Senior Project Engineer - Fairfax - Trident Systems

    Trident Systems
    Trident Systems Fairfax

    3 days ago

    Description
    Position Title: Senior Project Engineer
    Requisition ID: 1690
    Position Location: Fairfax, VA
    Position Reports To: Director, Software Engineering
    Supervises Others: No
    At Trident Systems Space Electronic Systems (SES) division, we believe in the power of using strong engineering principles to drive innovation and solve complex problems. We foster a culture of rigorous engineering and continuous improvement, leveraging the full knowledge of our organization through collaborative product development processes that include design and peer reviews. We combine our expertise in space electronics with right-sized development processes to create innovative, high-performance space-based electronic systems that meet our customers' evolving needs.
    We are a mission partner supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, and Civil space customers. We develop complex, radiation effects mitigated, designs that balance competing requirements in modern space programs, delivering cutting-edge solutions that enable our customers to achieve more in space.
    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 company match)
    • Tuition reimbursement
    • Leaves (Parental, maternity, and military)
    • Annual discretionary bonus (for eligible roles)
    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

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