Chief Systems Engineer-Missile Defense (Active Secret Security Clearance Required)
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Job ID 12135Overview
On the L3Harris team, your job is to secure the world. We don’t work here just for the advanced technology and equipment: We work here because we know what – and who – we’re protecting. From families to the intelligence community, and from our climate to our men and women in uniform – we’re making the world a safer place. Working with the L3Harris's engineering team, you'll join our team of qualified, diverse individuals and work in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, global scope, and a collaborative team setting.
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L3Harris Work Perks
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Health
- Medical with a High Deductible and traditional PPO plan options, as well as, vision and a full array of supplemental health benefits
- A doctors' service to help with referrals and second opinions for you, your family, and parents
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- 4 weeks of paid parental leave for moms and dads
- Fertility treatment
- Subsidized backup childcare and eldercare
- Adoption assistance - $5,000 per adoption/$15,000 per employee
- Pet insurance
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- No cap to your PTO time (for exempt employees)
- Dress for your day - wear what works for you at work
- Legal plan for you, your family, and parents
- Discount platform
Job Description
L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Job Title: Chief Systems Engineer-Missile Defense (Active Secret Security Clearance Required)
Job Code: 12135
Job Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Job Description:
As a Chief Systems Engineer, you will contribute to a Systems Engineering team in requirements development, design, development, implementation, testing and training of/for radar systems, command and control systems, large IT infrastructures, and ground systems for our warfighters. This position supports the Space & Airborne Systems (SAS) division, a great team of talented professionals with world class technical expertise who take a collaborative approach to engineering and enjoy working together. We have a long history of innovative and exceptional performance; we have earned our place as a trusted provider to our customers.
In this position, you will bring your systems engineering background to a chief system engineering role where you can make a broad impact to programs and projects that are critical to our customers!
Essential Functions:
Understanding of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex (NCMC) – Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (NCMC-ITW/AA) and Space Support as well as Operations, mission and requirements.
Understanding of Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Missile Defense Space Center (MDSC) Operations and Maintenance, MDS Mission Operations, Systems Engineering & Program Integration
Fill the functions of the CSE that include: responsibility for the technical execution on the program, customer interfacing and interactions, preparing and presenting briefings to internal leadership and external customers
Develop technical baselines and reference architectures for standard designs and solutions.
Conduct overall Systems Engineering and Integration for Missile Defense and N&NC technology maturation, design, development, prototyping, demonstration and testing.
Support mission operations, wargame and exercises, testing, modeling and simulation.
Effectively integrate, manage, and communicate within and between all technical areas.
Design, develop, integrate, operate, and sustain a secure and reliable information management architectures and infrastructure for mission systems, enabling a continuous operational readiness posture.
Demonstrated understanding of sustaining, maintaining and modernizing large, complex infratructures and systems.
Defining the technical approach for customer requirements and then implementing their solutions.
Decomposing PWS requirements into requirements that are testable.
Developing basis of estimates for scope of work.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.
Active Secret security clearance.
5 years experience in a technical leadership role.
Background in one of the following areas: missile warning, missile defense, strategic warning, theatre missile warning/defense.
Preferred Additional Skills:
Led or integral member of a competitve capture >$10M
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or adjacent field.Experience supporting DoD/government customers
Background in MW/MD, N2C2 systems, the ITW/AA enterprise and MDA; understanding of operational and strategic level of Command and Control of the Missile Warning and legacy SSA enterprise, the mission of the MDA it’s customers and systems
Familiarity with Agile development principles
Familiarity with space mission operations
Systems Integration and system test
Top Secret clearance
Strong interpersonal skills
Proven ability to build teams with external entities (i.e. other companies)
In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $128,000 - $238,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including relocation stipend, 401(k), EAP, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The application window for this requisition is anticipated to close 09/24/2024.
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.