Frontgrade is the largest provider of analog and radiation hardened technology for the United States aerospace and defense industry. From human spaceflight and space exploration, to missile defense and electronic warfare, to healthcare solutions addressing COVID-19, our talented team develop high performing electronic solutions that work the first time, every time.

Are you looking to be part of the Space Evolution? Where innovation and ideas go hand-in-hand? Then come join the Frontgrade Team!

Overview

As a Project Engineer focused on new product development at Frontgrade Aethercomm, you will be the technical leader of a cross-discipline engineering team responsible for mission-critical projects aimed at delivering mission-critical hardware to support our customers.

Responsibilities

YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide leadership and technical support for New Product Development across multiple programs.
Stay abreast of current technology to suggest product improvements and new product introductions.
Tailor development plans to meet program specific needs.
Provide inputs to aid in creation and maintenance of program master schedule.
Help to generate/track risk register and its mitigation progress.
Able to utilize information provided by the engineering team, identify the potential impacts, and make decisions on project related tasks.
Work closely with Engineering and other team members to ensure all customer requirements and internal requirements are addressed.
Responsible for tracking compliance matrices to ensure method of verification and risk reduction is tracking for program success.
Able to review customer level specs and be able to decompose and allocate derived requirements and performance parameters to different engineering groups.
Identify any changes in the original scope and any non-compliance and communicate the impact to Engineering Management and Project Management.
Work with RF, DC, Digital and Mechanical Engineers to find solutions to difficult technical problems and understand the constraints for a project.
Perform failure investigations and provide root cause on any production unit failures or quality escapes, including closing out Corrective Action Reports and provide technical solutions or preventive measures.
Maintain standard process for failure investigation and ensure process is followed.
Log lessons learned entries when there are failure investigations and/or corrective actions assigned.
Ensure lessons learned process is followed and proper information is captured.
Communicate regularly with Project Management to prioritize resources and to provide accurate project schedule estimates with technical understanding of the tasks involved for engineering to provide deliverables that meet customer expectations.
Coordinate with assigned project team to ensure Tech Data Package is accurate, complete, and on time for assigned projects.
Understand design lifecycles including design for manufacturability and test.
Evaluate preparedness for design reviews for each design gate such as PDR, CDR, and other tasks within a design cycle against defined entrance/exit criteria.
Be a point of contact for the Engineering Department for assigned projects with other departments, customers, and vendors.
Coordinate with the project manager to track assigned project status using Microsoft Project to ensure project meets agreed upon schedule, addresses any schedule impact, and provides a recovery plan.
Able to schedule and forecast resource needs for a project with all the resources and time needed.
Generate standard input on ETCs and standardize time required for tasks based on risk.
Able to track similar tasks and projects between standard forecasted labor duration, against actual labor duration and assign margin based on design risks to get project labor forecasting closer to project labor actuals.
Collaborate with all subject matter experts and Engineering Management to define and implement processes and procedures that will lead to successful execution of engineering projects.
Coordinate with the assigned project team to provide part information to the Project Manager to ensure all necessary parts for any development project are specified and ordered and select substitute parts as required.

Qualifications

HOW TO SUCCEED

To join us you’ll need:

Minimum Requirements:

Eight (8) years or more of experience in a specialized functional discipline.
BS or BA degree in a related field of study.
Security clearance is required or the ability to obtain one.
This position requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by either ITAR or EAR U.S. export laws. As a condition to this job offer, in order to be employed in this position, you must be able to obtain an U.S. Government export license(s), as required by law.

Preferred Qualifications:

Proficient in MS Office, (Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, Visio), other engineering software packages a plus. Preferred experience with PLM software experience.

Salary Range: $118,364.00 - 147,956.00 annually. Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographical location, job function of the position, education, and experience of the successful candidate.

Benefits

We take care of our people and provide competitive health, wealth and wellbeing benefits - from day one. You’ll also discover learning and development opportunities so you can take your career to the next level - and beyond.

Other benefits include:

Competitive Benefits: Medical (FSA + HSA), Dental, and Vision
Immediate 401K Vesting/Matching
Career Opportunity and Growth
Tuition Reimbursement
Student Loan Repayment
Generous PTO and 11 paid Holidays per year (8 regular and 3 floating)
8 weeks of 100% Paid Family Leave
Profit Sharing Plan applies to all non-Annual Incentive Plan and non-Sales Incentive Plan employees.

ABOUT Frontgrade

Frontgrade is the largest provider of analog and radiation hardened technology for the United States aerospace and defense industry. From human spaceflight and space exploration, to missile defense and electronic warfare, to healthcare solutions addressing COVID-19, our talented team develop high performing electronic solutions that work the first time, every time.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

At Frontgrade we welcome differences and celebrate new ideas. We believe the diversity of our people inspires our creativity and drives our innovation. Everyone is welcome here, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please email Careers@Frontgrade.com.

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