Project Manager

As a Project Manager within the Technology Transition Division at Hepburn and Sons LLC, you will be joining innovators to lead technology development, grow our engineering capabilities, and support our customers in the Defense industry - integrating technology for our warfighter capabilities. You will be welcomed into a group with diverse expertise and engineering backgrounds that are dedicated to mentor and support our entire work staff at all levels. You will work with a multi-disciplinary engineering team on a variety of engineering efforts and lead technology innovation for DoD applications, with a focus in U.S. Navy applications of shipboard power system technologies.

Working at Hepburn and Sons LLC

Working at Hepburn means applying a passion for meaningful work with intellectual rigor to help solve the leading issues of today. We honor handshakes as rigorously as contracts. We keep trust at the forefront of every decision we make and customer we serve! We believe there is no greater principle in business than that of building a solid foundation of trust. We hold one another to the highest levels of integrity and ethics. We cherish every opportunity given to us by our clients. We believe in collaboration, mutual respect, open communication, and opportunity for growth.

Lead project management alongside an R&D engineering team environment and collaborate with the Director of Technology Transition on program status and any programmatic challenges balancing scope, cost, and schedule per project
• Manage achievement of project milestones and objectives, solving unique and complex problems that have a broad impact upon company growth and ultimately for the warfighter
• Provide leadership oversight and guidance for the R&D project portfolio regarding reporting, data management, tools, and processes
• Interface and coordinate with internal teammates, external customers, and stakeholders to define objectives, provide status updates, and drive towards impact
• Facilitate technology demonstrations, qualification programs, requirements development, and design space exploration
• Perform risk assessments, risk mitigation planning, and maintenance of risk registers
• Participate in and initiate business development at conferences/symposiums by programs including Surface Navy Association (SNA), American Society of Naval Engineering (ASNE), Navy League Sea Air and Space (SAS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

• Bachelor's Degree in technical field, business, or managerial discipline
• 5+ years of engineering project, program and/or portfolio management
• Ability to obtain a DoD clearance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Up to 20% annual travel

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree with applied expertise
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Experience writing white papers, publications, and proposals
• Familiarity with Facilitate collaboration through digital engineering, modeling and simulation (M&S) including a model-based systems engineering (MBSE) approach for acceleration and effectiveness of life cycle engineering design for military systems
• Experience with business development strategy and capture management
• Experience or familiarity with military applications of technology