Sr. Specialist Project Engineer

Job Title:

Sr. Specialist, Project Engineering – Power Systems

Job Code: 37341

Location:

Camden, NJ (On‑Site)

Schedule:

9/80 Regular (Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off)

The Sr. Specialist Project Engineer is responsible for the technical success of the project output within the constraints of the allocated budget and schedule. The position’s role specifically is the technical management and coordination of engineering resources to achieve compliance with the customer technical requirements in the field of AC and DC power distribution and protection products. Product maturity ranges from refreshes of fielded systems to new product introduction.

The position operates primarily as an individual contributor with occasional assignments as leader of a small multi‑discipline team.

Typical day‑to‑day responsibilities include driving and managing the creation, review, and submission of project artifacts such as plans, procedures, reports, design documents, and technical manuals. All major reviews are owned by this position. The role works intimately with engineers to provide real‑time support and guidance with respect to design, testing, or system requirements. To perform effectively, the position must be knowledgeable of system operations and understand end‑user needs.

The position requires a person that is highly detail oriented, structured, well‑organized, and can effectively communicate large amounts of data succinctly.

• Engineering Development
  • Drive good development processes and engineering best practices.
  • Follow methodologies and tools provided to improve engineering excellence.
• Proposal Development
  • Participate in and/or lead the proposal process for technical WBS definition, cost estimation, risk estimation, and technical schedule creation.
  • Interpret RFP requirements and lead the creation of proposal technical approach and content.
• Project Management
  • Lead detailed technical WBS definition, cost estimation, risk estimation, and technical schedule creation.
  • Manage day‑to‑day technical aspects of the project, 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 and/or lead activities to define system architecture and associated technical requirements.
  • Conduct design reviews to ensure that product elements meet requirements (e.g., Con Dr, SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, SVR, peer reviews).
  • Lead definition of technical development plans (e.g., HW Development Plan, SW Development Plan, Integration Test Plan).
  • Lead efforts for unit testing, integration testing, verification testing, and pre‑production (qualification) testing including efforts for defect tracking and correction.
  • Support technical efforts for 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 to the Program Manager any cost growth and reasons for growth.
  • Coordinate hand‑off to Operations and Field Support efforts (in/out of house).
• Ability to obtain and maintain US DOD Secret Security Clearance, which requires US Citizenship.

• Bachelor's degree in related Engineering/Science field and a minimum of 6 years of prior related experience;
• Or, master’s degree in progress in related Engineering/Science field and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience;
• Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 years of prior related technical and project management experience.
• 4+ years of experience of broad‑based technical knowledge within a similar position in order to understand and evaluate design and development activity across the engineering functions.
• 4+ years of experience in managing the full life cycle of hardware/software products from concept to production including system architecture, design implementation, integration, and…