Project Engineer III

Textron•Slidell, LA

About The Position

Textron Systems is seeking a project engineer to technically lead the Mobile Strike Force Vehicle (MSFV) program. For this program, Textron Systems has secured an effort to update and build 65 MSFVs to provide allied forces vehicles to Ukraine. Project engineers will work primarily with the engineering disciplines and program teams to plan and execute the MSFV project to achieve defined objectives within cost and schedule constraints. Project Engineers lead a multidisciplinary team and provide technical leadership and guidance on development efforts that impact on ground vehicles products and programs. As a MSFV Project Engineer, the Project Engineer ensures that the engineering efforts meet customer and internal requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline, graduate degree in engineering or management disciplines desired
6+ years of related experience and ability to obtain Secret clearance
Experience with vehicles highly desired (particularly military/defense vehicles)
Experience in program planning, control account management, and risk management
Experience in leading internal and external programmatic and technical reviews
Experience in proposal processes and basis of estimate review

Responsibilities

Collaborate closely with Program Management to tightly control program schedule and budget
Resolve schedule, resource, and technical conflicts
Navigate and lead multidiscipline teams through unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions
Collaborate with functional managers to organize and delegate key tasks
Interact daily with program managers, planners, engineers and technicians
Generate statements of work and managing outside contractor performance
Act as a technical interface between engineering development team, Integrated Product Teams, and Integrated Supply Chain for product and program needs
Chair (or delegate) responsibilities to execute change control boards for your project /product
Develop discretionary funding plans and requests outlining program needs for successful execution
Provide recommendations to senior management regarding critical risk acceptance
Develop proposals (cost and technical) and basis of estimates for new business opportunities
Prepare and present engineering work products to internal review teams and external customers at program milestone reviews
Manage and coordinate Vehicle and Automotive Design, Development, Integration and Test Activities
Coordinate Engineering support of Vehicle of builds, outfitting, test and final delivery
Responsible for delivery of associated technical artifacts including Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL’s)
Responsible for coordination and communication with Integrated Supply chain, Engineering, Program Management and Government customers on all MSFV related tasks, activities, risks and issues.