Senior Specialist Systems Engineering

L3Harris•Ashburn, VA

1d•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). This mission-focused, highly technical role leads and develops hardware and software requirements for technical products and systems, including their definition, decomposition, allocation, management, verification, and validation. The position also conducts component trade studies, performs system integration, and characterizes system performance. The role includes event planning, system preparation, troubleshooting, maintenance, training, and customer support. The successful candidate 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 out of every 14 days, totaling 80 hours, with every other Friday off. Up to 10% travel may be required, and the role requires the ability to lift 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 related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, at least 10 years of related experience.
Active U.S. Secret security clearance with a current 5-year update.
System Engineering experience involving the design and integration of complex hardware/software systems, definition of multiple interfaces, and evaluation of multiple solution options.
Hands-on experience with system integration, engineering testing, and system performance characterization.
Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently and lead a dynamic team under varying environmental conditions.
Ability to lift up to 20 pounds.
Ability to travel up to 10%.

Nice To Haves

Experience with and understanding of aerospace systems, especially 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 with requirements management 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.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate in a multidisciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment.
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.

Responsibilities

Develop, define, decompose, allocate, manage, verify, and validate hardware and software requirements for technical products and systems.
Develop, flow down, and maintain traceability for requirements 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 proper test execution.
Lead rapid learning cycles across requirements development, design, build, integration and test, and verification and validation.
Provide technical oversight, address issues arising during production, and implement solutions.
Identify risks in system design and production processes and develop mitigation strategies.
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance and training.
Escalate issues to the Chief Systems Engineer when unable to resolve them.
Collaborate across engineering and operations functions and interact with vendors to resolve technical issues.
Develop, track, and present technical performance metrics.
Conduct risk assessments and lessons-learned sessions, and apply findings to future deliveries.
Synthesize system designs for complex electronic systems, including processes and interfaces used in testing.
Improve existing Systems Engineering processes.
Perform trade studies on systems and components.
Create and maintain technical data packages, system specifications, design documents, maintenance plans, sparing plans, and verification procedures.
Analyze design verification test data and develop and run simulations and other analysis tools to predict system performance in different environments.
Execute system integration and engineering test efforts.
Perform design verification testing in laboratory, chamber, ground, and flight-test environments.
Develop or champion new systems, concepts, or technologies.
Plan events and prepare, troubleshoot, and maintain systems; provide training and customer support.
Perform other duties as required.
Travel up to 10% as required.
Lift up to 20 pounds.