Project Engineer

Koch • Costa Mesa, CA

20d • Onsite

About The Position

Based in Costa Mesa, California, the Project Engineer independently leads moderately complex new product introduction (NPI) and sustaining projects from initiation through production release. The role connects customer requirements, cross-functional expertise, manufacturing readiness, and business priorities through disciplined planning, risk management, and execution.

The Project Engineer works with engineering, manufacturing, quality, validation, regulatory, supply chain, operations, and commercial partners. The role coordinates project deliverables while ensuring functional subject-matter experts retain responsibility for technical content and approvals. Depending on project scope and business needs, the engineer leads assigned projects or supports Program Management.

The anticipated annual pay range is $105,000–$120,000, with eligibility for variable pay. The role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• 5+ years of project engineering, program execution, or comparable engineering project leadership experience.
• Experience leading new product introduction or sustaining projects from initiation through production release.
• Experience managing project schedules, milestones, dependencies, actions, risks, and stage-gate deliverables.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
• Experience in medical-device or medical contract manufacturing.
• Experience with three-dimensional modeling software, including SolidWorks.
• Experience coordinating customer, supplier, and multi-site project activities.
• Experience supporting non-recurring engineering, budget, scope, or commercial discussions.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned NPI and sustaining projects, or support Program Management based on project scope and business needs.
• Own integrated project plans covering schedules, milestones, dependencies, actions, risks, stage-gate readiness, and project-status reporting.
• Coordinate cross-functional contributors and facilitate readiness reviews while maintaining clear ownership of technical decisions and approvals.
• Communicate project status, commitments, risks, decisions, barriers, and recovery plans to internal teams, customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Connect customer requirements with manufacturing readiness and quality, validation, regulatory, supply, operational, and commercial considerations.
• Maintain traceable, audit-ready project records, objective evidence, required deliverables, open items, and approved exceptions.
• Promote safety, ergonomics, standard work, continuous improvement, lessons learned, and practices that improve project predictability.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Life insurance, ADD, and disability benefits.
• Retirement benefits.
• Paid vacation and time off.
• Educational assistance.
• May include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance, subject to eligibility and regional variation.

What This Job Offers

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