Lead Project Engineer: Aerospace & Composite Systems

Dynovas, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dynovas, Inc. in San Diego is seeking a Lead Project Engineer to guide a team of engineers and technicians, defining priorities and execution tasks. The role combines hands-on engineering with leadership of an IPT and accountability for budgets and schedules.

You will work with composite structures, participate in customer engagements to capture requirements, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery. The ideal candidate holds a 4-year engineering degree and has several years of experience in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, structures, materials, or equivalent science/engineering program.
• 4+ years of experience with composite structures, assemblies, or mechanical engineering.
• Strong communication skills and ability to interface with customer stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Integrated Product Team (IPT) for execution of all tasks.
• Establishing work plans based on technical requirements and expected outputs.
• Evaluate and define technical approach/progress on the project.
• Overseeing any collaborative relationships outside the Dynovas organization.
• Working with customer stakeholders to understand their program requirements.
• Communicating with customer representative to provide project status and obtain feedback to meet objectives.
• Managing schedules to ensure tasks are completed on time and on budget.
• Monitoring project budgets and making key work plan decisions to ensure cost projections align with funding.
• Coordinating with Engineering, Operations, and Project Management to schedule and execute the work plan.
• Creating/maintaining Dynovas standard project management documents and reports.
• Collaborating with business development to identify technology transition opportunities.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Customer stakeholder interfacing

Problem solving

Education

4-year degree in mechanical, structures, materials, or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

CREO Parametric CAD

FEMAP

NASTRAN

FIBERSIM

Job description

Dynovas, Inc. in San Diego is seeking a Lead Project Engineer to guide a team of engineers and technicians, defining priorities and execution tasks. The role combines hands-on engineering with leadership of an IPT and accountability for budgets and schedules.

You will work with composite structures, participate in customer engagements to capture requirements, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery. The ideal candidate holds a 4-year engineering degree and has several years of experience in