Senior Scientist, MOSSAIC Chief Engineer - Space Defense Solutions Business Area

L3HHCM20•Colorado Springs, CO

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About The Position

L3Harris' Space and Airborne Systems seeks a Chief Engineer with expertise in space domain awareness for DoD and IC missions. The person in this position will be deployed as a Chief Engineer for a large contract within L3Harris, responsible for the technical baseline and technical execution of ongoing customer funded efforts for our ground-based radar, optical, and C2 product lines. This includes all phases of development from pre-award concept and initial architecture, through design, testing and verification, and on to production, deployment and operational acceptance. The Chief Engineer will be responsible for directing the execution activities of all functional disciplines for existing programs and new modernization projects.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience
3+ years of functional management experience, leading a large team >50 resources across multiple disciplines
Active Secret security clearance

Nice To Haves

5+ years of Space Systems domain ground system knowledge desired
Strong multi-disciplinary technical breadth in Space and Ground Domain
Technical knowledge of EGLIN and GEODSS/GBOSS weapon systems
Ability to quickly understand missions, customer sets, drive strategy
Experience in technical issue resolution, ability to ensure root cause is identified
Experience with requirements elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements reviews, developing concepts of operation and interface standards, developing system architectures, and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis.
Ability to plan and execute internal investment strategy
Experience successfully executing multi-site engineering efforts
Able to present results and communicate with customers and senior management

Responsibilities

Application of knowledge of DoD and IC missions to support operations, maintenance, and sustainment of ground-based radars, optical sensors and C2 solutions.
Leadership of systems/software engineering for sensing and decision support capabilities for legacy and emerging threats.
Significant technical knowledge and experience designing and manufacturing both ground-based radar and optical systems to include hardware and software solutions
Drive innovation and mission engineering for Space Domain Awareness (SDA) projects to include strategic discriminators along with product line modernization
Identifies IR&D efforts in alignment with technical roadmaps to create technology differentiators
Leadership of pursuits with emphasis on technical baseline rigor, cost justification, executability, reuse efficiency, and risk management.
Provide mentorship to develop lower-level engineering staff into future SMEs
Establishes program risks/opportunities
Responsible for technical issue resolution, ensures root cause is identified, and corrective actions are executed