Project Engineer

Technical Project Engineer (TPE)

RADA USA is looking for a TPE to manage large, complex project initiatives of substantial importance to the company with minimal oversight or direction. The TPE develops and administers budgets, schedules, and performance standards. They solve issues that impede program progress, allowing the rest of the engineering team to concentrate on their work at hand. They will also participate in new business activities including proposals, preparing bids, and developing basis of estimates.

The TPE shall be able to provide solutions to a variety of technical problems which requires coordination of technologies across functions, programs, and customers. These include:

• Be the direct interface with program management, production, & customer regarding all engineering planning and activities
• Lead briefings and technical meetings for internal and external stakeholders / customers
• Be the primary point of contact for the technical, cost, risk/opportunity, and schedule performance of the specific development efforts
• Frequent collaboration with multiple functions (engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, etc)
• Monitoring engineering performance and ensuring that issues are addressed immediately, and corrective actions and recovery plans are implemented expeditiously
• Support multidisciplinary program reviews and presentations throughout the different phases of development, certification, and production readiness with internal and external stakeholders
• Facilitate stand-up meetings, retrospectives, sprint, release planning and delivery of artifacts for multiple teams
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field with a minimum of 8 years of experience
• Mastery of technologies and domain knowledge
• Expected to have knowledge and experience in multiple engineering disciplines enough to lead engineers on the project team
• Ability to convey complex technical information in a clear and concise manner, including executive presentations, Program updates with internal & external stakeholders, etc.
• Solid engineering analytical and technical writing skills, excellent verbal communication skills for engagement with all level stakeholders
• Previous leadership experience, strong customer relations, negotiation skills, and decision-making abilities
• At least six years of demonstrated project leadership including cost, schedule, and technical responsibility of complex military electronics subsystems
• Experience developing and maintaining complex integrated master schedules
• Experience with developing technical baselines and cost volumes in response to Request for Proposals.
• Ability to coach, mentor and build relationships with external organizations
• Demonstrated understanding of radar system operation, I&T, requirements verification, repair, and sustainment.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience performing as an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) Control Account Manager (CAM)
• Experience preparing and executing technical and independent reviews (SRRs, PDRs, CDRs, TRRs, IR's
• Excellent organization skills
• Effective communication skills in a collaborative team environment
• Experience as an Integration, Verification & Validation (IV&V) Lead or Technical Lead on a previous program
• Technical mentoring experience
• Familiarity with MBSE tools (Cameo and Rhapsody); Agile, DevOps, Scrum; Failure Reporting and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS); Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System (DOORS).

Competencies:

Systems engineering, software, architecture, integration and test, requirements, radar, AESA, SRR, PDR, CDR, RTM, MBSE, SOSA, MOSA, JIRA, TEMP, cUAS, cRAM, cUAV, VPS, APS.