Project Manager; Engineering – Aerospace/Defense
Listed on 2026-01-04
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists
Project Manager (Engineering – Aerospace/Defense)
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Dorner Works, a leader in embedded engineering design services, is seeking a Project Manager to join our talented and growing team. Using your project management skills, you will work closely with our customers and engineers in all phases of design projects.
If you are passionate about technology, thrive on variety and enjoy working with top technical talent, this is the opportunity you have been waiting for!
This position will require work hours to align with our business hours within the Eastern time zone.
What Dorner Works has for you:- Diverse, engaging, collaborative and challenging work.
- Continuous learning. Work multiple diverse projects each year – different technologies, products, and industries.
- Work hybrid from home or in-person, while doing what you love.
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Flex Fridays – you want an extra 26 days off? Compressed work week, with the opportunity to take every other Friday off and flexible hours.
- Healthy work/life balance. At Dorner Works that is not just an empty slogan; it is one of our core values.
- A collaborative team where you can work with other outstanding technical minds.
- Supportive team – not a cut‑throat environment but supportive and encouraging.
- Organized social events, both onsite and virtual. We promise you’ll have fun!
- Planning and leading embedded software and hardware development projects across engineering services team.
- Interfacing with customers, managing expectations and ensuring customer satisfaction.
- Monitoring progress of project tasks against defined project schedule and budget. Working with engineering to identify and mitigate risks.
- Managing changes in project scope, identifying solutions, estimating financial impact, and devising contingency plans.
- Leading proposal efforts with engineering team ensuring project scope aligns with customer need and risks are properly accounted for.
- Collaborating with fellow project managers to coordinate project staffing.
- Working with finance team to ensure accurate customer project invoicing.
- A Bachelor's degree is required in Engineering, Computer Science or related field with at least 2 years in the DoD/Aerospace/Defense sector.
- Experience in leading embedded software and/or hardware engineering projects. Familiar with DoD project management phases/terminology.
- Ability to manage project scope and budget leveraging agile and waterfall methodologies.
- Experience with interfacing, negotiating, and coordinating with customers.
- Ability to facilitate creative solutions to project roadblocks with project team.
- Unrestricted right to work in the US without requiring sponsorship.
- Experience with responding to Request for Proposal/Quote, including producing work breakdown structures, labor calculations, timelines, etc.
- Experience with metric based tracking (earned value).
- PMP Certification is preferred, but not required.
Dorner Works believes a diverse workplace yields better ideas and outcomes and we are committed to promoting diversity of experience, perspectives, and capabilities. Each individual makes a unique contribution to our company. We recognize that diversity is critical to our success. Dorner Works proudly supports a culture of inclusion that encourages a work environment that honors diverse opinions. Employees can thrive here, and know their individual skills, abilities and viewpoints are honored.
This facility operates under International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and therefore, any person hired must demonstrate with verifiable documentation that they are either: (i) a U.S. Citizen; (ii) an active Green Card Holder; or (iii) a “Protected Person” as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324 (b)(a)(3).
LocationGrand Rapids, MI
Seniority level:
Entry level
Employment type:
Full‑time
Job function:
Project Management and Information Technology
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