Project Engineer-Development Acceleration Team
About The Position
Intralox is seeking a Project Engineer to lead a newly formed rapid development team focused on turning promising ideas into validated opportunities. The Development Acceleration Team operates with the mindset of an internal startup, moving quickly from concept to prototype, testing, and informed investment decisions. Its success is measured by how quickly and accurately it determines which opportunities merit future investment. The Project Engineer orchestrates the team’s efforts, removes obstacles, guides prioritization, and helps ensure decisions are made rapidly. The role emphasizes assessing uncertainty and generating actionable business and technical insights rather than traditional project management. The successful candidate creates functional solutions quickly, tests assumptions, and builds enough capability to evaluate ideas without over-engineering. Prototypes are tools for learning and informing the engineering requirements needed by downstream teams to create robust products. The position is based at Intralox’s Hanover, Maryland location and requires working in the office five days per week when not traveling. Travel of 10–30% is required as needed to investigate customer issues that may inspire ideas or to support on-site prototype testing. The role is not eligible for work authorization or sponsorship.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
- At least 5 years leading complex technical projects or innovation initiatives.
- Experience in product development, R&D, or new venture environments.
- Strong understanding of engineering development processes.
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to lift 40 pounds and climb ladders.
- Ability to work in the office five days per week when not traveling.
- Ability to travel 10–30% as needed.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to approach issues from mechanical and controls perspectives.
- Comfort working in an ambiguous development environment where design objectives, equipment concepts, and performance targets may evolve.
Nice To Haves
- Startup, incubator, or innovation lab experience.
- PMP, Agile, or Lean Startup certification.
- Experience with physical product development.
Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional efforts to evaluate new products, technologies, and business concepts.
- Establish rapid experimentation plans and validation strategies.
- Coordinate engineering, prototyping, testing, and customer validation activities.
- Drive decision-making through data, testing, and customer feedback.
- Manage project portfolios with varying levels of ambiguity.
- Facilitate executive reviews and investment recommendations.
- Create repeatable frameworks for rapid concept assessment.
- Balance technical feasibility, customer value, and commercial potential.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Disability insurance
- Paid time off
- 401(k)
- Flexible spending account
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Long-term care insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Additional voluntary benefits
- Eligibility for commissions, discretionary incentives, or production incentives according to the terms of the applicable plans
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
