Senior Project Engineer - Nuclear Systems Delivery

Airswift; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead technical execution across complex nuclear engineering work streams. You will integrate schedules, engineering deliverables, testing activities, suppliers, risks, decisions, and cross-functional dependencies to drive disciplined execution.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate with PM and external partners, and ensure design development and testing progress in a fast-paced, safety-critical environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Typically 8+ years of relevant engineering experience, including substantial responsibility for project engineering, multidisciplinary technical coordination, or execution of complex hardware programs.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary engineering work, technical deliverables, schedules, risks, interfaces, and decisions on complex hardware projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organization, problem-solving, and follow-through.
• Demonstrated ownership and ability to operate effectively in a lean, fast-paced, and ambiguous environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day technical execution of assigned engineering projects, major work packages, or cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Translate project objectives into integrated execution plans with clear scope, engineering tasks, accountable owners, milestones, due dates, interfaces, and decision points.
• Lead cross-functional meetings, action management, technical follow-through, trade-off discussions, and issue resolution while maintaining alignment with discipline technical authorities.
• Coordinate engineering deliverables with testing, quality, procurement, suppliers, laboratories, and project controls.
• Maintain visibility of scope, schedule, risk, technical dependencies, and approved changes affecting project outcomes.
• Support design reviews, test-readiness reviews, supplier reviews, and project decision points.
• Escalate blockers early and help develop practical options for resolution.
• Maintain disciplined project documentation, action logs, decision records, and change/configuration records.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to project engineers and early-career team members, reinforcing effective execution practices, accountability, and sound engineering judgment.

Skills

Technical Project Execution

Cross-Functional Coordination

Schedule & Action Management

Engineering Deliverables Coordination

Testing & Development Support

Risk & Issue Coordination

Change & Configuration Coordination

Supplier Coordination

Project Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Jira

Smartsheet

Job description

Airswift is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead technical execution across complex nuclear engineering work streams. You will integrate schedules, engineering deliverables, testing activities, suppliers, risks, decisions, and cross-functional dependencies to drive disciplined execution.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate with PM and external partners, and ensure design development and testing progress in a fast-paced, safety-critical environment.