Project Engineer - Costa Mesa, California,

Position: Project Engineer - Costa Mesa, California, United States
Location(s):
Costa Mesa, California Company:
Phillips Medisize Career Field:
Engineering Job Number: 196287

Apply:  Job As a Project Engineer based in Costa Mesa, California, you will independently lead moderately complex new product introduction (NPI) and sustaining projects from initiation through production release. You will connect customer requirements, cross-functional expertise, manufacturing readiness, and business priorities to deliver project scope through disciplined planning, risk management, and execution. Our Team You will work with engineering, manufacturing, quality, validation, regulatory, supply chain, operations, and commercial partners.

This role will coordinate project deliverables while ensuring functional subject-matter experts maintain responsibility for technical content and approvals.

What You Will Do Lead assigned NPI and sustaining projects or support Program Management based on project scope and business needs

Own integrated project plans, including schedules, milestones, dependencies, actions, risks, stage-gate readiness, and project-status reporting

Coordinate cross-functional contributors and facilitate readiness reviews while maintaining clear ownership of technical decisions and approvals

Communicate project status, commitments, risks, decisions, barriers, and recovery plans to internal teams, customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders

Connect customer requirements with manufacturing readiness and quality, validation, regulatory, supply, operational, and commercial considerations

Maintain traceable, audit-ready project records, objective evidence, required deliverables, open items, and approved exceptions

Promote safety, ergonomics, standard work, continuous improvement, lessons learned, and practices that improve project predictability

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
Bachelor’s degree in engineering5+ years of project engineering, program execution, or comparable engineering project leadership experience

Experience leading new product introduction or sustaining projects from initiation through production release

Experience managing project schedules, milestones, dependencies, actions, risks, and stage-gate deliverables

What Will Put You Ahead Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Experience in medical-device or medical contract manufacturing

Experience with three-dimensional modeling software, including Solid Works Experience  coordinating customer, supplier, and multi-site project activities

Experience supporting non-recurring engineering, budget, scope, or commercial discussions

This role is not eligible for VISA Sponsorship. For this role, we anticipate paying $105,000- $120,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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