Title:  Systems Sustainment Engineer - DMSMS

Job Title: Systems Sustainment Engineer - DMSMS

Job Code: 32401

Job Location: Tulsa, OK

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Sustainment DMSMS (Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages) Engineer to join our L3Harris team. As a Sustainment DMSMS Engineer, you will be responsible for analyzing, managing, and mitigating the impact of obsolete and diminishing components on our systems and products. Your expertise in identifying alternative solutions, coordinating with suppliers, and ensuring continuity of supply will be crucial to maintaining the performance, reliability, and availability of our systems. This role requires a strong technical background, analytical thinking, proactive mindset and exceptional problem-solving abilities.

Essential Functions:

• Develops and executes the Obsolescence Management or Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Materials Shortages (DMSMS) program plans and procedures according to best practices per SD-22.
• Manages DMS requirements throughout all phases of a system’s lifecycle (design, production, operations and sustainment).
• Researches and analyzes Technology Trends for obsolescence risk. Reports actionable insights and lifecycle sustainment recommendations back to engineering and the program management organization.
• Evaluate Fit, Form & Function (FFF) substitute(s) or design changes when a part is determined obsolete;
• Collaborates with Risk Management to issue or support risks based on predicted and observed DMS data and trends.
• Performs obsolescence / DMS analysis on new designs and engineering changes in close collaboration with design engineers.
• Supports proactive Software Obsolescence analysis and tracking.
• Manage the Obsolescence of COTS components including Last Time Buy (LTB) and End of Life (EOL) information and provide recommendations supporting replacement decisions.
• Liaise with OEMs and develop corrective actions for obsolescence issues.
• Works closely with Quality to identify and mitigate counterfeit components via GIDEP alerts, and its impact on DMSMS.
• Maintains a case management database to ensure timely action, status, and metrics are available.
• Creates professional, data-driven presentations for briefing technical decisions or recommendations both to internal stakeholders and external vendors/customers.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.
• Applicant must have a willingness to relocate to the Tulsa, OK area.
• Applicant must have or be able to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security clearance.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplined integrated product team (IPT).
• Ability to productively use desktop software applications such as MS Office Tools (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) and related software tools, is required.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or similar educational background preferred.
• Experience in the Aerospace/Defense sector.
• Knowledge of any of the following documents: SD-22, SD-19, IEC 62402, SD-26, SD-19, DoDI 4245.15, MIL-STD-91190
• Experience working under an AS9100 / ISO9001 Quality Management System.
• Proficiency in advanced Excel methods (data structures, pivot tables, macros, manipulation, transformation and visualization) is highly preferred.
• Utilization of data tools such as IHS BOM Intelligence, SiliconExpert, AVCOM, Z2 Data, Interos Resilience Platform, GIDEP a plus.
• Technical understanding of electronic components / computer hardware concepts is a plus.
• Experience in Software obsolescence is a plus.
• Experience with Business Development contributing to Bids/Proposals and creating Basis of Estimates (BOEs).
• Familiarity with Supply Chain principles, including Design for Sustainment and Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM)