Senior Project Engineer

Leonardo DRS, Inc. • Danbury, CT

30d

About The Position

The Senior Project Engineer leads complex engineering projects from concept through completion, ensuring technical efforts are delivered on time and within budget. The role serves as the technical lead and ensures designs satisfy customer specifications and requirements while balancing cost, schedule, and performance objectives. It collaborates with manufacturing, supply chain, program management, and customers, contributes to proposal development and project planning, and provides mentoring to junior engineers. This position is bonus eligible.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• At least 10 years of experience.
• Mastery of technologies and domain knowledge.
• Knowledge and experience in multiple engineering disciplines.
• Experience in project engineering, project management, or product management.
• Ability to independently lead a team of engineers to complete complex projects.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Must have an active Department of Defense security clearance or be able to obtain one within a reasonable time after starting employment.

Responsibilities

• Lead all engineering efforts for complex projects to deliver on time and within budget.
• Ensure designs comply with project requirements.
• Review customer specifications and requirements and lead a project team in developing designs, considering cost as a key design variable.
• Provide budget, cost, and schedule input for design assignments.
• Communicate with manufacturing, supply chain, program management, and customers, both orally and in writing.
• Participate in preparing complex and significant proposals.
• Coordinate, recommend, and confer on technical activities and progress with technical management, professionals, technicians, and support personnel.
• Support, communicate, reinforce, and defend the organization’s mission, values, and culture.
• Attend appropriate engineering, customer, and business meetings.
• Mentor and coach less experienced engineers.
• Serve as a communication pathway between the customer and project team.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams toward project goals through relationships with line management and the Program Office.
• Balance customer demands against contract scope and schedule to facilitate high-quality, on-time deliverables.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, although some employees are eligible for limited benefits only.
• 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 the 9/80 program.
• Competitive vacation.
• Health and emergency leave.
• Paid parental leave.
• Community service hours.
• Bonus eligibility.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior