Project Engineer – Mechanical
| Company | Kepler Communications |
|---|---|
| Location | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or similar.
- 5+ years in technical leadership or project engineering roles, preferably in space, aerospace, automotive, or similar regulated environments.
- Experience delivering cross functional systems, covering mechanical, electrical, software, from initial design to production.
- Strong understanding of hardware architecture and the development lifecycle.
- Solid grasp of development, verification, and validation practices, including test planning and quality gates.
- Proficient in schedule management, cost estimation and completion tracking, and earned value methodologies.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams in fast-paced, resource-constrained environments.
- Comfortable working in mixed hardware and software environments and resolving interface-level gaps.
- Effective communicator and decision-maker across engineering, PMO, and leadership teams.
- Strong background in mechanical design including thermal, structural, CAD, and manufacturing aspects.
Responsibilities
- Lead an integrated product team owning the development of related subsystem units.
- Assign and prioritize execution of deliverables across assigned work packages.
- Manage cost, schedule, and scope from concept through delivery, own the execution baseline.
- Coordinate across disciplines (systems, software, hardware, QA, integration) to ensure consistent progress and clear technical direction.
- Support interface development and integration.
- Run technical milestone planning and readiness reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, PRR).
- Drive issue resolution, risk mitigation, and schedule recovery where needed.
- Maintain alignment between program-level objectives and day-to-day engineering work.
- Ensure adherence to engineering processes, quality standards, and system-level requirements.
- Support mechanical design work as both contributor and design reviewer.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with design for space, including space industry program development phases and qualification requirements.
- Knowledge of agile project management principles, especially as they apply to hardware development.