Specialist, Project Engineer
Carlsbad, California
Job ID 8879L3Harris 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: Specialist, Project Engineer
Job Location: Carlsbad, CA
Requisition ID: 8879
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Closely partners with Product Manager and Program Manager assigned to the project throughout all stages of product development and release to production
- Assist in developing detailed plans including timelines, resources, and risk assessments
- Leads all technical aspects of a project to ensure quality and timely delivery
- Coordinate and review work done by various teams including engineers, technicians, manufacturing, vendors, and subcontractors
- Works to identify and remove roadblocks (internally across the organization and externally) for the team to help them progress in their development
- Plug any technical gaps that exist between the coverage of project team by providing the expertise needed or by pulling in the appropriate experts.
- Maintains effective communication between development team and stakeholders
- Develop/review technical documentation including interface control documents, operation/maintenance guides, test plans, schematics, system diagrams, etc.
- Participate in technical feasibility decisions
- Assist in integration, test, and debug as necessary with project teams
- Ability to travel up to 10%
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum of 4 years relevant experience in project engineering, design engineering or system engineering
- Hands on experience and ability to work in a lab environment
- Proven debugging and problem-solving skills
- Ability to synthesize between high level requirements into low level system and design specifications
- Experience developing schematics, assembly drawings, and electronics manufacturing
- Capable of interfacing with all departments in L3 Harris, vendors, subcontractors and customers
- Coordinate and review work done by other engineers (HW, SW, ME, CE, etc.), technicians and other support staff
- Ability to estimate efforts accurately and thoroughly
- Experience leading and interfacing with teams of multiple disciplines utilizing system’s engineering tools and resources
- Knowledge of production flow and processes
- Ability to perform project and resource planning
- Able to think at the system level as well as the component level
- Experience in writing proposals, BOEs, contract documents, and technical whitepapers
- Strong knowledge of communication systems
- Link 16 or other tactical communication experience
- Active DoD Secret Clearance or ability to obtain one
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.
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