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Project Engineer - Vehicle and Automotive Design

Judit Inc
Slidell, LA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/16/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/16/2026

Project Engineer roles and responsibilities:
Collaborate closely with Program Management to tightly control program schedule and budget per customer Earned-Value Managements System requirements (EVMS)
Resolve schedule, resource, and technical conflicts
Navigate and lead multidiscipline teams through unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions
Collaborate with functional managers to organize and delegate key tasks
Interact daily with program managers, planners, engineers and technicians
Generate statements of work and managing outside contractor performance
Act as a technical interface between engineering development team, Integrated Product Teams, and Integrated Supply Chain for product and program needs
Chair (or delegate) responsibilities to execute change control boards for your project /product
Develop discretionary funding plans and requests outlining program needs for successful execution
Provide recommendations to senior management regarding critical risk acceptance
Develop proposals (cost and technical) and basis of estimates for new business opportunities
Prepare and present engineering work products to internal review teams and external customers at program milestone reviews
Responsible for Average Unit Manufacturing Cost (AUMC) of PPD vehicles and future LRIP/full-rate production environments

Automotive Project Engineer Roles/Responsibilities:
Responsible for managing and coordinating all ARV Automotive and Vehicle specific-related activities, acting as a liaison between different teams and stakeholders to ensure project objectives are met on time and within budget.
o Manage and coordinate Vehicle and Automotive Design, Development, Integration and Test Activities
o Supports Chief Engineer to drive technical risk and maturity into Vehicle/Automotive system designs and development
o Coordinate Engineering support of Vehicle of builds, outfitting, test and final delivery
o Responsible for delivery of associated technical artifacts including Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL s)
o Support of all Vehicle, Survivability, and Automotive related Technical Customer Integrated Product teams (IPT s) and Working groups (WG s)
Responsible for coordination and communication with Integrated Supply chain, Engineering, Program Management and Government customers on all ARV Automotive and Vehicle related tasks, activities, risks and issues.

Qualifications
Bachelor s degree in engineering or related discipline, graduate degree in engineering or management disciplines desired
6 years of related experience and ability to obtain Secret clearance
Development of systems architectures and concepts of operations
Experience in program planning, control account management, and risk management
Experience in leading internal and external programmatic and technical reviews
Experience in proposal processes and basis of estimate review

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