Title:  Senior Associate, Systems Engineer

Job Title: Senior Associate, Systems Engineer

Job Code: 41180

Job Location: Waco, TX

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

L3Harris is actively seeking an Systems Engineer (SE) to support requirement development, design, development, test, and integration of complex, specialized hardware/software systems installed on ground and airborne platforms. In this role, the candidate will work with the Integrated Product Team (IPT) to ensure that the customer needs are understood, documented, and agreed too.  They will support the technical solution development and help ensure the as-built product meets the requirement baseline.  The candidate will possess proven work history that demonstrates their ability to work as a member of the development team.

Essential Functions:

• Design and develop physical architectures incorporating mission system equipment into airborne systems for military and commercial customers.  These systems vary from program to program, so the ability to quickly learn and integrate new systems is critical.  This requires a baseline understanding of electrical and mechanical systems.
• Work with more experienced engineers to translate customer and airworthiness requirements into unique verifiable system level requirements
• Contribute in Program Integrated Product Teams of cross-disciplined engineers with internal and external members
• Become a focal point for conversation with the customer on technical issues
• Work with experienced engineers to define requirement traceability methods
• Perform the systems engineering trade study process 
• Evaluate trade studies for accuracy and completeness 
• Write subsystem specifications based on system level requirements 
• Evaluate alternative solutions and establish preliminary system design 
• Prepare effective presentations to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical professionals
• Ability to use standard Microsoft Office suite of applications
• Ability to operate within a Product Lifecycle Manager (PLM); TeamCenter preferred
• MBSE experience

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate engineering discipline (Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Software, Physics, etc.) and a minimum of 2 years related work experience, or Graduate Degree in an appropriate engineering discipline (Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Software, Physics, etc.) and a minimum of 0-2 years of prior related experience, or in lieu of a degree minimum of 6 years of prior work experience in a directly applicable field

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Prior experience integrating mission systems on airborne platforms.
• Excellent written, oral, and presentation communication skills
• Experience working with subcontractors and US Government customers 
• Experience working successfully both independently and in a team environment with the ability to lead teams through a system development and integration cycle