Company Overview

ARA is a leading C5ISR company that designs, manufactures, tests and installs innovative technologies that provide the national security community with unparalleled situational awareness, threat detection, and communications capabilities.

Our disruptive, integrated solutions, assemblies and subsystems rise to the challenging demands of discerning, mission-critical customers.

We leverage our capabilities to meet and exceed the requirements of our customers and empower them to remain ahead of evolving threats and complexities in a dynamic security landscape.

Job Summary

As a Project Engineer, you will support the Project Manager and oversee key aspects of project execution, from engineering development to sustainment. You will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing engineering projects, ensuring that all phases—including design, quality assurance, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning—are executed effectively and within budget to meet customer requirements.

In the absence of a Systems Engineer, you will generate program requirements and serve as the technical lead when a subject matter expert is unavailable. You will handle various phases or sub-tasks of projects, or entire projects of moderate complexity, with your contributions being critical to project success. You will work under general supervision, with your work reviewed at project milestones or upon completion by Senior Management.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Coordinate all project elements including proposal, engineering design, quality planning, manufacturing, and procurement phases
Plan project requirements and resources, including the sourcing of subcontract elements, etc.
Refine the customer specifications into departmental tasks or subcontractor statements of work
Manage the project within budget and schedule
Produce deliverables on-time to customer requirements, clarifying these requirements where necessary
Participate in Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEAs), Quality history reviews, robustness studies, etc.
Participate in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) processes
Assist with design verification and sign off reporting
React promptly and effectively to changing client and product needs
Anticipate and identify potential project risks and opportunities, establishing appropriate actions
Effectively analyze customer and internal changes, including feasibility studies, to accurately plan any changes in specifications for costing
Produce clear, focused and understandable explanations for change requests
Track customer changes and participate in customer meetings when required
Apply specific technical skills as required to support the customer or colleagues
Proactively seek out opportunities for new or repeat business
Be willing and available to work at company and customer premises as required
Undertake special projects as required
Quality control of work by appropriate reviews
Support and lead process improvement activities
Write reports and present progress at project meetings and to clients
Conduct benchmarking studies to determine best practices/ future trends
Plan projects or subtasks so they may be tracked and presented
Manage the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Attend various meetings and action/communicate instructions
Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
Independently determine approach and assigned tasks
Support engineers, technicians, procurement, and production as an individual contributor
Train people within own work group
Liaise and communicate with other departments, customers, suppliers and other service providers
Be an effective team member, working with supervisor and colleagues to ensure smooth workflow with maximum output
Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental Policies
Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working together

Position Qualifications

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Competency Statement(s)

Adaptability- Adapts to change, open to new ideas and responsibilities
Communication – Ability to communicate thoughts clearly, both oral and written.
Job Knowledge- Understand facets of job, aware of duties and responsibilities, keeps job knowledge current.
Dependability – Meets deadlines, works independently, accountable, maintains focus, good attendance record.
Quality – Strives to eliminate errors, accurate work is a priority, seeks opportunities to improve products/services.
Ethics – Honest, accountable, maintains confidentiality.
Initiative – Acts, seeks new opportunities, strives to see projects to completion.
Decision Making – Able to reach a decision, takes thoughtful approach when considering others, makes difficult decisions.
Customer Service – Works well with customers, promotes a positive image of the company, strives to solve issues raised by customers.
Technical Skill – Maintains current knowledge of processes/equip, uses technology to increase performance/productivity.

Experience and Skills

5-8+ years of demonstrated mechanical, electrical, electronic or software product development.
Minimum of 3 additional years of proven Project Engineering/Project Management experience
Ability to read and comprehend mechanical, electrical, and fluid schematics
Advanced Microsoft user to include Project and Excel software
Experience in creating project plans in Microsoft Project
Experience in Bill of Material (BOM) structures

Education

BS or MS in Engineering field – Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field
PMP certifications a plus.

Antenna Research Associates, Inc. and its subsidiaries encourage diversity in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Sexual Orientation/Gender/ Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran

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