Overview

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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L3Harris Work Perks

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
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
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
- 9/80 work schedule available for most U.S. employees, effective October 24, 2022.

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 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Description:

Job Title: Specialist Program Design Engineer

Job ID: CS20232301-96070

Job Location: USA - Lynchburg - VA

Job Description:

The Program Design Engineer designs complex radio systems that satisfy specific customer requirements. Systems involve L3Harris and vendor equipment, and typically include RF base station & repeater equipment, microwave links, IP networks, wireless data, RF antenna subsystems, 911 dispatch, interoperability, and/or other custom subsystems.

The successful Program Design Engineering 3 candidate will create detailed system designs, documentation packages, and equipment orders for use in the implementation phase. The candidate will have proven ability to convert proposals into detailed designs and provide manufacturing-level documentation. The candidate will be responsible for solid, consistent designs, based on templates and guides, which meet customer and contractual requirements. The candidate shall be able to provide mentorship to other members of the design team and modify engineering schedules. The candidate will be able to problem solve, relate different sections of the system design to one another, and understand the systems as a whole.

The successful candidate will work cooperatively with other engineering teams to deliver detailed designs within 60 days of contract award, deliver accurate documentation and drawings, and continually improve execution via tollgate processes. The candidate shall create designs utilizing L3Harris standard operating procedures. The candidate will work closely with program management and other engineering groups to provide early identification and resolution of problem areas on the project. The candidate shall identify and facilitate activities with vendors, escalation teams, and other teams within L3Harris.

Responsibilities include:

Design, documentation, and equipment ordering for IP-Based radio system networks
Maintaining documentation & configuration revision control
Following established ISO processes via tollgate system

The successful candidate will drive improvement in the program implementation process by actively participating in every phase of the detailed design and documentation of L3Harris Land Mobile Radio systems, with an emphasis on streamlining program operations. The candidate will be involved in technical planning and design of functional verification tests, performance validation, cutover/transition plans, and process improvement vs cost/risk analysis.

The candidate will participate in discussions with vendors and other L3Harris personnel as necessary to advance projects. The successful candidate will work early in the implementation process to identify possible challenges in the as-sold design and offer potential solutions.

Up to 10% Travel may be required.

Required Skills:

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/ Associates Degree and a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Experience designing complex radio systems
Experience with RF base station & repeater equipment, microwave links, IP networks, wireless data, RF antenna subsystems

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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