Engineering Project Manager

4 weeks ago


University Park, Florida, United States Pennsylvania State University Full time
Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Project Manager to join our team at the Mechanical and Electrical Design Department at the Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University.

The successful candidate will be responsible for facilitating and providing daily oversight of various engineering projects, collaborating with investigators, technical staff, and immediate teammates to ensure the prompt, accurate, and compliant execution of project deliverables.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Utilize project management strategies for implementing project requirements
  • Collaborate with investigators to develop, execute, and update the project plan
  • Monitor and facilitate technical project execution, milestones, and deliverables
  • Manage stakeholder project and product needs
  • Coordinate with investigators to manage and adhere to regulatory and sponsor requirements
  • Facilitate task/project budgets, work breakdowns, rough order estimates, task prioritization, and integration plans with investigators and program managers
  • Coordinate with investigators to create project baseline
  • Leverage learned knowledge and CM/PLM software to institutionalize best practices aligning MEDD and investigator research requirements
  • Attend trainings/tradeshows to stay current and recommend new solutions
  • Lead Technical Data Packet (TDP) preparation and status reporting as requested
  • Intake, monitor, and execute program-level specific technical and compliance requirements
  • Supervise staff members, including hiring, development, and performance management
  • Train team members and customers on CM requirements and best practices
  • Proliferate best practices to team via coaching, training, and procedures
  • Facilitate metrics for (MEDD) team and individual performance
  • Entertain ad hoc out of box requests for unique CM/PLM services such as outside correspondence and/or DoD-specific data exchange tools/methods
  • Facilitate new, complex, or atypical scenarios, including legacy guidance
  • Promote design for manufacturing; audit of reviewers/checkers
  • Provide day-to-day support as needed to support time-critical needs
  • Act as the final reviewer of release workflow

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree and 3+ years related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Understanding of Industry or US Government practices for configuration management
  • Knowledge of Engineering Drawing Practices in accordance with the ASME Y14 series of standards
  • Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) practices in accordance with ASME Y14.5
  • Success in an office environment, where various forms of communication and organizational skills were crucial to be effective
  • Previous success with collaborations in a multi-disciplinary, team-oriented culture
  • Active Secret level government security clearance (preferred)
  • Knowledge of PDM system (Siemens Teamcenter preferred) and Mechanical CAD design software (Siemens NX preferred) and Electrical CAD Design Software (Altium preferred)
  • Understanding of machining practices (both additive and subtractive preferred)
  • Microsoft Office and Adobe products

Working Location: Fully on-site, located in State College, PA

Employment Requirements: Subject to a government security investigation, and must be a U.S. citizen to apply. Employment with the ARL will require successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.



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