Project Engineering-Contractor-L5 Project Engineer

Cynet Systems • Salt Lake, UT

23h

About The Position

We are seeking a Project Engineer to lead the technical execution for the sustainment of fielded mission network and LOS communications systems. This role involves driving troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and corrective actions to ensure system readiness and mission availability. You will translate customer needs and field feedback into actionable technical plans, coordinate various engineering and program management activities, and manage technical risks and issues. The ideal candidate will serve as a primary technical interface to customers and stakeholders, ensuring engineering changes are properly managed and verified.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or other related technical field and a minimum of 9+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7+ years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13+ years of prior related experience.
• Active DoD Secret Security Clearance required on day 1.
• Ability to obtain and maintain higher level clearance as required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated prior experience in project engineering, systems engineering, sustainment engineering, or related technical leadership roles supporting fielded systems.
• Demonstrated prior experience with mission networks, LOS communications systems, secure communications systems, or related networked mission capabilities.
• Demonstrated prior experience in troubleshooting, root cause analysis, corrective action development, and technical issue resolution for operational or fielded systems.
• Demonstrated prior experience leading cross-functional technical execution in a small-program environment or similarly complex mission-focused setting.
• Demonstrated prior experience working directly with customers and internal stakeholders to communicate technical status, risks, issues, and recovery plans.
• Demonstrated prior experience with configuration management, technical documentation, and verification of changes to fielded systems.
• Experience with reliability engineering, failure trend analysis, and repair-cycle performance improvement for fielded communications systems.
• Experience supporting engineering changes, obsolescence management, and modernization of deployed communications or network systems.
• Experience working with subcontractors, suppliers, and government customers in support of mission communications sustainment.
• Experience with technical planning, basis-of-estimate development, or proposal support for sustainment and upgrade efforts.
• Relevant certifications such as Security+, CCNP, or other technical certifications applicable to secure communications and networking environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional technical execution for sustainment of fielded mission network and LOS communications systems.
• Drive troubleshooting, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and repair-cycle recovery for issues impacting system readiness and mission availability.
• Translate customer needs, field feedback, and operational issues into actionable technical plans, priorities, and engineering tasks.
• Coordinate engineering, integration and test, logistics, manufacturing, supply chain, and program management activities required to sustain deployed system performance.
• Support technical planning and execution of maintenance, modification, verification, regression test, and field support activities associated with fielded systems.
• Manage technical risks, issues, action items, schedules, and sustainment metrics, and communicate status to internal leadership and customers.
• Ensure engineering changes to fielded systems are properly evaluated, documented, implemented, and verified in accordance with established processes.
• Serve as a primary technical interface to customers and internal stakeholders for sustainment execution, issue resolution, and technical performance discussions.
• Ability to travel up to 15% based on business needs.

What This Job Offers

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