Senior Project Engineer

* Comprehensive and competitive benefits package and flexibility that promotes work-life balance
* A work environment where all employees are valued, respected and safe
* Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives and make decisions
* Recognition, professional development, advancement and having fun!
* Own the technical vision for the simulation project and actively communicate it to all stakeholders, ensuring every discipline (hardware, software, networking, user experience, and testing) understands how their work contributes to the end‑to‑end product.
* Proactively build relationships across engineering teams, quality assurance, operations, and customer support, rallying them around shared goals and timelines. This includes facilitating joint design reviews, integration workshops, and problem‑solving sessions where diverse perspectives are valued.
* Embrace challenging issues as opportunities for growth. Lead the team through complex trade‑offs, risk assessments, and corrective actions, demonstrating resilience and determination.
* Serve as the primary technical bridge to the customer, ensuring their needs are met while upholding engineering integrity. Use clear, confident communication to build trust and secure ongoing support from all parties involved.
* Translate customer and contractual requirements into detailed functional specifications and system architecture.
* Author, coordinate, and present formal reviews (requirement, design, and integration) to stakeholders.
* Create high level tasks for design, coding, testing, integration, acceptance in JIRA.
* Monitor progress, enforce design reviews, and lead applicable demos.
* Resolve technical problems in subsystem designs and ensure compliance with all technical requirements.
* Own or assist in Jira configuration, issue tracking, sprint planning, and reporting.
* Ensure all tasks are created, documented, prioritized, and completed on schedule.
* BS Degree in engineering or related field required.
* Minimum of 10 years work experience with 7 years in flight simulation
* Experience in design and delivery of products to the US military. This experience must include software development and computer system hardware layout and networks.
* Must demonstrate the ability to create and understand technical documents related to aircraft, computers, electronics and flight simulation technology
* Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
* Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.
* Master’s (or Ph.D.) in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Computer Engineering
* Experience in design and delivery of flight simulation products
* Familiarity with C-130J Aircraft
* Familiarity with version‑control systems (Git) and continuous‑integration pipelines.
* Experience managing Jira/Confluence or similar agile project‑management suites.
* Experience using Microsoft Project to manage a project Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
* This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
* Must be able to work in confined spaces for long periods.

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