Senior Manager, Project Engineering (Aircraft Systems Integration)

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field with 12+ years of relevant experience, or a graduate degree with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• 7+ years of experience in Project Engineering, Technical Project Management, or a related technical leadership role.
• Active Secret Clearance
• Previous experience leading, managing, and developing engineers or multidisciplinary technical teams.
• Air Vehicle and Systems Integration experience
• Experience with process improvement e.g. CMMI and Six-Sigma
• Demonstrated experience supporting programs with approximately one-year periods of performance or similarly fast-paced execution lifecycles.
• Strong understanding of multidisciplinary engineering execution and the ability to coordinate technical activities across various engineering functions.
• Strong technical project management capabilities, including engineering planning, technical estimating, resource planning, risk identification and mitigation, cost, and schedule management.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively partner across Engineering, Program Management, customers, and leadership.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience with FAA (STC) and Military (MTC) certification activities

Job Description

We are seeking a Project Engineering Senior Manager (Aircraft Systems Integration) to support aerospace and Department of Defense (DoD) programs in Waco, TX. This individual will be responsible for both people leadership and engineering execution, ensuring programs have the appropriate technical leadership, engineering resources, and cross-functional alignment to successfully meet program objectives. This leader will directly manage a team of approximately 15 Project Engineers and coordinate with a broader engineering organization of approximately 75 engineers across multiple technical disciplines based on program needs. In this role, you will provide leadership for air vehicle modification and modernization programs, pursuits, special projects, and Internal Research & Development (IR&D). Additional responsibilities include:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of approximately 15 Project Engineers, including performance management, career development, staffing, and resource planning.
• Oversee engineering execution across a broader multidisciplinary engineering organization, ensuring resources and technical priorities are aligned with program needs.
• Drive engineering activities throughout fast-paced program lifecycles, ensuring technical, cost, schedule, and customer commitments are achieved.
• Partner with Project Engineers, Chief Engineers, Program Management, and functional engineering leaders to identify technical risks, resolve issues, manage priorities, and maintain program execution.
• Support technical planning, estimating, proposals, Earned Value Management, resource forecasting, and strategic planning across current and future program needs.
• Collaborate across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Mission Assurance, and Quality while driving continuous improvement in engineering quality, execution, and delivery.