Pratt Miller Engineering, is a world-class technology company and a respected leader in motorsports, automotive, defense, and aerospace industries, providing clients with advanced engineering and low-volume manufacturing services. Pratt Miller specializes in solving complex technical problems, over compressed timeframes. Through vehicle integration design and development, low rate production solutions and robotics platforms, our goal is to help our customers with their product or technology development needs.
Pratt Miller delivers the best combination of technology and capability to our customers through innovative, creative, and/or fast paced solutions. We provide robust solutions that enable our customers’ innovative products and designs. With our broad range of customers and partners we are Transforming What's Possible.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The explosive growth experienced at Pratt Miller has resulted in opportunities for a project leader focused on vehicle integration programs. Depending on the blend of talent, skills and experience, the ideal candidate will qualify for a Project Lead that has the potential to grow into a Chief Engineer position, which is the highest level of technical leadership for programs at Pratt Miller. The project leader is responsible to support customer engagements, build a technical plan and form a project team from the matrix organization. They lead many aspects of project execution to ensure that the customer is satisfied, the employees are satisfied, and the projects are profitable. The leader will be responsible for developing core competencies and capabilities that deliver exceptional value to our customers and create a competitive advantage for our customers. Responsibilities for a Project Leader at Pratt Miller include but are not limited to leading the project technical teams through full vehicle design, chassis design, technology integration, simulation, objective testing, and subjective evaluation.
The fundamental candidate characteristics are as follows:
- A blend of technical expertise, problem solving and program management skills capable of leading a highly skilled team to solve unique and challenging vehicle applications
- Proficient at adapting to an ever-changing tool chain(s) and able lead the team to use the right tool(s) at the right time; to make decisions with data that optimize the end performance
- Enthusiastic and motivated person that will over-deliver to the customer while building, guiding and motivating a small team of five to thirty people
- Able to operate in an ambiguous time compressed environment, coupled with complex and unique engineering challenges.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Train and mentor engineers to support projects, build our core teams and support our people
- Coordinate planning, organization, control, integration and completion of projects.
- Plan and formulate engineering program; review product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements, and related specifications.
- Coordinate activities on technical development, scheduling, and resolving engineering issues
- Lead the exploration of the design space, set the technical objectives and requirements, establish the decision-making process using trade studies, resolve any conflicts, and guide the team
- Lead communication internally, as the voice of the customer, and externally as single point of contact
- Coordinate personnel on project assignments through the resource forecasting process, coordination with matrixed department managers, and HR recruiting staff
- Identify risks to customer satisfaction and project deliverables and develop action plans to mitigate
- Support Program Managers in planning project financials, tracking costs, and ensuring profitability
- Assist Business Development team in market research and analysis of needs and competitors while supporting identification of customer leads, customer meetings, evaluation of potential opportunities, and application of core technologies
- Assist the Technical Project Director in executing the strategy and capability expansion by recruiting technical staff, identifying capital resource needs, and managing technical deliverables
- Support design, simulation, and testing best practices for Pratt Miller. Including applying the appropriate tool sets and development of targets by vehicle type and market segment
- Lead the deployment and integration of best practices throughout the organization.
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- A systems integration approach to vehicle development including knowledge in a variety of automotive and defense sub-systems will be required to effectively succeed in this role.
- Experience in structural analysis, multibody simulation engineering, vehicle dynamics and control system development.
- This position requires exceptional communication of technical and programmatic data. Oral and writing skills for reports and specifications using MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to handle ambiguity and open design environments with competing requirements
- A strong personal desire to always be the best, work with the best and support the team
DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
- BS or MS in Mechanical, Aerospace or similar engineering education
- 10-15+ years of product development experience in defense, automotive, or aerospace industry
OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
Minor to extensive travel may be required, depending on the program.
This position may require lawful access to ITAR/EAR controlled information and employees in this role will need to meet those requirements. Requirements include US Citizenship, US Permanent Resident or ability to meet licensure requirements.
EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK:
Day Shift M-F
Must be flexible with schedule to accommodate fixed deadlines sometimes working evenings, Saturday and or Sunday
Pratt Miller is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.