Title:  Sr. Specialist, Systems Engineer 1

Job Title: Lead, Systems Engineer - NGJ

Job Code: 16285

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description: 

L3Harris’ Communication Systems segment is currently seeking a Senior Specialist Systems Engineer to join our team. This position will be based at our Salt Lake City facility. 

Position Overview:

The Project Lead Systems Engineer will be responsible for the life-cycle support of protected SATCOM data link systems from conceptual development through product phase-out. This includes proposal support, requirements analysis and management, task planning, technical documentation (including generation of Statements of Work and specifications), design oversight participation, design synthesis in a multi-functional engineering environment, build and test support, subcontract control, risk management input, integration and verification test support, system deployment support and in-house technical support during the operational life-cycle of the system.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provides extensive systems engineering expertise in a broad field of engineering, research, evaluation and development for highly complex and technical SATCOM, airborne and ground products
• Performs research and development in assigned engineering discipline.

• Assists in the planning and conducting of technical projects or portions of projects.
• Specifies, architects, analyzes, models, establishes flow downs and verifies designs, tests and verifies complex engineering tasks in electrical, mechanical, optical, software, systems, and/or hardware components
• Assists in the capture and/or management of customer and derived requirements, decomposition and assignment of requirements to appropriate functional areas of responsibility, insuring traceability from a verification test matrix back to original customer and system level derived requirements.

• Provides support to lead engineers in developing technical specifications, interface control documents, test plans and procedures, configuration analysis and processing solutions, and test conformance to specifications.
• Ensures technical performance, quality, and adherence to schedule.
• Follows processes in conformance with established policies and objectives.
• Coordinate the efforts of technical support personnel.
• Provide technical consultation to internal organizations and/or customers.
• Evaluate vendor capabilities to provide required products or services.
• Participate in design reviews.
• Travels when required to support customer installation, demonstrations and general field support.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in product development a plus (preferably in military application environment).
• Experience with type 1 encryption products and cyber security
• Presentation and communication skills (verbal/written/visual).
• Problem solving skills and the ability to meet critical deadlines.
• Understanding in coordination of project(s) and efforts of technical support personnel.
• Ability to productively contribute work, ideas and collaboration as part of a team.
• Active Secret Security Clearance