Senior Project Engineer, NPI
About The Position
Firestorm is seeking a Project Engineer, NPI to drive weekly engineering execution and integration activities across the xCell program. This individual will work directly with the Director of Expeditionary Manufacturing to coordinate engineering progress, manage build readiness, and ensure verification and validation (V&V) activities are executed on schedule and to standard. The Project Engineer will serve as the central point of coordination between xCell Engineering, and operations teams—tracking progress, resolving conflicts, and escalating issues that impact schedule, quality, or readiness. This role combines hands-on technical engagement with structured program coordination to maintain momentum across ongoing builds and sustainment activities while preparing the next generation of xCell systems.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizen or U.S. permanent resident capable of obtaining and maintaining a DoD security clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering (or related field).
- 8+ years of relevant engineering or technical project experience, including build and integration planning.
- Demonstrated experience managing engineering progress, schedules, and resource coordination.
- Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical systems integration, verification, and validation practices.
Nice To Haves
- Experience coordinating builds of deployable or containerized systems.
- Familiarity with additive manufacturing, environmental systems, or industrial power infrastructure.
- Experience in defense or government programs requiring structured reviews and readiness events.
- PMP certification, MBA, or Engineering Management credentials a plus.
Responsibilities
- Lead weekly engineering progress tracking across design, integration, and production activities.
- Maintain visibility on system build status, test planning, and verification progress, ensuring alignment with program schedules.
- Develop and manage engineering build plans, integration schedules, and V&V readiness checklists.
- Identify and deconflict resource, technical, and scheduling issues across mechanical, electrical, and operations teams.
- Coordinate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure timely delivery and installation of hardware and subassemblies.
- Escalate risks, blockers, and dependencies to leadership with clear recommended actions or mitigations.
- Support execution of integration testing and V&V events, including configuration readiness and documentation closeout.
- Maintain configuration control for each xCell unit, ensuring traceability of design updates and system changes.
- Track incorporation of lessons learned, design improvements, and technical feedback from fielded systems into ongoing builds.
- Provide structured weekly reports summarizing progress, risks, and upcoming engineering priorities.
Benefits
- We offer comprehensive medical, dental, and visions plans
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan to invest in your long-term retirement goals
- Equity grants for new hires
- Unlimited PTO
- Extremely generous company holiday calendar, including a holiday hiatus in November, & December.
- Generous Parental Leave
- Lifestyle Spending Account
- FSA
- DCFSA
- HSA
- Hospital Indemnity insurance
- Critical Illness insurance
- Accident insurance
- Basic Life/AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance, 100% covered by Firestorm. Plus, the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your family.
- Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, are available to you as well.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
