Senior Project Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Position Title: Project Engineer
Requisition ID: 1671
Position Location: Fairfax, VA
Position Reports To: Program Manager
Supervises Others: No

Trident has built a reputation as a trusted provider of aerospace and defense electronics & processing systems including digital RF & Optical command and control solutions and atmospheric & airborne sensors. Our three operating units: Space Electronic Systems (SES), Integrated C4ISR Systems (ICS) and Optical Precision Systems (OPS), develop within the agile framework which enables us to produce proven, purpose-built systems that solve our customers’ mission critical challenges across space, air, land, and sea.

Trident’s Integrated C4ISR Systems (ICS) specializes in products and services which improve the safety and survivability of our armed forces. We develop solutions for a wide range of demanding missions and environments, including tactical communications systems for multi-national interoperability, autonomous predictive maintenance and logistics solutions, and scalable, responsive, all-domain surveillance systems. Trident's integrated systems support the protection of the National Capital Region and various military installations both domestic and abroad. We can deliver innovative, high-performance solutions that meet our customers' evolving requirements by integrating our specialized knowledge in electronic systems with appropriately scaled development methodologies.

Position Summary

This position will be part of a team responsible for supporting program execution within the ICS Business Unit. The Project Engineer will partner with the Program Manager to ensure effective coordination across disciplines, facilitate sprint execution, document team activities, and ensure technical performance meets customer needs. The project engineer will serve as a key enabler for agile delivery by partnering with engineering leads to support backlog management, organize sprint schedules, and promote continuous improvement and a customer focus. They may own and optimize the Atlassian tool suite (Jira and Confluence) to provide transparency, track progress, and maintain high-quality documentation while providing feedback to the Program Manager and managing the integrated master schedule. The position requires the ability to foster collaboration, coach team members on program execution priorities, and help ensure that program goals are delivered on schedule with a focus on customer value.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support Program Manager in planning, executing, and monitoring project sprint cycles.
• Maintain and administer Jira boards, workflows, dashboards, and metrics to track progress against milestones.
• Develop and maintain engineering schedules and milestones within the Integrated Master Schedule.
• Track and report on program performance, including task completion, backlog health, and sprint velocity.
• Coordinate tasking across teams to ensure alignment with program schedules and objectives.
• Facilitate sprint cycles such as planning, standups, retrospectives, and demos as required.
• Identify process improvements, recommend best practices for agile adoption, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Serve as a technical point of contact for internal stakeholders and customer representatives.
• Prepare engineering documentation, reports, and presentations to support program reviews and customer deliverables.
• Track and maintain program technical documentation to include schedules, priorities, design decisions, and architecture decisions made by others.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 6 years of related experience working in an agile environment (or 10 total years in lieu of a degree).
• Proficiency with Atlassian Jira and Confluence for project tracking, reporting, and documentation.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies, sprint management, and backlog prioritization.
• Experience supporting project managers in scheduling, reporting, and task coordination.
• Excellent organizational and documentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical teams and customers.
• Ability to produce clear, concise reports and dashboards for management and customer review.

Preferred Qualifications

• Agile or Scrum certification (e.g., CSM, SAFe)
• Experience supporting Department of Defense or similarly regulated environments.
• Familiarity with CUI requirements for project documentation and information handling.
• Exposure to other project management tools (e.g., MS Project).

Trident Systems reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

Benefits

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits including but not limited to:

• Health benefits
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic life with AD&D
• Short term disability
• Long term disability
• Ancillary (Voluntary life with AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital, and pet)
• Spending accounts (HSA, FSA, and DCFSA)
• Paid time off
• Holidays
• 401(k) (including automatic company contribution)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Leaves (Parental, pregnancy, and military)
• Potential annual bonus

Trident Systems is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [email protected] .

Pay Transparency: The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)