Project Engineer

Moog is a performance culture that empowers people to achieve great things. Our people enjoy solving interesting technical challenges in a culture where everyone trusts each other to do the right thing. For you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.

Job Title:

Project Engineer

Reporting To:

Manager, Engineering

Work Schedule:

Onsite – Buffalo, NY

Moog is looking for a Project Engineer to be an integral part of our Actuation Design Engineering Team, delivering highly complex electro-mechanical, mechanical, and hydro-mechanical components and systems for flight actuation applications to our Military Group customers.  In this role you will be expected to provide technical leadership, planning, scheduling, cost reporting, and authoritative decision making. This work will be in support of advanced development programs that provide some of the industry’s most sought-after flight actuation components and systems on next generation aircraft for the Military Aircraft Group.  This position is based in East Aurora, NY.

Moog Aircraft Group is the leader of advanced flight controls for commercial and military aircraft.  We are positioned on virtually every aircraft in the marketplace, supplying reliable systems that are highly supportable and add significant value to our customers.  Moog Aircraft Group is a sector of Moog (NYSE:MOG-A and MOG-B). Moog designs, manufactures and integrates precision motion control components and systems.  Our high-performance solutions are used in satellites and space vehicles, military and commercial aircraft, launch vehicles, missiles, industrial machinery, marine applications, and medical equipment.  Headquartered in East Aurora, NY, we employ 13,000 employees in 27 countries.  While we are most known for our products that are the best in the industry, the unique thing about Moog is our culture of trust and mutual respect that allows for personal initiative, autonomy and excellence. 

As a Project Engineer, you will…

• Lead a team of engineers to execute various product development phases via Moog’s common development process, including design, testing, and manufacturing.

• Create and guide execution of project schedules, including earn value management reporting.  

• Contribute to the development, validation, and verification of product requirements through consultation with customers and suppliers.

• Be a key contributor to the preparation of proposal designs, cost estimates, and technical volume writeups.

• Document designs, analyses, and test results with accurate and concise reports.

• Drive dynamic troubleshooting and problem solving efforts which are integral to the design process.

• Communicate and coordinate with numerous functions internal and external to Moog to facilitate project execution (i.e. supply chain, manufacturing, project engineering, program management, systems, electronics, test equipment, manufacturing, inspection, A&T, etc. ).

• Operate as a key element in a team of creative, independent individuals.

• Represent Moog in a manner consistent with its technical reputation.

Minimum Qualifications to be considered…

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering with 6+ years of professional experience in engineering and/or project management

OR

Master’s Degree in Engineering with 3+ years of professional experience in engineering and/or project management

• Ability to travel 10-20%

• This job requires access to US export-controlled information

Preferred Qualifications Include… 

• Strongly prefer a Master’s/Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

• Engineering experience in the aerospace industry

• Project management or project engineering work experience

• Experience in the design, analysis, and development of complex electrohydraulic, electromechanical or electro-pneumatic systems

• Project/team leadership experience

• Experience in EVMS fundamentals, project planning, scheduling and resource loading; experience with MS Project