Description

The EW Division of Leidos is looking for a Project Engineer to join our cross-functional engineering team using innovative technology to develop truly novel solutions for the Department of Defense (DoD). This is a great opportunity for a project engineer with a background in product development, manufacturing, and a passion for engineering to; 1) plan, 2) conduct and manage engineering research, and 3) manage design, development, and manufacturing projects involving antenna and transceiver communications systems in a diverse and collaborative environment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Applying design and application knowledge of complex communications systems (antennas, transceivers, networks, etc).
• Actively engaged in engineering research, design, development, and sustaining projects.
• Responsibility for project schedule, budget, and drives cross-functional technical team to achieve technical objectives.
• Lead a team through complete product lifecycle phases including requirements, concept development, design reviews, validation and verification, and release to production using established formal IEEE systems engineering process.
• Responsible managing relationships between customers, technical staff, and supply chain.
• Have a vision for innovation on existing products and propose cutting-edge technological opportunities for the advancement of communications systems (i.e. digital beamforming).

• Must have broad understanding of Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) experience. This experience must include knowledge of pick-n-place, conformal coating, environmental test, acceptance test, module/box/systems build operations.
• Strong planning skills including defining requirements, time estimating, communicating progress to stakeholders at each phase of project, documentation, and testing.
• Broad Engineering background sufficient to analyze design data related to electrical, software, mechanical, and physical science disciplines. Position requires working with subject matter experts to make design trade-offs with respect to cost and performance.
• Proven experience with managing major suppliers and sub-contractors.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills are required for effective interface with all internal and external contacts.
• Demonstrated skills in all areas of business development including opportunity qualification, capture strategy, customer visits, customer relationship development, relationship development with competitors, team leadership, etc.
• Responsible for leading proposal engineering efforts to include reviewing customer Statement of Work (SOW) and specifications; creation of compliance matrices; defining engineering baselines; estimating labor and materials, and generating basis of estimates (BOEs).
• Familiarity with online tools used by the Federal Government for solicitations and proven record of success developing opportunities within the DoD community.
• US Citizenship required. Must have an active Secret security clearance, or ability to obtain

• . BA/BS in Engineering or equivalent experience. (Additional experience, education and training may be considered in lieu of degree)
• 4-8 Years of project and/or program management experience.
• Experience with Project Management, Project Engineering, and/or Systems Engineering. Project Management Professional (PMPTM) Certification is a plus.
• Earned Value Management Experience.
• Experience communicating with multi-disciplined engineering teams.
• Experience working with MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).