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About the Role The Mechanical Commissioning Project Engineer owns mechanical commissioning planning, readiness, quality coordination, and test execution oversight for the project. This role ensures mechanical systems are installed, inspected, started, balanced, controlled, and tested in a way that supports reliable integrated facility performance. Reports to the Commissioning Project Lead and partners closely with mechanical contractors, equipment vendors, design/engineering teams, the electrical commissioning lead, controls stakeholders, and vendor field/test engineers. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain the mechanical commissioning scope, readiness criteria, inspection strategy, and discipline test execution plan. Review mechanical design packages, specifications, submittals, method statements, controls narratives, sequence assumptions, and testing requirements for commissionability and risk. Coordinate mechanical QA/QC inspections with contractors and vendor field/test engineers, including installation checks, pre-functional readiness, deficiency capture, and closeout tracking. Own mechanical commissioning procedure development and review, including equipment startup, functional testing, controls verification, balancing prerequisites, failure mode validation, and integrated systems testing inputs. Coordinate with equipment vendors on factory/site acceptance requirements, startup support, test prerequisites, documentation packages, and vendor participation during critical tests. Support readiness and execution for cooling, ventilation, hydronic, pumping, heat rejection, controls, and other project-specific mechanical systems. Lead discipline-level review of mechanical test results, deficiencies, corrective actions, retest requirements, trend logs, and acceptance evidence. Maintain mechanical commissioning dashboards and status inputs for the Commissioning Project Lead, including risk items, resource needs, test readiness, and issue aging. Partner with the E
Leidos has an exciting opportunity for a Lead Technical Project Manager (TPM) in our Enterprise Science Business Area specifically supporting our NASA customer. At Leidos, we offer competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, Immediate Vesting in our 401K, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more. Join us and make a difference in NASA’s Mission! The Lead Technical Project Manager leads complex technical initiatives while also overseeing and guiding a team of Project Managers to ensure successful planning, coordination, and execution. This is a working Lead position, responsible for directly managing complex technical projects while also optimizing team performance, developing the technical capabilities of the TPM team, resolving cross-project challenges, managing resources, and maintaining consistent delivery standards across all efforts. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: Lead technical planning, architecture alignment, schedule management, and execution across one or multiple NASA projects. Ensure project activities integrate engineering constraints, system lifecycles, technical readiness, and solution architecture. Identify and diagnose technical blockers, working directly with engineering and technical SMEs to enable faster issue resolution and to reduce schedule delays. Understand and challenge technical decisions and workflows rather than simply relaying them administratively. <sp
Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Health Management Company: The Boeing Company The Boeing Company is looking for Senior Software Engineer – Vehicle Health Management to join our Government Vehicle Health Management Systems (GHVMS) software team in Hazelwood, MO . This position in the Boeing Global Services (BGS) organization will primarily support Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Air Dominance programs. The Senior Project Engineer will lead the full lifecycle of embedded software development integrated within specialized devices and systems, ensuring compliance with industry, customer, safety, and regulatory standards. This role directs the translation of complex customer requirements into effective software designs, overseeing code reviews, system integration, and improving software efficiency and stability on specialized hardware. Serving as a technical authority, the engineer guides testing, debugging, and the adoption of emerging technologies, tools, and regulatory changes to advance product performance. Additionally, the position leads the evaluation and coordination of internal and supplier teams, ensuring adherence to project plans and quality standards while providing strategic oversight of embedded software project management activities. In GVHMS, we develop software that enables maintainers to keep military aircraft mission-ready and safe. As a software engineer on our team, you will create solutions that monitor and predict the health of aircraft throughout their lifecycle. Your solutions will be used to enable smarter maintenance decisions, automate processes, and reduce costs. You will also have the opportunity to develop with emerging technologies, such as AI, to advance our software capabilities and drive the future of predictive
