Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer (Mission Payload)

L3Harris Technologies•Fort Wayne, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

L3Harris is seeking a Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer to support development of a space-based Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) mission payload sensor system. The role performs systems engineering functions across the program lifecycle, contributing to technical planning, requirements development, interface coordination, system integration, verification planning, and engineering analysis. The selected candidate will work in a multidisciplinary environment to help ensure the payload system is technically sound, executable, and aligned with mission and program objectives. The position also supports Cost Account Management (CAM) activities, including planning, tracking, and reporting scope, schedule, and cost performance for assigned engineering work packages. The job is onsite in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with a 9/80 schedule (every other Friday off).

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related STEM discipline 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 prior related experience.
Eligibility to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience with space-based EO/IR systems, electro-optical payloads, remote sensing systems, or related mission hardware.
Familiarity with requirements management tools such as DOORS, DOORS Next, Jama, or similar.
Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approaches and tools such as Cameo, MagicDraw, Capella, or similar.
Experience with interface management, ICD development, and verification traceability.
Experience supporting integration and test, anomaly resolution, or system verification activities.
Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM), work package management, or Cost Account Management (CAM) responsibilities.
Prior experience serving as a technical lead, subsystem lead, deputy IPT lead, or CAM on a development program.
Active security clearance.
Experience supporting spacecraft, payload, ground, or mission operations for space systems programs.
Experience in requirements development, decomposition, verification planning, and traceability.
Experience analyzing telemetry, mission data, or operational performance data to support decision-making and issue resolution.
Experience with anomaly investigation, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis in a complex technical environment.
Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to present technical findings clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, fast-paced mission environment that may include launch and on-orbit support activities.

Responsibilities

Support systems engineering activities for a space-based EO/IR mission payload system through design, development, integration, test, and verification.
Develop, decompose, allocate, and maintain system-, subsystem-, and component-level requirements.
Support requirements traceability and verification planning across the payload development lifecycle.
Coordinate definition and management of internal and external interfaces across payload subsystems and with spacecraft or mission elements.
Contribute to systems engineering artifacts, including specifications, verification matrices, interface documentation, technical plans, and trade study documentation.
Perform and support system-level analyses, trade studies, and technical assessments to evaluate design approaches, performance, and compliance with mission requirements.
Support system integration and test planning, discrepancy resolution, and technical issue closure.
Participate in major technical reviews, including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and related customer or internal reviews.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including optics, focal plane, electronics, software, mechanical, thermal, integration and test, quality, reliability, and mission operations.
Identify and communicate technical risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies, and support mitigation planning.
Help maintain technical baseline consistency through configuration and change management practices.
Support CAM activities, including planning, tracking, and reporting scope, schedule, and cost performance for assigned engineering work packages.