Lead, Chief Systems Engineer

L3HHCM20Colorado Springs, CO
Onsite

About The Position

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Radar Chief Systems Engineer to support radar-related programs at our Colorado Springs location. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to critical mission-focused systems within a rapidly growing defense environment. The position plays a key role in developing and sustaining advanced solutions for high-priority assets and requires strong collaboration within a team of experienced professionals.

Requirements

  • 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.
  • Must have technical leadership experience for teams of larger than 50 People
  • Experience in at least one of the following areas: radar software, signal processing, and/or RF hardware
  • Secret security clearance required

Nice To Haves

  • Previous work experience with phased array radars, high power amplifiers, digital beamforming, SDA mission prosecution, LPAR, HWIL simulation, surveillance, signal processing
  • Previous work experience with CAMEO Systems modeler/ MagicDraw
  • Knowledge of Kubernetes environments, in particular experience with Redhat Openshift Containerized Platform (OCP)
  • Working experience in Agile framework

Responsibilities

  • Ensure systems-engineering processes—whether traditional waterfall or agile/scrum—are properly followed and executed across the program.
  • Maintain the accuracy, integrity, and quality of the program’s technical baseline.
  • Review system requirements, preliminary designs, peer reviews, detailed designs, and test plans.
  • Lead development of CONOPS, conduct trade studies, and perform requirements analysis and verification for radar systems and subsystems.
  • Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders and external partners, including government customers.
  • Support system integration as well as verification and validation activities
  • Translate customer or product requirements into complete system solutions that balance technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
  • Conduct functional and timeline analyses.
  • Perform cost, risk, supportability, and effectiveness analyses across the full system lifecycle (concept through disposal).
  • Develop roadmaps to maintain, enhance, or introduce mission capabilities.
  • Track and ensure performance against key technical performance measures.
  • Contribute to a dynamic development and integration lab involving both hardware and software systems.
  • Support or lead technical proposal efforts, including requirements decomposition, system architecture/design, technical writing, risk management, and cost estimation.
  • Create SysML models and/or DoDAF views using MagicDraw.
  • Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, including: Electrical/RF Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Test Engineering, Software Engineering, Specialty Engineering (human factors, safety, reliability, maintainability, logistics).
  • Lead root-cause investigations and corrective-action teams.
  • Travel up to 10% as required.

Benefits

  • health and disability insurance
  • 401(k) match
  • flexible spending accounts
  • EAP
  • education assistance
  • parental leave
  • paid time off
  • company-paid holidays
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