Projects Engineering Manager

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Position Overview

An Engineering Project Manager is accountable for successful outcomes on complex integrated test, measurement, or automation systems for delivery to our customers! They spend most of their time developing, implementing and monitoring to a project plan, with strong emphasis on communication management. They are deeply involved in all aspects of the projects, ensuring their accountability for the business and technical success of the solution. The successful Engineering Project Manager is efficiency-driven, looking for ways to improve project timelines and cost without sacrificing quality or customer satisfaction!

Job Description

An Engineering Project Manager is accountable for successful outcomes on complex integrated test, measurement, or automation systems for delivery to our customers! They spend most of their time developing, implementing and monitoring to a project plan, with strong emphasis on communication management. They are deeply involved in all aspects of the projects, ensuring their accountability for the business and technical success of the solution. The successful Engineering Project Manager is efficiency-driven, looking for ways to improve project timelines and cost without sacrificing quality or customer satisfaction!

Organization

The Engineering Project Manager will be a part of a highly experienced, growing team and manage the definition, development, and delivery of custom integrated test systems for some of NI's largest customers. They are instrumental in helping the team evolve and expand by creating and refining tools and processes and influencing specialization areas, therefore, experience communicating with various customers and clients from sole contributor to Executive across multiple disciplines - Engineering, Sales, Clients will be valued. Their ability to quickly build credibility and trust for effective collaboration towards mutual outcomes will drive success.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be :

• Create project plans that drive successful, measurable project execution : Ensure technical feasibility, financial viability, risk assessment and schedule are well understood by customers. Identify and document customer requirements. Work with project teams to define technical solutions. Create a work breakdown structure to plans budget and routinely reassess as needed. Actively manage risks to identify changes and mitigation strategies. Clearly communicate all schedule constraints and project achievements.
• Act as the single point of contact for the project : Develop project communication plans and ensure execution to the plan, resulting in professional and consistent communication with the customer and other collaborators. Effectively negotiate scope and schedule changes. Accurately identify and communicate internal and external customers' needs. Organize and facilitate project reviews that ensure key customers are presented with accurate and concise information to make decisions.
• Influence others to ensure successful delivery : Frequently collaborate with other departments such as manufacturing, R&D, operations, quality and sales. Lead with influence to ensure the success of your projects and set the stage for future success of your next project working with these customers. Develop a sense of urgency in customers while also building a solid foundation for future collaboration.
• Lead project analysis on resource, schedule & budget planning and risk assessment : Monitor and report out to customers on project costs, status, quality; raise issues when necessary. Evaluate changes that substantially impact the scope, budget, or schedule of projects and drive decisions on these changes.
• Collaborate with resource managers to ensure appropriate staffing on projects : Influence and make decisions about scope, schedule, and resources.
• Drive process and tool improvement efforts : Drive continuous improvement through successful lessons learned activities that result in appropriate process or tool changes. Lead initiatives to help the organization operate more efficiently and effective. Be passionate about continuous improvement.
• Manage and give direction to other project managers and project coordinators : Ensure adherence to development processes and procedures. Review work quality and provide mentorship to other project managers / coordinators. Act as a subject matter expert in one or more key areas, such as customer, application or tool / process expertise.

For This Role, You Will Need :

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart :

Our Culture & Commitment to You

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family's physical, mental, financial, and social needs.

Emerson is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.

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