Senior Project Engineer Aircraft Technical Services

What you will do

• Lead multiple cross-functional teams and vendors through the aircraft integration design, analysis, and certification of Intelsat Inflight IFE/IFC systems and components onboard various commercial aircraft types.
• Manage cross-functional teams across finance, program management, supply chain to ensure programs remain within the budget.
• Develop project plans including requirements, design deliverables, schedules, budgets, and resource allocations by adhering to defined processes, procedures, and applications.
• Direct regular integrated project team (IPT) meetings to review and update project schedule and deliverables status, risks and issues, actions, and resources. Assure early problem identification and implementation of corrective action.
• Ensure successful technical customer support by helping define and deliver customer technical requirements and project needs.
• Support project proposal development and review plans to identify technical approach, timeframe, funding and resource requirements, and processes for accomplishment.
• Assess factors contributing to project success or failure and make recommendations for future improvements or changes. Research lessons learned, best practices, risk assessments, and trends as a foundation for new baseline plans.
• Provide timely reports to management to ensure an understanding of project status and performance. Prepare interim and completion project reports.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities across departmental teams.

Your required experience/skills

• 5+ years of experience in an engineering or certification environment
• Ability to understand and interpret engineering drawings to Company and industry standards, including Drawing Practices per ASME Y14.100 and GD&T per ASME Y14.5
• Demonstrable proficiency in MS Project and MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Ability to travel, including internationally, 5-10%

Your success in this role will look like:

• Great communication skills with all levels of employees, both internal and external customers, including presentations, negotiations, and written reports.

It would be nice if you had:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering in a relevant field
• Commercial aircraft certification, structural, and/or electrial engineering experience
• 2+ years of Project management experience in a technical environment
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP®)
• Extensive practical knowledge of project management theory, concepts and principles (e.g., theory of constraints, critical path methodology, project risk management, triple constraints, project scope management, project management lifecycle, etc.)
• Prior experience with Configuration Management (CM), preferably Agile PLM, as well as SmartSheet, SharePoint, and MS Project Web Access (PWA) applications.

How we support you:

• Hybrid work environment offering up to two days per week work from home (for eligible positions)
• Development opportunities supporting professional growth championed by our dedicated Learning & Development team. 20-25% of our positions are hired internally!
• Ways to get involved: satellite launch parties, company connect events, charitable activities, team social events and recognition programs.
• Wide range of benefits and perks to help you stay healthy, happy, and productive. These include paid leave programs, medical, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits, employee wellness offerings, and more!

These benefits are designed to support your overall well-being and help you succeed in your role.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Intelsat is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
While it is important to note that meeting the minimum qualifications is a fundamental requirement for consideration, if you are enthusiastic about this role and are unsure how well your experience aligns with these requirements, we encourage you to apply. Our recruitment team will assess your application and determine if your skills and qualifications meet the essential criteria for this role or whether there might be another role within our organization that is a better match.
Other Job Info:
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