Engineering Project Manager

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Job Description:

Leidos' Security Detection & Automation operation is seeking an Engineering Project Manager in Tewksbury, MA to join our cross-functional engineering team using innovative technology to develop truly novel solutions that make travel and trade safer, healthier, and more efficient on a global level. This is a great opportunity for an Engineering Project Manager with a background in product development and a passion for engineering to plan, conduct and manage engineering research, design and development projects involving hardware or software solutions in a diverse and collaborative R&D environment.

Primary Responsibilities

• High level of oversight for engineering research, design, development, and sustaining projects.
• Responsibility for project schedule, budget, and drives cross-functional technical team to achieve technical objectives.
• Work with teams on product development of automated analysis systems, software, and network solutions.
• Lead through complete lifecycle phases including requirements, concept development, design reviews, V&V and release to production using established formal development process.
• Responsible to manage and publish technical design specifications including analysis and decomposition of customer, product lines, sales and key suppliers requirements into subsystem specifications.
• Define test strategy and V&V plan with traceability back to requirements to ensure compliance.

Basic Qualifications

• BS/BA in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or similar. MS is preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant experience, at least 3 being in engineering project management
• Previous experience as a program manager involving hardware and software development
• Strong planning skills including defining requirements, time estimating, communicating progress to stakeholders at each phase of project, documentation, and testing
• Broad Engineering background sufficient to analyze design data related to electrical, software, mechanical, and physical science disciplines. Position requires working with subject matter experts to make design trade-offs with respect to cost and performance.
• Proven experience with managing major suppliers and sub-contractors.
• Proven experience to estimate project budget and schedule required across engineering disciplines.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills are required for effective interface with all internal and external contacts.
• US Citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification
• 1-2 years' experience with the development of analytical (measurement) systems
• Experience working with teams on product development of algorithms, imaging systems or trace analysis systems, software and network solutions
• Hands-on design engineering experience with the development, and production of electronics equipment for use in medical devices, government security and/or military applications, or similar

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