Job Title: Project ManagerJob Description

The Project Manager will coordinate project tasks and engineering milestones to ensure that deadlines are met within the agreed time frame and budget. Responsibilities include managing project tasks for development projects (new orders, new contracts) and leading and coordinating the technical scope with software engineers, firmware engineers, and electrical engineers. The Project Manager needs to ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope, and within budget, adhering to the company's quality standards and procedures. Additionally, the role requires partnering with engineers to discuss and negotiate design and engineering choices for profitability and scheduled timelines. Effective communication management between subcontractors, internal partners, and customers is also essential.

Hard Skills

• Project management for technical engineering partners

• Experience with software engineers, firmware engineers, and electrical engineers

• Project management, program management, project engineering

• Customer interaction

• Leading project teams

• Matrix leadership

• Project planning for development projects

• Budget management

• Cost management

• Scheduling

Soft Skills

• Effective communication

• Leadership

• Negotiation

• Problem-solving

Job Type

This is a Contract-to-Hire position with a duration of 7 Month(s).

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Pasadena, California.

Work Environment

The work environment includes a small site with office space, an assembly area, and a lab area, located in a modest office building in a small business park. The company specializes in space avionics and sensor systems with a customer base in commercial, space, and defense markets. All work revolves around the total success of the missions, developing, manufacturing, and testing video systems integrated into satellites, rockets, and spacecrafts, control systems for experiments and payloads, data management equipment, and sequencing systems for the timing, control, and capture of spacecraft ejection telemetry. The company has played a key role in all major space missions, including the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station, and Artemis, with over 150 successful missions.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent

• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com (%20actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com) for other accommodation options.