Project Engineer

CFD Research Corporation•Huntsville, AL

29d•Onsite

About The Position

CFD Research is seeking a Project Engineer to drive project controls, cost/schedule management, and operational execution for assigned Integrated Product Teams (IPTs). This role involves working alongside IPT technical leadership to manage work packages, ensuring schedules, budgets, contractual deliverables, and risk matrices remain on track. The Project Engineer acts as the functional interface between the IPT, program management, and business operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business or a related field
2+ years of experience in a related field.
Working knowledge of integrated master schedules, budget variance analysis, and deliverable tracking.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g., PivotTables, formulas, data validation).
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance
Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in an Engineering or STEM discipline with strong technical literacy.
Experience in DoD, aerospace, defense, or highly regulated government contracting environments.
Experience in a AS9100 manufacturing environment
Hands-on experience managing CDRL/SDRL deliverables and Risk & Opportunity (R&O) tracking systems.
Experience utilizing Power BI, Power Query, MS Project, or other data visualization and scheduling software.
Active U.S. Government Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

Drive non-technical execution and operational rigor across assigned IPTs, maintaining accountability for schedules, scope boundaries, action items, and cross-functional commitments.
Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of IPT contractual deliverables (CDRLs/SDRLs), ensuring timely review cycles, cross-functional alignment, and customer submission.
Monitor financial performance, budget execution, and baseline schedule milestones for IPT work packages, identifying root causes for cost/schedule variances and driving recovery planning.
Lead the IPT Risk & Opportunity management process, maintaining risk registers, quantifying financial and schedule impacts, and tracking mitigation and realization strategies.
Serve as the primary integration bridge connecting the IPT with Finance, Contracts, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Quality to resolve operational roadblocks and streamline communication.
Synthesize technical progress, financial status, and risk profiles into actionable metrics and dashboards for Program Management Reviews (PMRs) and customer meetings.
Maintain standardized tracking tools, action item logs, and version control for all IPT management artifacts and execution metrics.