Hyliion is committed to creating innovative solutions that enable clean, flexible and affordable electricity production. The Company’s primary focus is to develop distributed power generators that can operate on various fuel sources to future-proof against an ever-changing energy economy. Job Purpose The Technical Program Manager owns the planning and coordination of hardware programs focused on our assembling and other traditionally manufactured power generation components and deliverables. This role helps bridge the gap between engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations, ensuring our beta-stage designs make a successful leap to production. AI at Hyliion At Hyliion, AI is core to how we work. We equip every team member with leading AI tools and count on you to use them — to move faster, solve harder problems, and help us realize the full potential of KARNO technology for the world. Duties and Responsibilities Drive the end-to-end program execution of assembling the components, from prototype validation to initial production ramp. Partner with mechanical design engineers and manufacturing engineers to ensure designs are manufacturable and scalable. Develop and maintain detailed project timelines, tracking milestones, budgets, and risk mitigation plans. Strategic Problem-Solving: Apply a structured, hypothesis-driven approach to diagnose complex program challenges, identify root causes, and develop data-backed solutions. Lead cross-functional meetings to align engineering, operations, procurement, quality assurance and external vendors around shared goals. Coordinate testing and validation of parts, including mechanical, thermal, and durability testing in real-world power generation applications. Assist in supplier sourcing, DFM (Design for Manufacturability) reviews, and process validation with supplier partners. Track any ECRs resulting from modifications needed from design issues, testing, DFM or DFMEA ac
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. Snowflake's Frontier Engineering (FE) Operations organization is seeking a Director, Execution Operations to run delivery at scale. Rather than operating in team-aligned silos, this function aligns to the entire business, specializing in a unique swimlane with a deep cross-functional mindset and flow. In short: this team runs delivery — think execution at scale. Reporting to the Sr. Director, Services Global Operations, you will own the end-to-end delivery operations engine — from resourcing and onboarding through ongoing capacity management — as well as the Execution mechanics that keep delivery healthy, including pricing execution, bookings support, and deal support. You will lead a team responsible for making the delivery business run with precision, predictability, and margin discipline. In This Role, You Will: Own Resource Management & Staffing: Lead resource management and staffing across the FE delivery business, ensuring the right people are matched to the right engagements at the right time. Drive Delivery Process Optimization: Continuously optimize delivery processes, removing friction and standardizing workflows so teams can execute consistently at scale. Lead Project Kickoff & Onboarding: Own project kickoff and onboarding — the backend project initiatio
About the Team OpenAI’s Industrial Compute organization is building the infrastructure required to support the next generation of frontier AI systems. Through a combination of strategic partnerships and self-built data center campuses, we are scaling the power, cooling, electrical, mechanical, and controls infrastructure needed to deliver compute at unprecedented scale. The Commissioning organization is responsible for ensuring this infrastructure is safely tested, validated, integrated, and transitioned into reliable operations. For our self-build campuses, the team operates through a hybrid delivery model: OpenAI provides commissioning leadership, discipline ownership, governance, and project integration, while commissioning partners provide field and test engineering capacity to support inspections, startup, testing, and turnover. About the Role We are seeking a Commissioning Project Lead to own the commissioning strategy and execution for a large-scale, self-build data center project. You will lead the overall commissioning program from early construction planning through startup, functional testing, integrated systems testing, and final turnover. You will establish the commissioning execution plan, integrate commissioning activities into the master project schedule, coordinate multidisciplinary readiness, and lead the vendor commissioning partners providing field and test engineering capacity. This role serves as the primary commissioning interface to project leadership, construction management, contractors, equipment vendors, operations, and commissioning partners. You will be responsible for creating clarity across organizations, identifying readiness and schedule risks early, and ensuring the facility progresses through testing and turnover against clearly defined acceptance criteria. The role will initially support planning and coordination in a hybrid capacity and transition to full-time onsite presence as construction, inspections, startup, testing, and t
About the Role The Electrical Commissioning Lead owns electrical commissioning planning, readiness, quality coordination, and test execution oversight for the project. This role ensures electrical systems are inspectable, testable, safe to energize, and ready for coordinated functional and integrated systems testing. Reports to the Commissioning Project Lead and partners closely with electrical contractors, equipment vendors, design/engineering teams, the mechanical commissioning lead, controls stakeholders, and vendor field/test engineers. