Technical Project Planner

About the role

Redwire Corporation, a global space and defense technology company, is looking for a Technical Project Planner. The role translates product strategy and engineering objectives into realistic, resource-backed delivery plans, focusing on planning and forecasting project schedules, engineering capacity, resource utilization and staffing needs, and on spotting delivery risks and capacity constraints early. It does not involve managing projects or engineering teams.

Key responsibilities

• Translate product roadmaps and development requests into detailed project plans, schedules, milestones and deliverables, covering hardware, software, systems engineering, mechanical design, test and validation and production engineering.
• Maintain a resource-loaded view of engineering projects and build capacity models; monitor utilization, forecast completion dates and develop hiring forecasts.
• Create dashboards and reports on workload and delivery confidence, and support roadmap reviews and prioritization with data-driven analysis.
• Track planned versus actual progress, review estimates and assumptions, and identify schedule risks and bottlenecks.
• Maintain planning data, schedules and forecasting tools, and continuously improve planning methods and reporting standards.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a technical or analytical discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in project planning, engineering planning, resource planning, portfolio planning or a similar analytical role.
• Experience developing and maintaining project schedules, delivery forecasts, milestones, dependencies and execution plans.
• Ability to work with engineering teams and understand multidisciplinary product development (hardware, embedded controls, software, systems engineering, test and validation, manufacturing).

Required skills

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps or similar planning and scheduling tools.
• Strong organization, attention to detail and data quality.

What we offer

• Salary of 3,000-3,800 EUR gross per month depending on experience.
• Professional learning and development opportunities.
• Accident insurance from day one, health insurance and children's accident insurance after probation.
• Annual bonus program, yearly salary review and free parking.