Senior Engineering Project Manager – Hybrid Leader

Thales Defense & Security, Inc.; Billerica (MA); Hybrid; USD 169,329 - 216,365; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Yearly incentive compensation

Medical insurance for self and family

Generous 401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid wellness, vacation and holidays

Parental leave

9/80 schedule

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Thales Defense & Security, Inc. in Billerica, MA is seeking a Senior Engineering Project Manager (EPM) to lead the engineering team through full product lifecycles.

You will coordinate cross-functional development efforts, drive technical decisions, and support business development with customer engagements and technical proposals. The role requires extensive experience in hardware/software product development, strong leadership, and exceptional communication.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required; government security investigation may be required.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field; MS preferred. MBA and/or PMP helpful.
• 12+ years of professional experience, including 6-8 years designing tactical products (hardware/software) intended for manufacture; 6+ years as an engineering project manager or equivalent.
• Technical background in design and development of complex electronic products requiring hardware/software mix.
• Experience planning and managing technical projects with engineering development teams and bid teams.
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to multi-task, and strong work ethic.
• Effective oral and written communication skills and ability to manage multiple projects.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Project and Atlassian tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical and managerial leadership for the Billerica engineering team.
• Manage cross-functional engineering development teams throughout the product life cycle to design and develop new products and transition to full production.
• Responsible for all technical aspects of the product design and development for assigned project(s).
• Support Business Development with customer meetings, requirements elicitation, architecture development, and systems implementation.
• Support product development teams with use case analysis, requirements capture and allocation, architectural analysis and design, unit testing, integration, verification and validation, and transition to manufacturing.
• Represent engineering across product lines as a key stakeholder.
• Work with Program, Product Line and Engineering Management on schedule, resource loading and prioritizing assignments.
• Monitor, control, report, and ensure success of development of assigned projects (technical performance, budget, schedule, costs).
• Lead and support bid and proposal efforts, including managing technical teams for solutions, cost estimates, and proposal materials.
• Provide technical support for customer interactions and deliverables (white papers, proposals, demos, meetings) for new business capture and product development.
• Work with Business and Product Owners, Business Development, Program Management, and Engineering Management to support roadmaps and technology introduction.
• Manage and mitigate technical risks throughout the project.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Scheduling

Team leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

MS degree preferred

MBA preferred

PMP certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Atlassian suite

Job description

Thales Defense & Security, Inc. in Billerica, MA is seeking a Senior Engineering Project Manager (EPM) to lead the engineering team through full product lifecycles.

You will coordinate cross-functional development efforts, drive technical decisions, and support business development with customer engagements and technical proposals. The role requires extensive experience in hardware/software product development, strong leadership, and exceptional communication.