Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer
Herndon, Virginia
Job ID 16473Overview
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.
- Full Time
- Level: Experienced
- Location: On Site
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Flexible work schedule, paid overtime, cool technology, no micromanagement, nice campus, fun co-workers
Systems Engineer
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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Family
- 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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Well-Being
- 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: Senior Specialist, Systems Engineering
Job Code: 16473
Job Location: Herndon, VA
Job Schedule: 9/80
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.
About L3Harris Technologies:
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 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Job Description:
Reporting to the Director of Engineering, Undersea Systems, this person is responsible for the leadership and execution of programs and out of Chesapeake, VA. They are responsible for overseeing the full system/product development life-cycle and include responsibilities from contract review, development, installation, customer interface, and support.
Essential Functions:
- Provides technical project management and leadership for Surface Acoustic and Integrated System projects
- Supports engineering execution within the business area (cost, schedule, technical)
- Lead engineering system-development tasks including preliminary design, design, integration, and formal testing.
- Be responsible for developing, monitoring, and controlling technical aspects of programs to schedules and budgets and act as an advisor to technical staff members to resolve issues.
- Ensures readiness for design reviews within business area
- Ensures engineering initiatives are adopted within the business area
- Partners with key functional leaders in addressing cross-functional process interdependencies. Documents objectives, cross-functional intersections, execution steps and escalation protocols
- Leads new product development and technical innovation
- Supports Segment System Engineering in process improvement, performance and quality metrics, training and new initiative rollout
- Drives detailed IRAD planning, monthly status, and change process
- Engineering POC for IRAD accomplishments, issues, highlights, weekly status within the business area
- Supports new business pursuits and proposal cost reviews to ensure proper technology readiness, Design to Cost and resource alignment
- Supports and reviews engineering estimates and proposal inputs
- Serve as a Control Account Manager over large segments of major programs
- Advocates for continuous learning and provides development through training, cross-training and mentoring
Qualifications:
- In-depth knowledge of project management and systems engineering philosophies
- Familiarity with the Software and System Design and Development processes under SEI Capability Maturity Model – Integrated (CMMI) including system documentation, specification, acceptance testing, and requirements traceability.
- Excellent computer skills with strong proficiency in Windows interface, Microsoft Office package (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio). Working knowledge of project management systems.
- Familiarity with cost-based accounting systems. Ability to perform financial analysis of projects and cost estimating. Experience working as a Control Account Manager.
- Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, & presentation)
- Manages large, complex project initiatives of substantial importance to the organization with minimal oversight or direction
- Communicates within and outside of the organization to explain and influence changes to practices, processes and approaches
- Provides input into new products/processes and implements operational plans that have measurable impact on business or functional results
- Willingness to travel
- Must be able to obtain a security clearance
- Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering discipline and minimum 8 years of prior relevant experience. If a graduate degree is also held, minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Familiarity with maritime products and undersea acoustics
- Excellent people skills, with experience leading and collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment
- Outstanding work ethic and commitment to organizational success
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.
By submitting your résumé for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your résumé, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.
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.
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