Our client is looking for a Project Engineer to join their engineering team. This is a hands-on position that blends mechanical and electromechanical design with project leadership. You will be the main technical point of contact on your projects, guiding each one from early requirements through prototype builds, testing, and the handoff to production. The role supports a period of growth and offers a path toward longer-term management.
Project Engineer Responsibilities:
- Turn customer and product requirements into clear project scope, deliverables, and acceptance criteria
- Develop mechanical and electromechanical designs, including models, drawings, calculations, and technical reports
- Build and maintain project plans, schedules, and estimates, and manage risks and changes as they come up
- Act as the technical lead for assigned projects, coordinating with customers, suppliers, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality
- Plan and support prototype builds, testing, and the transition to production, and help resolve product issues along the way
Project Engineer Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline
- 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment
- Ability to coordinate across teams and build agreement without direct authority
- Experience developing mechanical or electromechanical products, including design, documentation, prototyping, and testing
- Experience leading projects or work packages, including schedules, estimates, risk, and status reporting
- Working knowledge of 3D CAD, engineering drawings, tolerances, materials, and manufacturing processes
- Aerospace or other regulated product development experience is preferred