Senior Engineer

Located in Woodland, WA, LifePort is the leading manufacturer of medical transportation and interior products as well as ballistic armor protection systems for fixed and rotary wing aircraft.  From large multi-aircraft projects to small custom projects, LifePort supplies the industry’s largest aerospace OEMs and end users with the finest aviation solutions today.

Position Summary:

This position directs, coordinates, and exercises functional authority for planning, organization, control, integration, and completion of engineering project within area of assigned responsibility by performing the following duties.

Essential Functions:

• Conceptual design of new products and ideas to improve existing products
• Work within STC Minor Change Agreement to maintain existing legacy product data
• Create and track schedules using MicroSoft Project, or equivalent
• Manage projects from initial drawing release to liaison support and product delivery
• Maintain metrics to track budget and schedule requirements
• Manage components of R&D projects
• Manage prototype construction and testing
• Create R&D proposals for U.S. government and private industry funding
• Research vendors 
• Develop Return on Investment and business case analysis
• Create and present concepts/products to internal and external customers
• Manage the design, purchase, assembly and testing of prototypes
• Create test plans, conduct testing and documenting results
• Technical presentations to internal and external customers
• Executing components of design projects
• Product definition and requirements development
• Creating and validating new designs (modeling/drafting/BOM creation)
• Creating and presenting concepts/products to internal and external customers coordinating with internal customers
• Materials research and selection to support design requirements
• Qualification test plan/report creation and management
• Manufacturing liaison support
• Coordinates preparation and delivery of project deliverables, design documents, and bid packages.
• Reviews product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications.
• Evaluates and approves design changes, specifications, and drawing releases.
• Coordinates with Project Engineers to maintain current and develop new engineering standard work.
• Acts as a mentor and provides feedback for lower level engineers
• Participates in peer technical reviews and final design sign-off
• Participate in project bids and proposals for bid hours and technical compliance

Job Specifications (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):

• Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines, and multitask
• Excellent organization skills with strong attention to detail
• Excellent teamwork skills and high degree of initiative required
• Excellent comm