Project Engineer II: Systems & Product Launch

AeroVironment, Inc.; Virginia Colony (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401K with company match

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Project Engineer II to drive successful technical deliverables across design, analysis, prototyping, integration and production readiness.

You will collaborate with chief engineers, subsystem leads, and program managers to ensure on-time, on-budget execution while advancing product development lifecycle. You will lead cross-discipline teams through design reviews, DFMEA, modeling and simulation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related Engineering field is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Minimum of 2 - 5 years of related technical experience in product development.
• Proven and demonstrated experience with full product development life cycle from concept to production with proven track‑record of launching new products to production.

Responsibilities

• Improve product development processes by employing lessons learned and best practices such as modeling and simulation, design reviews, DFMEA, Six Sigma/ lean product development, DFX, and customer feedbacks
• Coordinate cross-discipline teams through meetings and progress measurement activity which bring distinct, specific projects to completion both on time and within budget
• Work on development of subsystem specifications, characterization & performance evaluations in support of system requirements
• Participate in Prototype builds, key suppliers, contractors and 3rd party design service providers/consultants
• Drive development of subsystem specifications, characterization, and performance evaluations in support of system requirements
• Work on day-to-day technical aspects for the project, including facilitating cross-discipline decision making, design reviews, defect tracking, engineering tasks/schedule/status management, issue resolution and risk management activities

Skills

Modeling & simulation

DFMEA

Six Sigma / Lean

Design reviews

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in related Engineering field

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. is seeking a Project Engineer II to drive successful technical deliverables across design, analysis, prototyping, integration and production readiness.

You will collaborate with chief engineers, subsystem leads, and program managers to ensure on-time, on-budget execution while advancing product development lifecycle. You will lead cross-discipline teams through design reviews, DFMEA, modeling and simulation, and continuous improvement initiatives.