- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- Simi ValleyCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Business Operations
- Posted
- Jul 15, 2026
- Salary
- $100,500–$153,250 a year
Project Engineer III
Job description
AV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.
We don’t just build defense technology—we redefine what’s possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. From AI-powered drones and loitering munitions to integrated autonomy and space resilience, our technologies shape the future of warfare and protect those who serve.
Founded by legendary innovator Dr. Paul MacCready, AV has spent over 50 years pushing the boundaries of what unmanned systems can do.
If you're ready to build technology that matters—with speed, scale, and purpose—there’s no…
Job responsibilities
- Improve product development processes by employing lessons learned and best practices such as modeling and simulation, design reviews, DFMEA, Six Sigma/ lean product development, DFX, and customer feedbacks
- Coordinate cross-discipline teams through meetings and progress measurement activity which bring distinct, specific projects to completion both on time and within budget
- Work on development of subsystem specifications, characterization & performance evaluations in support of system requirements
- Participate in Prototype builds, key suppliers, contractors and 3rd party design service providers/consultants
- Drive development of subsystem specifications, characterization, and performance evaluations in support of system requirements
- Manage day-to-day technical aspects for the project, including facilitating cross-discipline decision making, design reviews, defect tracking, engineering tasks/schedule/status management, issue resolution and risk…
- Introduce tools to improve project engineering excellence
- Resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways
Job requirements
- Bachelor's degree in related Engineering field is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- Minimum of 5 - 8 years of related technical experience in product development
- Proven and demonstrated experience with full product development life cycle from concept to production with proven track-record of launching new products to production
- Proven and demonstrated execution of product development methods and best practices
- Experience working with integrated product teams
- Broad-based technical knowledge and experience in order to understand and evaluate design and development activity across the engineering disciplines
- Strong organization, facilitation and negotiation skills
- Ability to analyze the assigned project, break down work into functional disciplines and/or subsystems and create design/develop plans
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