Scientist, Systems Engineer

L3Harris Technologies•Chantilly, VA

1d•$153,000 - $284,000•Onsite

About The Position

This role provides consultative-level technical direction and guides multidisciplinary teams in delivering mission-critical, end-to-end system solutions. The Scientist, Systems Engineer works in complex mission environments, collaborating with customers, product owners, and engineering teams to ensure system architectures meet evolving mission needs. The role serves as a senior technical leader responsible for architecting mission concepts, defining system requirements, and developing CONOPS, use cases, and systems-engineering artifacts across the full system lifecycle. The position supports operational analysis; concept-of-operations development; design and implementation planning; requirements development, analysis, and management; mission operations requirements analysis; and coordination with mission planners and operational users. It also supports complex system design and architecture development, including MBSE definition, evaluation, and validation, and helps align solutions within a portfolio of products. The role uses software tools and scripting for software and hardware troubleshooting and develops presentations to communicate design plans and status to internal and external customers. The position is located in Chantilly, Virginia, and follows a 9/80 schedule: employees work nine days every 14 days for a total of 80 hours and have every other Friday off. An active TS/SCI with Poly clearance is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 12 years of relevant experience; or graduate degree and at least 10 years of related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, at least 16 years of related experience.
Active TS/SCI with Poly clearance.
Strong professional verbal and written communication skills.
Business acumen and knowledge of L3Harris technical competencies.
Knowledge of system architecture principles.
Sufficient background in proposed technology to assess high-level performance requirements.
Ability to develop innovative solutions and work across a broad technical scope.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
Experience in systems engineering for complex mission system development programs.
Experience leading technical execution across the full product lifecycle, including requirements, architecture, integration, verification, validation, and sustainment.
Experience translating customer needs into system-level solutions while balancing technical, cost, schedule, and risk considerations.
Experience developing, deriving, allocating, and managing system, hardware, and software requirements.
Experience with interface definition, requirements traceability, verification planning, and technical problem resolution.
Experience leading cross-functional teams and supporting technical reviews, customer interactions, and proposal activities.
Experience with DOORS or an equivalent requirements management tool.
Experience developing technical and/or cost proposals.
Experience using earned value management systems to support program planning and performance measurement.
Experience developing, maintaining, and executing against integrated master schedules.
Experience supporting programs with multi-level security, cybersecurity, or information assurance requirements.

Responsibilities

Understand customer mission needs and the industry base, and apply knowledge of L3Harris technical capabilities.
Interpret or generate Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and Operational Descriptions Documents (ODDs).
Assess high-level performance requirements based on knowledge of proposed technologies and develop innovative solutions.
Provide technical direction to multidisciplinary teams, leveraging subject-matter experts and a broad technical network as needed.
Support operational analysis and develop concepts of operations, designs, and implementation plans.
Develop, analyze, and manage requirements, including mission operations requirements.
Coordinate with mission planners and operational users.
Use software tools and scripting, and troubleshoot software and hardware.
Support development and evaluation of complex system designs and architectures.
Develop and deliver presentations communicating design activity plans and status to internal and external customers.
Apply customer mission understanding and design reference mission analysis and validation techniques and tools.
Develop, define, evaluate, and validate architectures and MBSE artifacts.
Align solutions within a portfolio of products.