Technology Project Manager — R&D & Aerospace Innovation

GKN Aerospace; Westlake (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GKN Aerospace in Texas is seeking an early-career Technology Project Manager to support planning, coordination, and successful delivery of technology-focused projects. You will work with R&D teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and leaders to coordinate activities and track milestones.

The role emphasizes organized communication, risk management, and driving projects from initiation through closeout, with opportunities to learn across additive manufacturing, automation, and robotics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• 2–5 years of professional or internship experience.
• Experience in R&D environment with unpredictable results.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience with Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, and Outlook.
• Familiar with Planner, Project, Azure DevOps, Jira.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into project activities and deliverables.
• Coordinate technology projects with engineers, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, task lists, and status reports.
• Track deliverables, risks, issues, and actions; provide updates.
• Manage scope, schedule, value, and costs using verification techniques.
• Assess risk and implement mitigation plans.
• Communicate status and milestones to stakeholders; escalate issues.
• Describe resource needs and allocation based on scope.
• Facilitate meetings and document decisions and owners.
• Support deployments, upgrades, lab initiatives, PoCs.
• Contribute to retrospectives and lessons learned.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Scheduling

Risk management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

MS Project

Azure DevOps

Jira

Planner

Job description

GKN Aerospace in Texas is seeking an early-career Technology Project Manager to support planning, coordination, and successful delivery of technology-focused projects. You will work with R&D teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and leaders to coordinate activities and track milestones.

The role emphasizes organized communication, risk management, and driving projects from initiation through closeout, with opportunities to learn across additive manufacturing, automation, and robotics.