Lead Project Engineer - Aircraft Surveillance

Real Time Consulting, LLC; Phoenix, Northern (AZ, KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Real Time Consulting seeks an experienced Project Engineer to join our aircraft surveillance product team. The PE manages technical aspects, leads engineering execution, and partners with Program Management to meet schedule and cost objectives.

This role spans pursuit, development, production, and post-delivery support, coordinating with customers, suppliers, and leadership to deliver quality solutions within budget and schedule while maintaining clear communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 9+ years of project engineering experience.
• Graduate degree with 7+ years of related project engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of product lifecycle management and development processes.
• Experience leading technical teams in complex engineering programs.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Program Managers to ensure program execution against objectives.
• Lead cross-functional teams and coordinate engineering resources.
• Interface with customers to discuss technical and contractual requirements.
• Support proposal development including WBS, BOE, IMS, and risk assessment.
• Oversee system architecture, design trade studies, testing and production transition.
• Maintain proactive communication with stakeholders.

Skills

Project engineering

Earned value management

Risk management

Scope management

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Graduate Degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

• Phoenix, AZ

REAL TIME CONSULTING (An RTCo Company)—POSITION DESCRIPTIO

Job Title: Lead Project Engineer - Aircraft Surveillance Products

About the Job

We are seeking an experienced Project Engineer to join our engineering team within an aircraft Surveillance product line.

The Project Engineer (PE) manages the technical aspects of assigned projects and ensures technical, schedule, and cost objectives are achieved. The PE serves as both a technical leader and project leader, partnering closely with Program Management while maintaining responsibility for engineering execution.

This role spans multiple phases of the product lifecycle, including pursuit, development, production, and post-delivery support. The Project Engineer coordinates and leads engineering development activities, plans and directs engineering resources, manages technical risks, and ensures successful execution against program commitments.

The successful candidate will work closely with Program Managers, customers, suppliers, and engineering leadership to deliver quality technical solutions within budget and schedule constraints while maintaining strong communication across all stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Program Managers and Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to ensure successful program execution against technical, schedule, and cost objectives
• Collaborate with cross-functional leadership to advocate for program priorities while balancing competing business demands
• Interface directly with customers regarding technical and contractual requirements and support successful customer outcomes
• Support proposal development activities, including Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) development, Basis of Estimate (BOE) creation, Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) planning, and risk assessment
• Lead requirements definition, verification planning, technical baseline development, resource identification, and engineering execution activities
• Support system architecture development, design trade studies, preliminary and detailed design efforts, system integration, testing, qualification, and production transition activities
• Ensure technical deliverables support successful Entry-Into-Service objectives
• Serve as the focal point for engineering development, product definition, resource allocation, task assignment, technical decisions, and problem resolution
• Lead engineering teams in a matrixed environment to ensure successful completion of program objectives
• Maintain proactive communication with Program Management, engineering leadership, suppliers, customers, and project stakeholders
• Support program reviews, leadership reviews, customer meetings, and technical milestone activities
• Contribute to risk identification, mitigation planning, and issue resolution activities throughout the program lifecycle

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 9 years of relevant project engineering experience; or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of related project engineering experience
• Strong knowledge of engineering development processes and product lifecycle management
• Proficient understanding of project management principles, including earned value management, risk management, and scope management
• Experience leading technical teams within complex engineering development programs
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary organizations
• Experience managing technical execution across multiple stakeholders and priorities Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Accountable and takes ownership of assigned tasks
• Self-motivated and takes initiative to get things done

Preferred Skills

• Working knowledge of resource-loaded scheduling and Microsoft Project
• Experience with DO-178, DO-254, DO-160, and ARP4754A product development environments
• Experience supporting surveillance, avionics, aerospace, or safety-critical product development programs
• Experience working directly with customers, suppliers, and certification authorities
• Understanding of systems engineering, software development, hardware development, and product integration activities
• Experience supporting certification, qualification, and production transition activities
• Strong leadership and organizational skills within matrixed engineering environments

About the Company

Real Time Consulting (RTC) exists to partner outstanding engineering talent to support our clients’ success. Unsurpassed service is delivered to our clients by upholding responsibility, teamwork and quality. Our primary commitment is to help our clients. Since 1997, RTC has been protecting and enhancing lives with safe, reliable, innovative solutions, providing full life-cycle design, development and testing of EMBEDDED ENGINEERING SYSTEMS and SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS with Program Management and Consulting Services. Our employees average 20+ years of versatile and accomplished expertise to our clients, driving continuous innovation forward. Employee’s innovative and analytical ideas are cultivated while maintaining the big picture vision in a fast-paced, changing environment. Our corporate values are to Uphold Responsibility, Support People, Promote Teamwork and Deliver Quality!

This position may require exposure to software, source code or technology that is subject to US export control laws and regulations (i.e., International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations). To comply with these requirements, you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce, as applicable.

RTCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with RTCo is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

To qualify for all positions with Real Time Companies, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. Please be aware that Real Time Companies does not sponsor employment-based visas. Additionally, certain positions with Real Time Companies that involve work with government entities may have more restrictive employment status requirements, such as U.S. citizenship, based on security clearance requirements or other governmental requirements. Real Time Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.