Project Manager

FIRST RF•Boulder, CO

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

FIRST RF is seeking a highly organized and technically driven Project Manager to lead complex programs for both defense and commercial applications. In this role, you will oversee projects from concept through delivery, ensuring alignment with customer requirements, engineering milestones, security standards, and cost/schedule objectives. You will serve as the primary interface between internal stakeholders, suppliers, and customers driving program execution, mitigating risks, and ensuring critical solutions are delivered with excellence. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, a result-oriented mindset, and a solid technical background.

Requirements

Must have U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance
Must currently live in, or near, Boulder, Colorado or be willing to relocate
Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
Relevant experience in technical leadership or equivalent
3-5 years of relevant work experience
Ability to identify, technical, cost, and schedule risks/opportunities and to engage technical support appropriately
Must have U.S.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including creating and delivering presentations
A capacity to thrive in a self-motivated environment that has few boundaries and at-times conflicting priorities
Excellent organizational and analytical skills and a detail-oriented problem-solving approach
A desire to find, explore, and solve new and challenging problems

Nice To Haves

A proven capacity to contribute to multidisciplinary engineering projects
Experience in R&D and FAR/DFAR proposal activities and development to customer requirements
Experience with government contracts

Responsibilities

Act as a project leader and drive consistent, organized processes
Facilitate communication among production, engineering, quality, management, suppliers and customers
Collaborate with all teams to ensure that project goals and deliverables meet FIRST RF quality standards
Assess, monitor, document, and communicate on project scope and status, risks and key learnings to project stakeholders
Construct and control project plans and budgets that help teams drive key decision points
Ensure all team members understand their roles and are held accountable for meeting commitments
Identify, track, manage, and resolve project issues
Capture and document project-related business, functional and creative information during the project lifecycle
Drive change management processes, manage stakeholder expectations, communicate impact, and execute changes if applicable
Maintain an in-depth understanding of the projects and related contractual, technical, and quality documentation