Engineering Project Manager

Averro; Camas (WA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life & Disability insurance

EAP

PTO

Holidays

Sick Leave

Parental Leave

401K

Job summary

Averro is seeking an Engineering Project Manager for a defense aerospace client in the Columbia River Gorge, WA. You will own the master schedule across multiple hardware projects and report to the Chief Engineer.

Responsibilities include maintaining schedules, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring hardware deliverables meet milestones while identifying risks and driving process improvements. Fully on-site with relocation support.

Qualifications

• BS or higher in mechanical, industrial, electrical, or aerospace engineering.
• 5+ years as a product development engineer with full development cycle ownership.
• 5+ years managing engineering projects and cross-functional teams through all phases of design and development.
• Proficiency building integrated project schedules in MS Project or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of UAS systems and subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the master engineering project schedule across all phases.
• Drive weekly goal-setting and progress reviews with project teams.
• Ensure hardware deliverables stay on track: drawing release, BOM, work instructions, configuration control, lead times, inspections, trials, and verification testing.
• Identify risks and issues early, assign ownership, and remove obstacles for the team.
• Build work breakdown structures and analyze critical path, dependencies, and cost.
• Produce weekly status briefs for project reviews.
• Develop and improve the engineering PM function and tools.
• Manage engineering change documentation and related admin work.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Schedule development

Risk management

UAS knowledge

Education

B.S. or higher in Mechanical/Industrial/Electrical/Aerospace Engineering

Tools

MS Project

ERP systems

Job description

Location: Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, WA (Fully On-site)

Compensation: $143k - $229k DOE

Benefits: Relocation assistance, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability insurance, EAP, PTO, Holidays, Sick Leave, Parental Leave & 401K

Travel: Less than 5%, domestic and international

Our defense aerospace client is hiring an Engineering Project Manager to join their team. This company builds one of the most sophisticated small tactical unmanned aircraft systems in the US military inventory - a gas-powered, fixed-wing Unmanned Aircraft System that takes off and lands vertically and is actively fielded by US and allied forces for day and night reconnaissance and surveillance on land and sea. You will lead development, manufacturing, and sustainment of this system, reporting directly to the Chief Engineer and owning the master schedule and risk register across multiple concurrent hardware projects.

Responsibilities:

• Own and maintain the master engineering project schedule across all phases, from proposal through production launch and sustainment
• Drive weekly goal-setting and progress reviews with project teams, keeping meetings focused and efficient
• Ensure all hardware deliverables stay on track: drawing release, BOM, work instructions, configuration control, lead times, inspections, manufacturing trials, and verification testing
• Identify risks and issues early, assign ownership, and remove obstacles so project teams can stay focused on core deliverables
• Build work breakdown structures with team input; analyze critical path, dependencies, free slack, resource utilization, and cost
• Produce weekly status briefs and materials for project reviews
• Maintain and prioritize the project backlog, ensuring regular review and disposition
• Develop and improve the engineering PM function, its processes and tools
• Manage engineering change (EC) documentation and technical administrative work not otherwise assigned to the project team

Requirements:

• BS or higher in mechanical, industrial, electrical, or aerospace engineering
• 5+ years as a product development engineer with direct ownership of the full development cycle: design, drawing release, supplier selection, prototype testing, pre-production problem solving, and production launch
• 5+ years managing engineering projects and cross-functional teams through all phases of design and development
• Proficiency building integrated project schedules in MS Project or equivalent, including critical path, dependencies, free slack, resource utilization, cost, and risk
• Working knowledge of UAS systems and subsystems

Preferred:

• PDM/ERP experience
• Experience managing software development to DO-178 airborne certification standards

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