Project Engineer

Koch; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Phillips Medisize in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Project Engineer to independently lead moderately complex NPI and sustaining projects from initiation through production release. You will align customer requirements with manufacturing readiness and ensure disciplined planning and risk management.

You will work with engineering, manufacturing, quality, validation, regulatory, supply chain, and operations teams to deliver successful project outcomes and maintain audit-ready records.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required.
• 5+ years of project engineering, program execution, or equivalent leadership experience.
• Experience leading NPI or sustaining projects from initiation to production release.
• Experience managing project schedules, milestones, dependencies, actions, risks, and stage-gate deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned NPI and sustaining projects or support Program Management based on project scope and business needs.
• Own integrated project plans, including schedules, milestones, dependencies, actions, risks, stage-gate readiness, and project-status reporting.
• Coordinate cross-functional contributors and facilitate readiness reviews while maintaining ownership of technical decisions and approvals.
• Communicate project status, commitments, risks, decisions, barriers, and recovery plans to internal teams, customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Connect customer requirements with manufacturing readiness and quality, validation, regulatory, supply, operational, and commercial considerations.
• Maintain traceable, audit-ready project records, objective evidence, required deliverables, open items, and approved exceptions.
• Promote safety, ergonomics, standard work, continuous improvement, lessons learned, and practices that improve project predictability.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Location(s): Costa Mesa, California

Company: Phillips Medisize

Career Field: Engineering

Job Number: 196287

Your Job

As a Project Engineer based in Costa Mesa, California, you will independently lead moderately complex new product introduction (NPI) and sustaining projects from initiation through production release. You will connect customer requirements, cross-functional expertise, manufacturing readiness, and business priorities to deliver project scope through disciplined planning, risk management, and execution.

Our Team

You will work with engineering, manufacturing, quality, validation, regulatory, supply chain, operations, and commercial partners. This role will coordinate project deliverables while ensuring functional subject-matter experts maintain responsibility for technical content and approvals.

What You Will Do

• Lead assigned NPI and sustaining projects or support Program Management based on project scope and business needs
• Own integrated project plans, including schedules, milestones, dependencies, actions, risks, stage-gate readiness, and project-status reporting
• Coordinate cross-functional contributors and facilitate readiness reviews while maintaining clear ownership of technical decisions and approvals
• Communicate project status, commitments, risks, decisions, barriers, and recovery plans to internal teams, customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders
• Connect customer requirements with manufacturing readiness and quality, validation, regulatory, supply, operational, and commercial considerations
• Maintain traceable, audit-ready project records, objective evidence, required deliverables, open items, and approved exceptions
• Promote safety, ergonomics, standard work, continuous improvement, lessons learned, and practices that improve project predictability

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in engineering
• 5+ years of project engineering, program execution, or comparable engineering project leadership experience
• Experience leading new product introduction or sustaining projects from initiation through production release
• Experience managing project schedules, milestones, dependencies, actions, risks, and stage-gate deliverables

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering
• Experience in medical-device or medical contract manufacturing
• Experience with three-dimensional modeling software, including SolidWorks
• Experience coordinating customer, supplier, and multi-site project activitiesExperience supporting non-recurring engineering, budget, scope, or commercial discussions

This role is not eligible for VISA Sponsorship.

For this role, we anticipate paying $105,000- $120,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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Who We Are

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

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