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Engineering Project Manager

Company: Ontic
Department: Engineering
Location: [Location]
Reports To: Engineering Director

Position Summary

Ontic is a leading global aerospace OEM specializing in sustaining legacy aerospace products and manufacturing flight-critical electronic, electromechanical, and mechanical assemblies for commercial, defense, and rotorcraft platforms. We are seeking an experienced Engineering Project Manager to lead cross-functional engineering projects from initiation through production implementation while ensuring compliance with aerospace quality, regulatory, cost, and schedule requirements.

The Engineering Project Manager serves as the primary leader responsible for coordinating engineering activities, managing technical risks, and ensuring successful execution of projects involving new product introduction (NPI), product transfers, design changes, obsolescence management, qualification testing, and production support.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership

• Lead cross-functional engineering projects involving electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, operations, and program management.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and risk registers.
• Ensure projects meet technical, cost, schedule, and quality objectives.
• Facilitate project reviews, gate reviews, and executive status reporting.
• Drive accountability across functional teams to achieve project milestones.

Engineering Execution

• Coordinate engineering activities for:
  • Flight-critical electronic assemblies
  • Mechanical and electromechanical assemblies
  • Design modifications
  • Product redesigns due to component obsolescence
  • Qualification and verification testing
  • Product transfers between manufacturing sites
  • Manufacturing readiness activities
• Monitor engineering deliverables including drawings, BOMs, specifications, analysis, and test documentation.
• Ensure configuration management and document control processes are followed.

Technical Risk Management

• Identify technical, manufacturing, supplier, and schedule risks.
• Develop mitigation plans and monitor risk reduction activities.
• Escalate critical issues to leadership with recommended corrective actions.
• Coordinate root cause investigations and corrective actions for engineering-related issues.

Customer & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary engineering interface with internal stakeholders and external customers.
• Present technical progress, schedules, and project health to leadership and customers.
• Coordinate customer technical reviews, design reviews, and qualification activities.
• Support proposal development and project planning for new business opportunities.

Compliance & Quality

• Ensure engineering activities comply with:
  • AS9100 Quality Management System
  • FAA regulations where applicable
  • Military specifications
  • Customer contractual requirements
  • Configuration management requirements
  • Engineering change processes
• Support Design Reviews, Failure Review Boards, MRBs, and Corrective Action Boards as required.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive improvements in engineering project execution, scheduling, and resource utilization.
• Develop standardized project management tools, metrics, and reporting.
• Apply Lean and Continuous Improvement methodologies to engineering processes.
• Capture lessons learned and implement best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Manufacturing, or related discipline)
• 7+ years of engineering or technical project management experience in aerospace, defense, or highly regulated manufacturing
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering development projects
• Knowledge of aerospace product development lifecycle
• Experience with engineering change management
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes for electronic and mechanical assemblies
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and ERP/MRP systems

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification
• Master's degree in Engineering or Engineering Management
• Experience with lega