Engineering Program Manager

About This Role

The Engineering Program Manager is responsible for ensuring all assigned programs are planned, executed, and finalized on schedule and within budget. This role involves acquiring resources, coordinating team efforts, and managing projects from conception through completion while meeting all internal, customer, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage programs from conception through completion, meeting internal, customer, and regulatory requirements.
• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with management.
• Develop and track project budgets, requesting adjustments as necessary.
• Provide technical interface between the external supply base, program development leaders, and manufacturing.
• Ensure effective communication with customers and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders clearly and timely.
• Identify and manage project critical path(s).
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify risk, and devise contingency and risk mitigation plans.
• Collaborate with other engineering functions to aid in project/product transitions.
• Support the quoting and proposal process by providing technical information, NRE, travel, labor, and special testing costs.

Requirements

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical documents, standards, and specifications.
• Strong working knowledge of relevant software (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project, SolidWorks and/or AutoCAD).
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills.
• Ability to operate under pressure.
• Excellent organizational, technical, and communication (oral and written) skills in English.
• Must be a U.S. person within the meaning of ITAR.
• Eligibility for a government security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (BS) in Engineering or Management or other related field
• Five years direct work experience in project/program management capacity preferred; two years of direct experience in project/program support required. Experience should include estimating resources, drafting program/proposal documentation, developing and managing schedules, project engineering, program management, and budget development.

Skills

* Required skills