Title:  Senior Specialist, Systems Engineering (Space Domain Awareness Planner)

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Systems Engineering (Space Domain Awareness Planner) 
Job Code: 40504
Job Location: Schriever Space Force Base, CO
Job Schedule: 5/8 MON

Job Description:
L3Harris Technologies currently has an opening for a Sr. Specialist Systems Engineer – Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Planner. The SDA Planner will play a vital role in supporting the National Space Defense Center’s (NSDC) Protect and Defend mission by integrating, analyzing, and coordinating space domain awareness operations. 

This role requires collaboration across various Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) organizations to develop mission plans, generate operational orders, and produce Integrated Sensor Support Plans (ISSPs) to enhance space situational awareness and mission execution.

Essential Functions:
•    Collaborate across DoD and IC organizations to develop mission plans, generate orders, and produce ISSPs to support SDA and space defense operations.
•    Provide detailed briefings and reports on the operational space environment, emerging threats, and recommend courses of actions to senior leadership and decision-makers.
•    Previous experience with Space Force organizations such as Field Commands, Service Component Commands, Delta’s, Operational Centers, and Tactical squadrons.
•    Generate plans for launches, Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) missions, On-orbit Conjunctions, and special taskings as directed by senior leadership.
•    Facilitate and lead cross-division working groups within the NSDC to develop mission plans, operational orders, and ISSPs supporting the Protect and Defend mission.
•    Generate detailed operational plans and tasking orders to tactical units.
•    Ability to support Tier 1 Exercises.
•    Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to work in a dynamic environment.
•    Stay updated on emerging threats, technologies, and intelligence methodologies. 
•    Ability to work in a High Operations /Stress environment with constant change to intel plans.

Qualifications:
•    Requires strong knowledge of job area. Typically viewed as having a specialty within discipline. May have broad knowledge of project management. Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience.  Graduate degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.  In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. 
•    Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain a Counterintelligence Polygraph. 

Preferred Additional Skills:
•    Proven leader in Space Operations.
•    Objective thinker, problem solver with ability to execute challenging tasks to completion.
•    Experience in planning, organizing, and directing teams.
•    Experience with System Tool Kit (STK) level 2.
•    Experience with Space Domain Characterization & Control System (SDCCS) application.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in Colorado is $92,500 to $171,500.00. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.