Project Engineer

Long Wave Inc.; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

9/80 work schedule with every other Fr

Job summary

Long Wave Inc. is seeking a Project Engineer to provide technical integration and leadership across DoD programs, primarily supporting Curriculum and Training development.

The role acts as a bridge between Curriculum, Technical Publications, and Engineering, coordinating dependencies and ensuring timely, accurate engineering information for product delivery. You will work with Product Support, Program Management, and Engineering leadership to plan schedules, assess risks, and support reviews and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related technical field.
• 4+ years of professional experience supporting complex engineering, aerospace, defense, training systems, or related technical programs.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating technical execution across multiple engineering or program functions.
• Experience interpreting engineering requirements, specifications, system designs, technical data, and other engineering source information.
• Ability to identify and resolve cross-functional technical dependencies, risks, and execution issues.
• Experience supporting technical planning, schedules, program milestones, and customer deliverables.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across Engineering, Product Support, Program Management, customers, and senior leadership.
• US Citizenship required for DoD clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical integration and execution support for Curriculum and Training development aligned with engineering source data.
• Serve as a primary technical interface between Curriculum and Engineering functions.
• Coordinate across Product Support functions, including Curriculum, Technical Publications, Logistics, and other support disciplines.
• Identify, track, and drive resolution of engineering and technical source data needs and technical questions or actions.
• Evaluate engineering changes, design updates, requirements changes, and configuration changes for impacts to training and publications.
• Support planning and execution of Curriculum milestones.
• Participate in engineering and program technical reviews to represent Product Support requirements and risks.
• Develop integrated plans, priorities, schedules, and action items with leadership across departments.
• Support technical risk and opportunity management, schedule assessments, BOE development, and proposal activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Program management

Technical communication

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business

Job description

***Active DoD Security Clearance Preferred***

***US Citizenship Required***

***NO VISA SUPPORT or C2C***

***On-site in OKC Required***

Primary Function:

Long Wave Inc. is seeking a Project Engineer to provide technical integration and execution leadership across Product Support functions supporting Department of Defense (DoD) programs. This position will primarily support the Curriculum and Training organization, ensuring training development activities remain aligned with system design, engineering source data, program requirements, and key program milestones.

The Project Engineer will serve as a technical bridge between Curriculum, Technical Publications, and other Product Support functions and the broader Engineering organization. This role will coordinate technical dependencies, drive resolution of cross-functional issues, and ensure Product Support teams receive the accurate and timely engineering information necessary to develop and deliver technically accurate products.

Essential Responsibilities:

1. Provide technical integration and execution support for Curriculum and Training development aligned with engineering source data.
2. Serve as a primary technical interface between Curriculum and Engineering functions.
3. Coordinate across Product Support functions, including Curriculum, Technical Publications, Logistics, and other support disciplines.
4. Identify, track, and drive resolution of engineering and technical source data needs and technical questions or actions.
5. Evaluate engineering changes, design updates, requirements changes, and configuration changes for impacts to training, technical publications, and other Product Support products.
6. Support planning and execution of Curriculum milestones.
7. Participate in engineering and program technical reviews to represent Product Support requirements, dependencies, risks, and downstream impacts.
8. Work with Product Support leadership, Program Management, and Engineering leadership to develop integrated plans, priorities, schedules, and action items.
9. Support technical risk and opportunity management, schedule assessments, Basis of Estimate (BOE) development, proposal activities, and other program planning efforts associated with Product Support.
10. Perform other duties as assigned.

Work Conditions:

Employee will be working within an office environment. Employee may be expected to travel on occasion to locations where specific PPE or attire is necessary.

Job Requirements:

Minimum Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related technical field.
2. 4+ years of professional experience supporting complex engineering, aerospace, defense, training system, or related technical programs.
3. Demonstrated experience coordinating technical execution across multiple engineering or program functions.
4. Experience interpreting engineering requirements, specifications, system designs, technical data, and other engineering source information.
5. Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve cross-functional technical dependencies, risks, and execution issues.
6. Experience supporting technical planning, schedules, program milestones, and customer deliverables.
7. Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to work effectively across Engineering, Product Support, Program Management, customers, and senior leadership.
8. US Citizenship and eligibility for a DoD Security Clearance is required.

Preferred Requirements:

1. Experience supporting DoD aerospace, aviation, training systems, or other complex defense programs.
2. Experience supporting Curriculum, Instructional Systems Design (ISD), Technical Publications, Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), or other Product Support disciplines.
3. Experience integrating training development with evolving system design and engineering source data.
4. Familiarity with systems engineering, configuration management, requirements management, and engineering change processes.
5. Experience in courseware/learning design and execution/
6. Experience supporting major program reviews, training milestones, IPRs, validation events, or first-teach activities.
7. Experience supporting AS9100 or equivalent Quality Management System requirements.
8. Active DoD Secret clearance or higher is preferred.

Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Long Wave, you are eligible for our benefits package including:

• Competitive Salary
• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability