical execution of defense electronics projects, translating customer requirements into engineering tasks, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for customers and suppliers; communicate requirements, resolve questions, and support design reviews.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities with manufacturing, procurement, and quality to support design release and production readiness.
• Support proposal development with technical approaches, engineering estimates, schedules, and identification of technical risks.
• Support requirements traceability, configuration control, verification planning, integration, and testing in accordance with project requirements and internal quality procedures.
• Identify and resolve technical risks and issues; assess design changes for impacts on performance, schedule, cost, and manufacturability.
• Track engineering milestones, action items, and deliverables; report technical status and resource needs to the Program Manager and engineering leadership.

Skills

Technical communication

Multidisciplinary coordination

Customer-facing skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, computer, or mechanical engineering

Job description

Bascom Hunter in O’Fallon, Missouri, is seeking a Project Engineer to coordinate technical execution of defense electronics projects from requirements through design, integration, test and delivery.

You will collaborate with manufacturing, procurement, and quality to meet schedule and cost targets, act as a technical point of contact for customers and suppliers, and support design reviews, estimates, and risk evaluation.