Engineering Project Manager — Lead UAS Development & Delivery

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

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.