Job Title: Lead, Project Engineer, Propulsion Controls Electronics Job Code: 41993 Job Location: Huntsville, AL Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off Job Description:We are seeking a Lead, Project Engineer to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of electronics development efforts for propulsion controls systems in the defense and aerospace industry. This role is responsible for coordinating cross-functional engineering teams developing mission-critical control solutions for propulsion applications, including embedded electronics, system integration, and verification activities. The ideal candidate brings a strong technical foundation, disciplined program execution skills, and experience working in highly regulated, safety-critical environments.
Essential Functions:- Lead electronics development projects for propulsion control systems from concept through integration, verification, qualification, and production support.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams including electrical, software, systems, mechanical, test, quality, manufacturing, and program management.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, technical milestones, risk registers, and action item tracking for propulsion controls programs.
- Manage day-to-day execution of hardware and software development activities to ensure technical, cost, schedule, and quality objectives are met.
- Support requirements decomposition, interface definition, design reviews, and verification planning for propulsion control electronics.
- Drive issue resolution across design, integration, and test activities, including root cause and corrective action coordination.
- Monitor project risks and opportunities, identify recovery plans when needed, and communicate status clearly to leadership and customers.
- Ensure compliance with internal engineering processes, customer requirements, contractual obligations, and applicable aerospace and defense standards.
- Facilitate technical reviews, customer meetings, milestone presentations, and decision-making forums.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers and project contributors within assigned scope.
Qualifications:- Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years of prior engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior engineering experience.
- 5+ years of experience leading or coordinating engineering development projects involving electronics, or integrated control systems in defense or aerospace applications.
- 5+ years of experience with product development lifecycle activities, including requirements, design, integration, verification, validation, and configuration management.
- 5+ years of experience with managing schedules, technical risks, dependencies, and cross-functional communication in a structured engineering environment.
Preferred Additional Skills:- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical field is a plus.
- Master's degree in engineering or technical discipline is a plus.
- Experience with engine control systems, thrust vector control, electro-mechanical actuation, ignition control, embedded software, sensors or other propulsion-related subsystems.
- Experience working in a safety-critical development environment with standards such as DO-178, DO-254, MIL-STD, or equivalent aerospace/defense frameworks.
- Familiarity with requirements and project tools such as DOORS, Jira, Microsoft Project, Earned Value concepts, or similar systems.
- Background in control electronics, hardware/software integration, or system test.
- Strong technical judgment with the ability to bridge engineering detail and program execution.
- Organized, proactive leader who can keep complex development efforts aligned and moving forward.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-accountability, mission-critical defense aerospace environments.
- Collaborative mindset with a focus on disciplined execution, clear communication, and reliable delivery.
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