Senior Specialist Systems Engineering

L3Harris Technologies•Ashburn, VA

1d•$106,500 - $197,500•Onsite

About The Position

L3Harris Advanced Effects is seeking a Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer to join its Integration and Test team supporting a family of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The role leads and develops hardware and software requirements definition, decomposition, allocation, management, verification, and validation for technical products and systems. It also includes conducting component trade studies, performing system integration, and characterizing system performance. This mission-focused, highly technical position calls for strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills. Duties include event planning, system preparation, troubleshooting, maintenance, training, and customer support. The employee must be able to work independently and lead a dynamic team under varying environmental conditions. The position is based onsite in Ashburn, Virginia, and follows a 9/80 schedule: employees work nine days in each 14-day period, totaling 80 hours, and have every other Friday off. Up to 10% travel may be required. The role may involve lifting up to 20 pounds.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 6 years of relevant experience; or a graduate degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience; or, in lieu of a degree, at least 10 years of relevant experience.
Active U.S. Secret security clearance with a current 5-year update.
Ability to lift up to 20 pounds.
Ability to work independently and lead a dynamic team under varying environmental conditions.
Up to 10% travel may be required.

Nice To Haves

Experience with and understanding of aerospace systems, particularly development of integrated hardware/software products.
Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering.
Experience with MATLAB, LabView, Python, or C/C++/C#.
Experience in unmanned aircraft or guided weapon systems.
Experience in radar systems, other sensor modalities, tactical radio, or RF systems.
Experience managing requirements using DOORS.
Experience with proposal development, including generating bases of estimates.
Experience developing use cases from customer objectives and concepts of operations.
Experience using Microsoft Office products.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate in a multidisciplinary, diverse, dynamic team environment.
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
Systems Engineering experience involving design and integration of complex hardware/software systems, definition of multiple interfaces, and tradeoffs among multiple solution options.
Hands-on experience with system integration, engineering testing, and system performance characterization.

Responsibilities

Develop, define, decompose, allocate, manage, verify, and validate hardware and software requirements for technical products and systems.
Develop requirements, flow-down, and traceability for complex electronic systems using agile product and software development and model-based systems engineering processes.
Lead and perform integration activities for new designs and updates.
Develop integration and verification plans and procedures.
Coordinate integration testing to verify system operation and coordinate with Test Engineers to ensure tests are properly executed.
Lead rapid learning cycles across requirements development, design, build, integration and test, and verification and validation.
Address technical issues arising during production and implement solutions; elevate unresolved issues to the Chief Systems Engineer.
Identify system-design and production-process risks and develop mitigation strategies; perform risk assessments for complex projects.
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance and training.
Collaborate across engineering and operations, and interact with vendors to resolve technical issues.
Develop, track, and present technical performance metrics.
Conduct lessons-learned sessions, apply findings to future deliveries, gather feedback, and implement improvements.
Synthesize complex electronic system designs, including processes and interfaces for testing.
Improve existing Systems Engineering processes.
Conduct trade studies on systems and components.
Create and maintain technical data packages (TDPs), system specifications, design documents, maintenance plans, sparing plans, and verification procedures.
Analyze data from design-verification testing.
Develop and run simulations and other analysis tools to predict system performance in varied environments.
Execute system integration and engineering test efforts.
Perform design-verification tests in laboratory, chamber, ground, and flight-test settings.
Develop or champion new systems, concepts, or technologies.
Perform other duties as required.