Lead, Systems Engineer

Job Title: Lead, Systems Engineer

Job Code: 8473

Job Location: Salt Lake City-UT

Job Schedule: 9/80, every other Friday off

L3Harris' Communication Systems segment, Broadband Communications Sector is currently seeking a Lead, Systems Engineer to join our team. This position will be based at our Salt Lake City, UT facility reporting to the Army Aviation Systems Engineering organization.

Position Overview:

The Systems Engineer will be responsible for the life-cycle support of data link (wideband, narrowband and/or SATCOM) systems from conceptual development through product phase-out. This includes technical lead supporting proposals/pursuits, 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. Key programs supported are Apache MUMT-X, Apache Coyote, ROVER 6S, and various SATCOM and protected SATCOM programs. Additionally, continued efforts are directed towards key Army pursuits such as Future Tactical UAS, Multi-Orbit Modem (MOM), Resilient Anti-Jam Modem (RAM), and a host of others. The Army Aviation organization continues to grow based on established program follow-on opportunities as well as having high probability win opportunities for new business development.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Performs research and development in assigned engineering discipline
• Assists and leads in the planning and conducting of technical projects or portions of projects
• Employs best practices, tools and techniques and applies processes and methodologies selected to design and develop new products or modify existing products
• Assists and leads 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
• Assists and leads in development of technical specifications, interface control documents, test plans and procedures, configuration analysis and processing solutions, and test conformance to specifications
• Reviews literature, patents and current industry practices of relevance to assigned project
• Ensures technical performance, quality, and adherence to schedule
• Follows processes in conformance with established policies and objectives
• Coordinates the efforts of technical support personnel
• Provides technical consultation to internal organizations and/or customers
• Evaluates vendor capabilities to provide required products or services
• Participates and leads sections or sub-sections in design reviews

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:

• Minimum of 7 years' experience with engineering design concepts and engineering practices and procedures required to develop, test and deploy systems.
• Knowledge of L3Harris' implementation of Line-of-sight and SATCOM communication systems
• Experience in leading technical pursuits, RFIs, and RFPs with emphasis on organizing and leading architectural development, technical volume generation, schedules, and estimates for technical labor and hardware
• Experience in product development (preferably in military application environment).
• 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
• Ability to obtain a US DoD Security Clearance, as required
• Ability, willingness to travel when required to support customer installation, demonstrations and general field support

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