Company Description
CS Group USA, a subsidiary of CS Group, develops and certifies safety-critical systems for the aerospace industry in the United States. The team operates primarily remotely across multiple U.S. states and offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and professional development opportunities.
Position Summary
We are seeking a Project Lead to support avionics engineering programs involving Software or FPGA development. This opportunity is suited to an engineer with demonstrated leadership capabilities who is looking to transition into a formal management role.
The position focuses on team coordination, project execution, status reporting, customer interaction, and overall project visibility. The successful candidate will work closely with senior leadership and engineering teams, with mentorship and training provided as needed.
The role can be onsite in Connecticut, hybrid, or remote.
Responsibilities
- Lead avionics and embedded systems development projects from initiation through delivery and certification in alignment with contracts and project plans.
- Lead day-to-day execution of engineering activities for full-lifecycle projects.
- Serve as primary representative to customers, engineering teams, and management.
- Define and maintain project scope, schedule, budget, risks, and resource plans.
- Monitor program execution using Earned Value Management principles, standard metrics, and agile and lean techniques.
- Understand and apply Quality Management Systems.
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between Systems, Software, Hardware, Test, and Certification teams.
- Manage difficult situations effectively while minimizing project disruptions.
- Support senior managers.
- Guide and develop teams and manage individual performance.
- Support business development activities.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
- At least 7 years of industry experience.
- At least 3 years of demonstrated team mentorship or supervision in an engineering environment.
- Strong understanding of Earned Value Management, Agile/Scrum, and Agile/Scrum Master expectations.
- Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
- Ability to lead teams with minimal technical and managerial support.
- Experience coordinating full-lifecycle engineering teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- U.S. citizenship is required; dual citizenship should be disclosed.
- Ability to travel approximately four to six weeks per year.
Additional Information
CS Group US values diversity in the workplace and encourages women, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, Aboriginal people, and people with disabilities to apply. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Benefits
- Annual cash bonus opportunity for all members
- 2% annual retirement benefit opportunity
- Training and professional development opportunities
- Six paid holidays
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Vacation, sick time, and bereavement leave
- Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits
- Optional spouse and child life insurance
- Whole life insurance, critical illness insurance, legal assistance, and military leave