Engineering Project Manager, Sensors

Location: Hybrid/onsite in Mullica Hill, NJ; Falls Church, VA; Bloomington, IN; Panama City Beach, FL, with travel up to 50%

Salary: $95,000–$130,000 base annually

Company

Lyntris is a defense technology company formed by hirify.global and Vitesse, developing integrated hardware, software, and mission solutions for U.S. and allied defense organizations across space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day execution of assigned engineering projects and work packages within the Sensors portfolio.
• Develop and maintain Microsoft Project plans covering tasks, dependencies, milestones, resources, deliverables, and variances.
• Coordinate systems, RF, electrical, hardware, software, firmware, mechanical, integration, test, manufacturing, quality, supplier, and customer activities.
• Support radar and sensor design reviews, prototype development, engineering releases, testing, integration events, demonstrations, production transition, and field delivery.
• Track risks, issues, costs, resources, procurement, supplier performance, configuration changes, and corrective actions.
• Prepare status reports and coordinate customer meetings, technical discussions, reviews, and deliverable submissions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution; an engineering degree is mandatory, with electrical, systems, mechanical, computer, or aerospace engineering strongly aligned.
• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience in engineering project execution or project/program management, including progressively responsible coordination of multidisciplinary technical work.
• Current PMP certification in good standing or equivalent AWF Functional Area Certification.
• Expert-level Microsoft Project proficiency, including integrated schedule development, predecessor/successor logic, critical-path analysis, baselines, variance management, resource loading, and status reporting.
• Experience developing and maintaining work breakdown structures, schedules, action trackers, risk registers, resource forecasts, milestone plans, and project performance reports.
• Understanding of engineered-product lifecycles covering requirements, design, integration, verification, testing, production readiness, and delivery.
• Ability to coordinate technical contributors across organizational boundaries, identify and communicate risks early, and deliver within approved scope and delegated authority.
• Working knowledge of project cost and resource management, planned-versus-actual tracking, estimate-to-complete inputs, schedule and budget variance reporting, and change control.
• Strong judgment, attention to detail, prioritization, follow-through, written, verbal, and executive-presentation skills; advanced competency with Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and collaborative document-management systems.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance are required; an active U.S. national security clearance is currently required for this position.
• Availability to travel up to 50% and work periodically at customer, integration, supplier, laboratory, and test locations is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with U.S. Department of Defense weapon systems, defense acquisition, modernization, or sustainment programs.
• Project management experience with radar, RF sensors, electronic warfare, fire-control, counter-UAS, naval combat systems, or related defense electronics.
• Experience with the Department of the Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Centers, military program offices, or government engineering activities.
• Familiarity with SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, production readiness, and acceptance events.
• Experience coordinating long-lead hardware, suppliers, configuration management, engineering changes, manufacturing, and integration schedules.
• Knowledge of integrated master scheduling, earned value, Control Account Management, and schedule/cost performance measures; familiarity with Jira, Confluence, Power BI, Power Platform, or similar tools.
• Experience with rapid prototyping, low-rate production, field integration, test-range activity, mission-system deployment, product sustainment, or active-duty military service.

Culture & Benefits

• Salaried, full-time employment in a hybrid/onsite project execution environment.
• Work may occur at office, engineering laboratory, manufacturing, integration, government facility, and test-site environments.
• Occasional work outside standard business hours may support customer events, suppliers, integration, testing, travel, or critical milestones.
• Benefits include paid time off, paid company holidays, medical, dental and vision insurance, HSA/FSA options, life and disability insurance, 401(k) matching, and an employee assistance program.