Project Engineer - Aerospace

Real Time Consulting, LLC; Phoenix, Northern (AZ, KY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Real Time Consulting, LLC seeks a Project Engineer to lead aerospace initiatives, balancing technical leadership with project management to deliver on schedule and cost targets.

You will coordinate with cross-functional teams, interface with customers on requirements, and apply standards such as DO-254, DO-160 and ARP-4754 throughout the lifecycle. Strong communication, problem solving, and ownership are essential in this fast-paced, client-focused role.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating with cross-functional leaders to advocate for program priorities.
• Experience interfacing with customers on technical and contractual requirements.
• Ability to decompose contracts into WBS, BOEs, and IMS with risks.
• Familiar with requirements definition, verification, and baselining.
• Experience as focal point for engineering development and resource allocation.
• Proficient in resource-loaded scheduling; MS Project 2016 knowledge.
• Experience with DO-254, DO-160, and ARP-4754 standards.
• Strong written and verbal communication; collaborative and accountable.
• Customer-facing experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering product development activities for assigned projects.
• Plan, schedule, and direct engineering support to meet targets.
• Coordinate with engineering leadership to ensure resources.
• Interface with customers on technical and contractual requirements.
• Manage risks and opportunities; maintain program plan.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Customer interface

WBS & BOE

IMS scheduling

DO-254

DO-160

ARP-4754

MS Project

Technical communication

Problem solving

Customer-facing

Job description

REAL TIME CONSULTING (An RTCo Company) — POSITION DESCRIPTION: Project Engineer - Aerospace

ABOUT THE JOB:

The Project Engineer (PE) manages the technical aspects of a specific project or effort and ensures technical, schedule, and cost targets are met. The PE is both a project manager and technical leader/expert. A PE’s duties are broad in nature and may encompass multiple phases of a product’s lifecycle to include pursuit, development, production or post-delivery support. While possessing technical expertise and experience, the individual will coordinate and lead the engineering product development activities. The PE plans, schedules and directs the engineering support of the assigned projects, and keeps the team on plan through proactive engagement, constant and robust communication/collaboration and focused risk management. They are responsible for, and have authority over, all engineering resources associated with or in support of the project and must continually engage and collaborate with engineering functional leadership to ensure the necessary resources and support are available.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Experience engaging other cross-functional leaders to advocate for the program’s needs and priorities while working with leadership to understand and accommodate the demands of competing programs.
• Experience interfacing and working closely with customers on technical and contractual requirements.
• Experience working in conjunction with PM and proposal lead to decompose business case and customer contract requirements into Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) elements, support creation of the detailed Basis of Estimates (BOEs), construct viable Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), determine technical deliverables and associated program risks and opportunities.
• Familiar with requirements definition, verification and distribution, technical baseline development, resource identification and allocation, design trade studies, preliminary design, detailed design, system testing, qualification testing, supporting the handoff to production (production configuration) and ensuring the technical deliverables to support a successful Entry-Into-Service.
• Experience as focal point for engineering development, product definition, resource allocation, task assignment and completion, problem solving and decision making necessary to accomplish project charter.
• Working knowledge of resource loaded scheduling and proficient with the use of Microsoft Project 2016.
• Experience with DO-254
• Experience with DO-160
• Experience with ARP-4754
• 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
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Experience in customer-facing roles

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.