Senior Aerospace Project Lead: Systems & Validation

Acron Aviation; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Acron Aviation designs, engineers, and manufactures certified avionics systems for safety-critical flight operations. The Lead Project Engineer will own execution from kickoff through certification, coordinating engineers, designers, test, quality, supply chain, and manufacturing partners to deliver hardware and software on schedule.

You will drive requirements, design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR), and certification deliverables while ensuring compliance with FAA/EASA standards and regulatory

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical or Systems Engineering.
• 9+ years of engineering experience in aerospace or defense.
• 4+ years leading cross-functional project teams.
• Experience with aerospace standards such as AS9100, DO-160, DO-178C or DO-254, and FAA/EASA certification processes.
• Strong skills in scheduling, risk management and structured problem solving (8D, root cause analysis).

Responsibilities

• Own project outcomes end to end: scope, schedule, cost, technical performance and quality.
• Set clear, written commitments for every team member, with named owners and due dates for each deliverable and action item.
• Run disciplined project cadence: weekly status reviews, action item tracking, and follow-up until each item is closed.
• Address missed commitments directly and promptly; work with the owner on root cause and a recovery plan.
• Escalate early and with data when risks threaten cost, schedule or compliance; never let leadership or customers be surprised.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical or Systems Engineering

Master's degree in engineering or MBA

Tools

MS Project

Jira

PLM system

Job description

Acron Aviation designs, engineers, and manufactures certified avionics systems for safety-critical flight operations. The Lead Project Engineer will own execution from kickoff through certification, coordinating engineers, designers, test, quality, supply chain, and manufacturing partners to deliver hardware and software on schedule.

You will drive requirements, design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR), and certification deliverables while ensuring compliance with FAA/EASA standards and regulatory