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PennAero is hiring a Project Engineer II at RSA Engineered Products in Simi Valley, California. The role plans and controls engineering, research, development, and design activities tied to customer specifications, business goals, cost, and schedule. Projects include new product development, build-to-print, and design-to-spec work, spanning proposal and contract award through detailed design, validation or certification, initial production, and sustaining engineering.
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Summary:
PennAero is hiring a Project Engineer II at our RSA Engineered Products Company in Simi Valley, CA. RSA provides flight-critical components and assemblies for the commercial, defense and business jet markets. RSA designs and produces custom-engineered high pressure/high-temperature ducting assemblies for each customer’s specific performance requirements. RSA’s Peri-SealTM is one of the most sought after connectors in the aerospace industry. Additionally, RSA designs and produces flexible joints and hoses, ozone converters and many complex assemblies to meet stringent customer needs.
About PennAero:
PennAero is a leading manufacturer of highly engineered fasteners and specialized components for critical aerospace, defense, space, and advanced energy applications. We partner with customers to solve their most complex challenges, bringing technical depth and disciplined, agile execution when it matters most. Experience guides our growth—strengthening capabilities and expanding our global platform as markets evolve. To learn more about PennAero's capabilities and commitment to aerospace excellence, visit https://pennaero.com
Job Summary:
As a direct report to the Engineering Director, the Project Engineer II shall be responsible to plan, organize, implement and control a variety of activities related to engineering, research and development and design related to customer specifications to ensure company business goals and customer requirements are met within cost and on schedule. The Project Engineer II may have Junior Engineers supporting them.
Projects will include, but are not limited to: New Product Development RSA IP designs, Build-to-Print, Design to Spec, and other relevant design activities. The Design Engineering Manager shall be responsible to ensure the completion of projects from the Request for Proposal (RFP) phase thru Contract Award, Detailed Design, Design Validation/Certification, initial Production, and sustaining engineering efforts.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities:
Organize and schedule engineering activities to ensure they are completed on schedule and within cost.
Execution and generation of aircraft certification documentation that may include, but not limited to: Design calculation reports, test procedures, test reports, 3D modeling, 2D engineering drawings, Engineering Orders, etc.
Peer review of detailed design activities including: manufacturing drawing review, stress analysis, project schedules, etc.
May require support of junior engineers.
Assure design compliance to customer requirements.
Schedule design reviews, meetings, and interdepartmental presentations to ensure design points are understood and are concurrent with other organization activities.
Ability to take “hands on” approach.
Perform other duties as assigned
Conform to company safety policies and procedures.
Work in a team environment.
This role is required to be on-site 5 days at the Simi Valley, CA location.
How this job compares
Set against the 717 open Project Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$118–190K/yr44 salary ranges
- US median$23–26/hr65 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 68 open Project Engineering jobs in California and 717 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- Project Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 8 years (501 postings).
- Education
- 325 of the 717 open Project Engineering jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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