FTEN Project Engineer II

Fuse Integration • San Diego, CA

16d

About The Position

Fuse is seeking a Project Engineer to own day-to-day execution of the FTEN software roadmap. Working directly with the FTEN Product Manager, this role moves initiatives from market requirements documents (MRDs) and product requirements documents (PRDs) through estimation, development, validation, launch, and post-launch measurement.

The Product Manager owns long-term strategy, product priorities, and decisions about what to build and why. The Project Engineer owns delivery planning and follow-through across engineering, operations, and program teams, while engineering leads own technical solutions and estimates. The role requires a self-starter who learns quickly, works independently with minimal oversight, drives issues to closure, and delivers against business timelines. The Project Engineer surfaces tradeoffs early when scope, capacity, or risk threatens a commitment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Systems, Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, or a related field), or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 2 years of experience in technical project, systems, integration engineering, or product delivery roles supporting complex hardware/software systems.
• At least 2 years of experience practicing Agile methodologies, including facilitating team planning and delivery.
• Demonstrated ownership of cross-functional technical initiatives from requirements through release, including schedule management and issue resolution with minimal supervision.
• Strong requirements analysis, systems thinking, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to resolve ambiguity and make sound execution decisions.
• Hands-on ability to build functional prototypes or walking skeletons and use customer feedback to refine requirements.
• Demonstrated ProdOps capability and a strong interest in improving delivery processes, measuring initiative success, and reporting results through dashboards and metrics.
• Clear written and verbal communication, with confidence presenting to customers and influencing engineering and business stakeholders without formal authority.
• U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Scrum Master and/or Product Owner.
• Experience in defense, aerospace, or other mission-critical, highly regulated environments.
• Working knowledge of networking protocols and Linux DevOps processes.
• Experience with DoD Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIGs) and cybersecurity hardening for deployed systems.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD and other defense and aerospace certification and qualification processes.

Responsibilities

• Translate approved product and program requirements into executable work with engineering leads, including user stories, acceptance criteria, and traceability through validation.
• Drive estimation, sequencing, and release planning with engineering leads, and maintain milestones, owners, and delivery forecasts against business timelines.
• Identify blockers, dependencies, assumptions, and risks early; drive resolution, confirm ownership, and escalate decisions with options and recommendations.
• Serve as Scrum Lead for FTEN software teams by facilitating planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Lead technical reviews and coordinate testing, integration, troubleshooting, documentation, training, and launch readiness; verify acceptance criteria and close outstanding actions.
• Build thin, working end-to-end prototypes (walking skeletons) to demonstrate proposed workflows, test assumptions, and capture user feedback before full development.
• Lead demonstrations and technical discussions with internal and external customers; resolve questions, synthesize feedback, and drive decisions and agreed next steps.
• Own product operations (ProdOps), maintaining accurate backlogs, delivery dashboards, decision records, and status reporting in Jira or equivalent tools.
• Turn initiative success criteria into measurement plans with baselines, evidence sources, and a reporting cadence.
• Report delivery health, adoption, and customer, mission, and business outcomes, and recommend follow-up actions.
• Identify and advocate for new features and opportunities using customer feedback and delivery insights, with Product Manager guidance on strategic fit and priority.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage; employee coverage is fully funded, and a portion of dependents' coverage is funded.
• 11 paid Federal Holidays.
• Paid Time Off (PTO): 10 days per year accrued from date of hire through the second year; unlimited PTO after two years.
• 40 hours of paid sick leave per year.
• 401(k) with employer matching.
• Annual bonuses.
• Cell phone reimbursement of $100 per month.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level