Project Engineer

Are you a Project Engineer looking to join one of the top companies in the Aerospace and Defense industry?

Are you looking to further your career and grow?

Do you have technical and project management experience?

If you answered yes to those three questions, then apply today!

Acara Solutions seeks highly qualified candidates to work onsite with our client in Tulsa, OK. Interested?

Here's what you'd do:

• The Project Engineer is responsible for the technical success of the project output within the constraints of the allocated budget and schedule.
• This position's role specifically involves the technical management and coordination of engineering resources to achieve compliance with customer technical requirements in the field of AC and DC Power Conversion and protection products.
• Product maturity ranges from refreshes of fielded systems to new product introduction.
• The position operates primarily as a small team leader with occasional assignments as an individual contributor.
• Typical daily responsibilities would include driving and managing the creation, review, and submission of project artifacts such as plans, procedures, reports, design documents, and technical manuals.
• This position owns all major reviews.
• This position will work intimately with engineers to provide real-time support and guidance concerning design, testing, or system requirements.
• Drive good development processes and engineering best practices.
• Follow methodologies and tools provided to improve engineering excellence.
• Participate in or lead the proposal process for technical WBS definition, cost estimation, risk estimation, and technical schedule creation.
• Interpret RFP requirements and lead the proposal technical approach and content creation.
• Lead detailed technical WBS definition, cost estimation, risk estimation, and technical schedule creation.
• Manage the project's technical aspects day to day, including cross-functional decision making, task/schedule management, issue resolution/escalation, communication, requirements management, and risk management activities.
• Activities overseen include software, digital, electrical power, mechanical, configuration management, and systems engineering.
• Participate in or lead activities to define system architecture and associated technical requirements.
• Conduct design reviews to ensure product elements meet requirements (ConDr, SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, SVR, peer reviews).
• Lead definition of technical development plans (HW Development Plan, SW Development Plan, Integration Test Plan).
• Lead efforts for unit testing, integration testing, verification testing, and pre-production (qualification) testing, including defect tracking and correction efforts.
• Support technical efforts for customer upgrade requests and change management for released products.
• Work with functional management to obtain and manage proper engineering staffing.
• Manage engineering budget and evaluate engineering Estimate to Complete.
• Identify any cost growth and reasons for development to the program manager.
• Coordinate hand-off to Operations and Field Support efforts (in-house/out-of-house).

Here's what you'll get:

Pay: $52 - $55/hr.

Hours: 40 hours/week (1^st Shift).

Length: Temp (12 Months).

Sounds like a good fit?

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About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum of 8 years of technical and project management experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in leading integrated product teams.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in the full life cycle of hardware/software products from concept to production, including system architecture, design implementation, integration, and verification/validation.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience developing engineering processes such as lean product development, Design for X (DFX), Six Sigma concepts, product life cycle management, and systems engineering.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience with the military/defense contracting environment.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Science.
• Master's Degree in Engineering or Science.
• Specific experience in power distribution, generation, or conversion equipment development.
• PMP Certification.
• Proficient in the MS Office suite with emphasis on Excel and Project.
• Proficient in CAD systems, SolidWorks.
• Experience with PLM tools (Agile).
• Experience with MRP systems (Cost Point).
• Be knowledgeable of system operations and understand end-user needs.
• This position needs a person who is highly detail-oriented, structured, well-organized, and can effectively communicate large amounts of data succinctly.
• Broad-based technical knowledge to understand and evaluate design and development activity across the engineering functions.
• Emphasis in Electrical Power Conversion Engineering and Systems Engineering experience.
• Ability to analyze the assigned project, break down work into functional disciplines, and plan a means for the job.
• Outstanding written communication skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills for internal and customer presentations.
• Good practical organization, facilitation, and arbitration skills.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be needed to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the necessary employment eligibility verification form upon hire.