Engineering Project Coordinator

Company Overview:

Allen Control Systems (ACS) is acutting-edgedefense startup founded by two Former Navy electrical engineers with a proventrack recordin robotics and software. We are developing a small autonomous gun turret that employs advanced computer vision and control systems to precisely target and neutralize small drones and loitering munitions. Our innovative approach requires overcoming significant technical challenges making this an exciting and dynamic environment for experienced engineers.

With an engineering-first culture ACS values technical excellence and innovation. Backed by our founders successful exits from twopreviousventuresacquiredfor a combined $180M in 2022 we are committed to ensuring that the groundbreaking technologies we develop will have a real-world impact.

About The Role:

The Engineering Project Coordinator will play a key role in supporting the SVP of Engineering and engineering leadership by coordinating project schedules tracking progress and implementing scalable project management processes across the engineering organization.

This role will work closely with engineering leads to ensure projects are planned tracked and delivered Engineering Project Coordinator will communicateengineering scheduleswith contract managers and sales teams toensure company-wide ideal candidate is highly organized detail-oriented and experienced in Agile project management tools such as Jira or Shortcut with the ability to manage timelines Gantt charts and cross-team coordination in a fast-growing engineering environment.

What Youll Do:

Project Planning & Coordination

• Partner with the SVP of Engineering and engineering leads to coordinate engineering project schedules and priorities.
• Develop and maintain project timelines Gantt charts and milestone tracking across multiple engineering initiatives.
• Track deliverables dependencies and risks across engineering teams.
• Monitor project progress and proactively identify schedule risks or blockers.

Agile Project Management

• Manage andmaintainproject workflows within Agile project management tools (Jira Shortcut or similar).
• Assist teams with sprint planning backlog organization and roadmap tracking.
• Support engineering leadership with capacity planning and resource tracking.

Process Development & Implementation

• Design and implement scalable processes for a growing engineering organization.
• Standardize project tracking reporting and documentation practices.
• Improve cross-team coordination and communication through structured workflows.

Reporting & Communication

• Facilitate coordination between engineering leads and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ensure transparency in timelines risks and dependencies.

Operational Support for Engineering Leadership

• Provide organizational and operational support to the SVP of Engineering.
• Assist with planning and coordination of engineering initiatives and strategic projects.
• Help establish best practices for project governance and execution.

What Youll Need:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Business Project Management or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 3 years of experience in project coordination technical program management or engineering operations.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Jira Shortcut Asana or similar platforms.
• Strong experience managing timelines milestones Gantt charts and project schedules.
• Excellent organizational communication and stakeholder coordination skills.

YoullStand Out:

• Experience working within engineering or technical product development teams.
• Familiarity with hardware software or systems engineering development cycles.
• Experience implementing process improvements in growing engineering organizations.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary
• ACS Equity Package
• Health Dental Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off

Allen Control Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employerprovidingequal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Allen Control Systems prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type 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 federalstateor local laws.

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