Project Engineer

Leonardo DRS, Inc.•Danbury, CT

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About The Position

The Project Engineer leads engineering projects from concept through completion, ensuring technical efforts are delivered on time and within budget. Serving as the technical lead, this role ensures designs meet customer specifications and requirements while balancing cost, schedule, and performance objectives. The position collaborates with manufacturing, supply chain, program management, and customers, and contributes significantly to proposal development and project planning. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field and at least five years of experience. The Project Engineer is expected to have mastery of technologies and domain knowledge, as well as knowledge and experience across multiple engineering disciplines sufficient to lead project engineers. U.S. citizenship is required. The position requires an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain one within a reasonable time after starting employment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field.
Minimum of five years of experience.
Mastery of technologies and domain knowledge.
Knowledge and experience in multiple engineering disciplines sufficient to lead engineers on a project team.
U.S. citizenship.
Active DOD security clearance or ability to obtain one within a reasonable time after commencement of employment.

Responsibilities

Lead engineering efforts for assigned projects, delivering them on time and within budget.
Ensure designs comply with all project requirements.
Review customer specifications and requirements and lead project teams in developing designs that support them, including treating cost as a key design variable.
Provide budget, cost, and schedule input for design assignments.
Communicate clearly, in writing and orally, with manufacturing, supply chain, program management, and customers as required.
Participate heavily in preparing complex and significant proposals.
Coordinate, recommend, and confer on technical activities and progress with technical management, other professionals, technicians, and support personnel.
Lead project teams as assigned.
Support, communicate, reinforce, and defend the organization’s mission, values, and culture.
Attend appropriate engineering, customer, or business meetings.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Company contribution to a health savings account
Telemedicine
Life and disability insurance
Legal insurance
401(k) savings plan
Wellness programs focused on physical, emotional, and financial well-being
Career-growth, professional-development, and skill-enhancement programs and activities
Flexible work schedules through a 9/80 program
Competitive vacation
Health and emergency leave
Paid parental leave
Community service hours