Hiring: Staff Project Engineer Company: Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Location: Chandler, AZ Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 14:14:56 Employment Type: Contract / On-site Target Skills & Keywords : Agile, Embedded Systems, FPGA, Program Management, Scrum, Systems Engineering About the job Experience: •10+ years of professional engineering experience in complex, multi-disciplinary system development, including 4+ years driving technical execution or program schedule for hardware-software programs, with demonstrated ability to operate without an established playbook and influence senior technical leads and stakeholders. Required Skills: •Build and maintain the integrated program schedule for assigned programs, translating requirements and architecture into a sequenced task and dependency network across software, FPGA, hardware, and manufacturing workstreams, including programs with significant ambiguity or no established planning precedent. •Identify, track, and manage cross-team and cross-discipline dependencies, ensuring downstream work is not blocked and upstream work is sequenced to unblock it. •Own the risk and issue register for program technical execution: identify schedule risk early, drive mitigation plans, and escalate before problems become program-level surprises. •Partner with Software, FPGA, and Hardware Tech Leads, including Senior and Staff-level leads, to translate architecture and design decisions into actionable, estimated, and sequenced engineering tasks and milestones, and influence their approach where current practice falls short. •Track progress against plan at the team and individual task level; identify slipping work early and drive re-planning, re-sequencing, or reallocation with the responsible leads. •Manage third-party and subcontractor deliverables: define delivery expectations and acceptance criteria, track schedule commitments, and hold external partners accountable to dates and quality. •Serve as the primary technical execution point of contact between Software Engineering, FPGA/Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing/Test, and Program Management for assigned programs. •Drive program-level coordination and milestone reviews focused on schedule health, blockers, and cross-team dependencies. Qualifications: •Demonstrated experience driving complex, multi-disciplinary engineering programs to schedule under heavy ambiguity: sequencing dependencies, managing risk, and holding cross-functional teams accountable to dates without an established playbook to follow. •Strong technical background in software or systems engineering, enough to evaluate technical estimates, architecture trade-offs, and integration risk. Hands-on coding is not a primary job function. •Demonstrated ability to influence senior technical peers (Senior and Staff-level engineers) and change how a program or organization plans and executes, without formal authority over them. •Proven ability to manage external subcontractors or vendors against schedule and quality commitments. •Strong organizational, planning, and cross-functional communication skills, with comfort driving alignment among engineers, technical leads, and program or business stakeholders. •Prior experience as a software engineer or technical lead before transitioning into program or technical execution roles. •Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a closely related field. Master’s degree or PMP (or equivalent program/technical management certification) a plus. Compensation: •The pay range reflects the expected base salary for this position. Final compensation will be based on role, level, skills, experience, and geographic location. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!