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Staff Manager, Project Engineering

Buffalo, NY💼 Full-time💰 $140,000–$140,000🗓 2026-08-07 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead and develop a team of ~20 project engineers to oversee engineering projects, ensuring compliance with design and development standard processes while supporting new business capture.

Role type

Senior management IC project engineering manager

Builds

Space avionics, actuation, mechanisms, propulsion, power, structures, and shock and vibration control systems

Domain

Aerospace/Defense, Precision Motion Control

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> product features

Required skills

People leadership, conflict resolution, project management (EVMS, Risk/Opportunity, Scope, Schedule, Budget), technical guidance, process improvement, performance management

Preferred skills

Strategic feedback to engineering, cross-team coordination

Technologies

EVMS, Risk Management, Scope Management, Schedule Management, Budget Management

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of ~20 project engineers, Assign and monitor projects to ensure completion within constraints, Provide personal development and performance reviews, Provide technical leadership and feedback to engineering strategy, Champion continuous improvement in design and development processes, Coordinate with engineering leadership to align goals and share best practices

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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