Specialist, Project Engineering
About The Position
Acron Aviation designs, engineers, and manufactures certified avionics systems that support safety-critical flight operations across commercial and military aviation. Within Avionics, the Recorders product line develops and sustains cockpit voice recorders, flight data recorders, and integrated data acquisition systems that enable regulatory compliance, safety insight, and operational performance across global fleets. These systems are deployed across commercial, military, and rotorcraft platforms and require deep expertise across systems, hardware, software, and lifecycle sustainment in highly regulated environments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or a graduate degree with a minimum of 4 years of related experience
- Practical knowledge of project management principles, including Earned Value Management and risk/scope management
- Strong systems thinking mindset with multidisciplinary engineering experience
- Experience leading or coordinating technical teams and managing engineering deliverables
Nice To Haves
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
- Demonstrated leadership and collaboration within multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Experience working in a continuous improvement environment
- Working knowledge of resource-loaded scheduling and proficiency with Microsoft Project
- Experience with DO-178, DO-254, and DO-160 development environments
Responsibilities
- Partner with the Program Manager to define and achieve technical, schedule, and cost objectives
- Engage cross-functional leadership to secure necessary resources and align program priorities with broader organizational demands
- Interface directly with customers to interpret technical and contractual requirements, anticipate needs, and drive resolution of issues
- Support proposal development by defining work breakdown structures (WBS), basis of estimates (BOEs), integrated master schedules (IMS), and identifying risks and opportunities
- Lead requirements definition, verification, and management of the technical baseline
- Drive system architecture, trade studies, detailed design, integration, testing, and qualification activities
- Support transition to production and ensure readiness for successful entry into service
- Serve as the engineering focal point for technical execution, decision-making, and issue resolution
- Direct and coordinate engineering team activities within a matrix structure
- Maintain clear, consistent communication with program leadership, engineering teams, suppliers, and customers
- Support design-to-cost and design-for-manufacturability initiatives in collaboration with engineering and production teams
- Apply continuous improvement methods to enhance engineering and production efficiency
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