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain the electrical commissioning scope, readiness criteria, inspection strategy, and test execution plan. Review electrical design packages, specifications, submittals, method statements, sequence assumptions, and testing requirements for commissionability and risk. Coordinate electrical QA/QC inspections with contractors and vendor field/test engineers, including installation checks, pre-functional readiness, deficiency capture, and closeout tracking. Own electrical commissioning procedure development and review, including startup, energization readiness, functional testing, failure mode validation, controls interfaces, and integrated systems testing inputs. Coordinate with equipment vendors on factory/site acceptance requirements, startup support, test prerequisites, documentation packages, and vendor participation during critical tests. Support energization planning, switching and safety coordination, access sequencing, temporary conditions, witness points, and hold points. Lead discipline-level review of electrical test results, deficiencies, corrective actions, retest requirements, and acceptance evidence. Maintain electrical commissioning dashboards and status inputs for the Commissioning Project Lead, including risk items, resource needs, test readiness, and issue aging. Partner with the Mechanical Commissioning Lead on cross-discipline dependencies, including controls, life safety int
$200K – $260K/yr
The Forward Deployed Engineer, Staff (FDE) is a high impact technical leader responsible for translating the immense power of Talkdesk's Agentic AI platform into transformative, production grade solutions for our strategic enterprise customers. You are a unique blend of a highly experienced software engineer, a technical project lead, and a hands-on builder. You own the technical execution for deployments, mitigate technical risks, and drive successful customer outcomes across assigned projects. This role is for the experienced builder who excels in high stakes, customer facing environments and is passionate about defining the future of Customer Experience Automation. Responsibilities Technical Project Leadership & Architecture: Act as the technical lead for complex deployments. Design and implement the architectural blueprint for AI agent solutions, manage cross-system dependencies, and ensure designs meet stringent enterprise standards for security and scale. Hands-On Engineering & Delivery: Write production-grade code and leverage Talkdesk and 3rd-party APIs/SDKs to design, build, test, and deploy AI agents. Drive the execution from prototype through to production deployment, ensuring technical quality. Technical Consultation & Alignment: Serve as a trusted technical expert for our AI solutions. Confidently address deep technical inquiries, mitigate technical risk, and build trust with customer Engineering Directors, and technical architects. Influence Product & Engineering Roadmap: Synthesize and codify deployment learnings into reusable solution patterns and tooling. Provide actionable feedback to core Product and Engineering teams to help inform future product direction. Technical Guidance: Mentor junior FDEs and technical specialists on best practices for complex AI architecture, production quality, and client-facing technical delivery. Who You Are We are looking for an autonomous, results-driven technical leader who thrives at the intersectio
JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way . Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward. What this job involves: This position leads operations and maintenance activities for critical building systems, managing a high-performing engineering team to ensure maximum infrastructure availability and client satisfaction. The role combines hands-on technical expertise with leadership responsibilities, overseeing both preventive and corrective maintenance programs while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements and safety standards. Your day-to-day tasks will include: Lead operations and maintenance on assigned shift, monitoring performance and directing service requests with minimal disruption to building operations Operate and monitor critical system equipment including HVAC, UPS systems, generators, chillers, and building management systems Provide technical training and support to shift engineers and maintenance technicians while fostering team development Implement and oversee preventative maintenance programs, including scheduling, task delegation, and parts ordering Process work orders for preventative and corrective maintenance, consulting with staff to identify materials and complete documentation Respond immediately to operationa
JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way . Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward. About JLL- We’re JLL—a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We shape the future of real estate for a better world by using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities. As a Fortune 500 company, we help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. We have operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of over 92,000 individuals. We believe a diverse and inclusive culture is one where everyone succeeds. That’s why we’re committed to creating an environment where we all feel welcomed, valued and empowered to achieve our full potential. Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we’ll let you in on a secret: there’s no such thing as a “perfect” candidate. JLL is a place where everyone can grow no matter how they identify or what background they bring with them. If you’re a leader of any level or experience and this job description resonates with you, let’s talk. Responsibilities Provide technical leadership and oversight for all building engineering operations, ensuring safe, reliable, and complian
