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Project Engineer - Binghamton, NY (On-site)
Project Engineer - Binghamton, NY (On-site)Thunderbolt Talent Partners • New York, NY, US
Project Engineer - Binghamton, NY (On-site)

Project Engineer - Binghamton, NY (On-site)

Thunderbolt Talent Partners • New York, NY, US
7 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description

Job Description

About This Role

We are seeking an ambitious Project Engineer to join our team on-site at our Binghamton, NY location. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and gregarious professional with a passion for helping others and building positive relationships. This role is for a candidate who is self-motivated, exhibits a positive approach, has a strong work ethic, and demonstrates strategic big-picture thinking. This position will work closely with senior-level program engineering management.

Technical responsibilities include :

  • The PE performs as the technical lead over the assigned engineering team on a program to include leading / participating in program peer, gate, and design reviews, supporting program management reviews (PMRs), and coordinating technical activity amongst the program IPTs.
  • The PE performs weekly / monthly Cost Account Management (CAM) reviews with IPTs and is responsible for technical, cost, and schedule performance for the engineering content on a program.
  • Communicates within and outside of the organization to influence leadership to accept new practices, approaches, and concepts.
  • The PE receives engineering direction from and is accountable to a Program Engineering Manager (PEM), who has overall Program Engineering responsibility for successfully proposing, developing, and delivering Product Line solutions.
  • Responsible for improving upon existing processes or establishing new systems using significant conceptualizing, reasoning, and interpretation, including championing new concepts or technologies.
  • Recommends tactics and strategies that will directly impact the achievement of overall business or functional results.
  • Demonstrated ability as an independent, proactive leader who works well within a team.
  • Ability to build relationships, handle interpersonal interactions, and cope with difficulties, both internally and externally.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to interface with senior civilian government, DoD, and industry leaders.
  • Strong analytical skills and demonstrate ability to formulate analysis from multiple resources, ask critical questions with customer and stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to systematically measure performance using a risk management approach; identifying and weighing technical, schedule, and cost risks associated with maintaining and upgrading the Training System.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

  • Must have an active DoD Secret or higher clearance that has been granted or renewed in the last 5 years .
  • BS degree in Engineering or equivalent experience required.
  • Minimum nine years of prior technical, project experience with both Traditional and Agile Program Execution methods working as a leader, developer, or technologist.
  • Military or Defense industry experience.
  • Proven success in a fast-paced development environment and possess a willingness to take ownership, accept accountability, and thrive under pressure.
  • Ability to provide and receive constructive criticism.
  • Strong critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues and predict potential programmatic and technical risks.
  • Experience with ClearCase, ClearQuest, DOORS, and Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain Special Program Access prior to the start of employment.
  • Flexibility to support occasional overtime, weekend work, shift work, and site travel (CONUS).
  • Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

    • Preferred Skills

  • Experience within Modeling and Simulation industry.
  • Experience performing as primary technical interface with DOD customers.
  • Experience working with Business Development to cultivate follow-on work and new program opportunities.
  • Experience with DevSecOps practices and popular tool sets for management, automation, and deployment (Atlassian, Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, or others).
  • Experience in Open Mission Systems / Universal Command and Control Interface (OMS / UCCI).
  • Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) knowledge and experience.
  • Experience using modeling resources.
  • Experience using Agile tool sets (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.).
  • Experience using earned value management systems to manage a team's cost and schedule performance.
  • Experience with Software Change Control, Change Management, and CI / CD tools such as : Atlassian tool suite, GitHub, GitLab, AND / OR Jenkins.
  • Demonstrated mentoring and coaching skills, and excellent 2-way communication skills (upward and downward).
  • Time management and organizational skills to prioritize across concurrent program and functional responsibilities.
  • Current Special Access Program (SAP) access.

    • What We Have to Offer :

  • 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!

    • Company Description

    With over two decades of experience across the defense, commercial, and agency sectors, we specialize in filling the most challenging executive, technical, and non-technical roles.

    Company Description

    With over two decades of experience across the defense, commercial, and agency sectors, we specialize in filling the most challenging executive, technical, and non-technical roles.

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