Principal Technical Project Manager

About the position

Mercury Systems Strategic Systems and Weapons Business Unit is developing radar and electromagnetic products for our customers and has a great opportunity for a Technical Project Manager, or an engineer who may want to move into a management role, managing the development of cross-functional teams focused on new or upgrading existing products. The ideal candidate will lead the program from initiation through delivery including planning and directing schedules and monitoring budget/spending. In addition to directing cross-functional activities, ensuring completion of the product on schedule and within budget constraints.

Responsibilities

• Integration and coordination across functional teams, including Hardware Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, System Architecture, Integration, Quality, and Documentation to facilitate the effective on-time/on-budget development and delivery of Mercury's products and system solutions.
• Serves as the primary liaison between the engineering project team and other stakeholders (ie. Marketing, Sales, Operations, Program Management, Product Management, Technical Support, and Senior Management)
• Accountable for the success of assigned projects (within budget, on schedule and meeting customer expectations)
• Interact with stakeholders to understand the business needs, communicate project status and develop relationships to ensure satisfaction while minimizing project risk
• Develop project plans, risk mitigation plans, tasks, budget, deliverables, dependencies and resource requirements to ensure on time delivery
• Oversee project deliverables, intervening when necessary to adjust priorities, move aggressively toward resolution of key delivery and customer issues, optimize for product line quality, timeliness and flexibility
• Interact with and synchronize all key members of the project team and stakeholders
• Work directly with Senior Management and functional managers to resolve resource and organizational conflicts
• Work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factor

Requirements

• Relevant Project Management experience in new hardware product development, including defense, aerospace, or other domains
• Familiarity with scheduling, tracking and risk management techniques and tools
• Microsoft Project or similar project management software experience
• Knowledgeable in all phases of the product development life cycle from requirements through design, implementation and integration, and manufacturing release
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements across an organization
• BS degree in related discipline
• This position requires you to access information that is subject to U.S. export regulations. You may only access such information if you are a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. government.

Nice-to-haves

• Exceptional communication skills, strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Ability to exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Strong team building, interpersonal and personnel development skills
• Comfortable working among ambiguity and a changing and growing environment
• Proactive and taking initiative
• Product security features and functions experience
• Atlassian Jira and Confluence a plus experience
• System and subsystem integration a plus