UAS Engineering Project Manager

Job Description

Lead the Future of Autonomous Aviation:
Engineering Project Manager (VTOL UAS)

Are you an experienced aerospace engineer who thrives at the intersection of technical innovation and flawless execution? We are seeking a high-caliber Engineering Project Manager to spearhead the development, manufacturing, and sustainment of cutting-edge Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (VTOL UAS). Reporting directly to the Chief Engineer, you will serve as the strategic engine driving multiple cross‑functional teams, steering complex hardware products from initial proposal through successful production launch.

This 100% onsite role offers the opportunity to directly influence company revenue and shape the next generation of unmanned flight.

The Airbus Helicopters Flexrotor Program offers one of the most sophisticated small tactical unmanned aerial systems (STUAS) with vertical take‑off and landing (VTOL). It can be used day or night by the U.S. and allied forces for a diverse range of intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) on land and at sea.

Nestled in the heart of the spectacular Columbia River Gorge in Bingen, WA, our workplace offers innovation and the ability to contribute to game‑changing solutions while enjoying the flexibility to spread your wings.

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit‑sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high‑deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) and other supplemental benefit coverages.

• Creates and maintains the master engineering project schedule and risks and issues register, comprising projects of all sizes and complexity, all phases from proposal and planning, through execution to completion.
• Drives project team’s weekly goals setting and achievements, maintaining up‑to‑date knowledge of status with frequent efficient small meetings and minimized large group meeting time.
• Ensures all necessary engineering deliverables and coordination are accounted for in the project activity, including approvals, BOM, drawing release, work‑instruction development, configuration control, hardware lead‑times, inspections, manufacturing trials, manufacturing tool‑kits, parts kits, verification testing and reporting.
• Identifies and tracks risks and issues, determines dependencies, prioritizes, acquires disposition, ownership assignment, and activity to mitigate and resolve.
• Forecasts, identifies, and removes obstacles from project teams’ path, such that project team may maintain focus on core deliverables, with minimal delay.
• Creates work breakdown structure (WBS) from team member input and completes with missing fundamental steps to achieve project deliverable.
• Analysis and identifies high‑level milestones, dependencies, critical path, free slack, resource utilization, risk and issues, and cost.
• Creates weekly status briefs and materials for project reviews.
• Maintains list of backlog projects and efforts and ensures periodic review and disposition of priority.

• Develops and continually improves the engineering project management function, its process and tools.

• Coordinates and performs necessary hands‑on technical work, engineering change process (EC) documentation, and administrative work otherwise unassigned to project team.

• Must possess a Bachelor of Science degree or greater in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or equivalent.
• Ten (10) + years’ professional experience with a combination of the following:
• Five (5) + years’ experience as a product development engineer, performing development engineering and leading hardware…