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Job Title: Lead, Project Engineer 

Job Code: 34865

Job Location: USA-UT-Salt Lake City

Job Schedule: 9/80, work 9 out of every 14 days (totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off)

Job Description:

L3Harris is currently seeking Project Engineers for a range of software and hardware development, assembly, and integration and test efforts within the Space Superiority sector.  Space Superiority programs Designs, Manufactures, and provides Operations and Sustainment  for resilient communications, telemetry and electronic attack systems supporting a variety of ISR, Communications and Networking Customers. This Position will be based in Salt Lake City, Utah.  

Essential Functions: 

• Responsible for successfully leading a multi-disciplinary engineering team through the full program life-cycle
• Develops, oversees, and coordinates the techncial/cost/schedule aspects of an engineering project within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.
• Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets, manages schedules, key technical metrics, drives execution, identifies opportunities, and delivers results through achieving payment milestones.
• Assesses engineering issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Identifies, tracks, mitigates, manages, and dispositions program-level risks and opportunities.
• Estimate resource and material needs for the project/product.
• Coordinates with functional engineering on staffing/critical skillset needs
• Oversees the coordination cross-functional team for all necessary reviews and approvals for proposed changes to the technical, cost and schedule baselines
• Understands how to develop a schedule using Earned Value (EV) and manage a project using the Earned Value Indicators on a DCMA surveilled program (highest rigor applied) including ability to understand critical paths.
• Participate in small teams and perform a wide variety of tasks to drive execution (e.g., value stream mapping activities)

• Must have ability and willingness to work in a collaborative team environment on quick reaction projects and will have regular contact with customers.
• Must have an active secret clearance and the ability to obtain a TS/SCI.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior related experience or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience (in lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience)
• Active Secret Clearance 

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Familiarity with resilient communications, telemetry communications, electronic attack, and/or networks systems
• Demonstrated experience in making informed decisions quickly and effectively under pressure
• Cost Account Management (CAM)Professional experience
• Experience in managing Integrated Product Team Leads (IPTL) and driving labor resources in a matrix organization
• Experience with best practices for project engineering and program execution
• Experience in managing multi-discipline programs across multiple locations
• Experience in software development and integration programs
• Experience with Technical Supplier Management, Risk and Opportunity Management
• Experience with Earned Value management (EVMS or equivalent), metrics, and data driven decisions
• Experience or knowledge of Government contract acquisition lifecycle a plus
• Experience with management of design to cost activities
• Experience with program pursuit and proposal activities
• Experience with operations and/or manufacturing activities
• Experience in Root Cause Corrective Action process and techniques
• Program Management Institute – PMP certification desired
• Active TS/SCI

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