Lead Java Software Engineer - Developer Company: The Boeing Company The Boeing Company is looking for a Lead Software Engineer - Developer to join the Advanced Ground Architecture team located in Herndon, Virginia, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Mesa, Arizona, Seal Beach, California and El Segundo, California. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) Software Engineering organization. The Advanced Ground Architecture (AGA) software team is dynamic group of software engineers creating the future of Ground support with the extensibility and adaptability to be used across ALL Boeing programs. The software team is executing this vision through modern software technologies (Java, ReactJS, python, CI/CD pipelines) and methodologies (Scaled Agile). AGA is looking for self-motivated high performers to lead and execute the large scope of Java development needed for the program's vision. The ideal candidates will provide Java software development leadership for the Advanced Ground Architecture program, specifically the System Planning and Scheduling team. These positions will be responsible for accelerating complex java development, shepherding peer reviews for code merge requests at a faster cycle time, providing sub system leadership on key components, mentoring early and mid career software developers in AGA to be higher performers, and assisting P6 and Chief Engineering on architecture and software system engineering duties and decisions. These responsibilities are in addition to monitoring overall cost and schedule performance to meet or exceed expectations. Position Responsibilities: Oversees the design, deve
From $151K/yr
We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you're ready to help the world's best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us! Your opportunity We are seeking an experienced and vision-driven Lead Enterprise Systems Engineer to join our engineering team. In this role, you will bridge the gap between business objectives, solution architecture, and hands-on execution. The ideal candidate remains actively involved in coding (roughly 70–80% of the time) while serving as the primary technical point of contact for project stakeholders. What you'll do Technical Vision & Solution Architecture Lead the architectural design, development, and deployment of resilient, scalable solutions in our Salesforce Platform for both Sales & CPQ. Translate business and product requirements into clear, technical roadmaps and system specifications. Establish engineering best practices, design patterns, coding standards, and testing strategies. Hands-On Execution & Quality Assurance Write clean, maintainable, and highly efficient APEX code alongside the Salesforce development team. Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure quality, security, and performance. Manage technical debt, proactively balancing speed of delivery with long-term system health. Team Leadership & Mentorship Provide technical guidance, direct support, and actionable feedback to Salesforce engineers. Mentor team members to foster technical growth and career advancement. Lead agile ceremonies (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, technical grooming, post-mortems). Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner closely with Technical Managers, Enterpri
Our Purpose Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential. Title and Summary Lead Software Engineer Our Purpose We connect and power an inclusive digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere. We enable safe, simple, smart, and accessible transactions through secure data, strong networks, partnerships, and innovation. Our culture is driven by our Decency Quotient (DQ), fostering inclusion, respect, and diversity. We believe that diverse perspectives strengthen decision-making, drive innovation, and deliver better business outcomes. About the Role The Mastercard Authentication Program owns how consumer authentication works for both in-store and e-commerce transactional use cases. The primary purpose of this role is to develop and deliver best-of-breed authentication products for e-commerce transactional use cases that will drive uptake and penetration for the products and revenue for Mastercard. The authentication products that fall within this role’s responsibilities are ID Check, Token Authentication Service and Token Authentication Framework. If you want a challenging project that is changing the way people make payments, this is the role for you! Role As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be responsible for: • Design and develop secure, reliable, and scalable solutions for globally distributed customer-facing products • Support dev
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. As a Lead Migrations Forward Deployed Engineer (Migration FDE), you will lead scoping, architecture and direction as the FDE team embeds with customers to lead the modernization of their data and application ecosystem using the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. You will partner closely with clients to understand their business challenges to design, build, and implement cutting-edge data solutions on Snowflake. Your role is crucial in enabling customers to harness the full potential of their data, driving insights, and powering AI initiatives. You'll act as a trusted technical advisor, ensuring customers achieve significant business value and success with Snowflake. WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR: Migration Project Execution : You will work with multiple FDE teams that each focus on a specific customer. You’ll set architecture and direction for the team as it works to design, build, and deploy robust software systems, tooling, and automation required to support customer solutions on Snowflake. Software Development: All Migration FDE members, leads and otherwise, contribute to our product. We build prototypes, contribute to feature development, fix problems that we find. Doing so helps drive impact on the roadmap and improves individual depth in the product itself. Client Collaborat
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