Specialist, Field Engineering

L3Harris•Salt Lake, UT

About The Position

The Specialist, Field Engineering installs, operates, maintains, repairs, and modifies equipment, integrated systems, subsystems, and software at customer and field locations. The role includes diagnosing equipment malfunctions, installing and removing products, coordinating engineering field changes, maintaining customer communications, and potentially training customer support personnel. The position may involve independent work for extended periods at isolated or hostile locations and requires travel and temporary relocation for domestic and international assignments, including deployments to potentially hostile or dangerous locations. The employee must be able to gain access to U.S. Government and/or customer facilities and satisfactorily complete customer-mandated medical screenings.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior relevant experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
Current Secret or higher Department of Defense security clearance.
Ability to travel and temporarily relocate for domestic and international assignments for 120 days per year.
Ability to support temporary assignments and deployments of varying lengths, including at potentially hostile or dangerous locations.
Ability to work independently for extended periods at isolated and/or hostile locations.
Ability to obtain access to U.S. Government and/or customer facilities and satisfactorily complete customer-mandated medical screenings.
Ability to work 12-hour shifts on a rotating schedule, switching between days and nights approximately every 3 months.

Nice To Haves

TS/SCI clearance.
Demonstrated ability to comprehend schematics, logic drawings, wire lists, and prints.
Physical ability to move up to 50 pounds.
Color vision sufficient to identify cables and wires.
SATCOM and/or networking experience.
Two or more years of related work experience and understanding of computers, networking, digital systems, RF, AC and DC power, satellite operation and maintenance, feedback control, and/or tracking disciplines.

Responsibilities

Install, check, operate, repair, and maintain assigned equipment at customer installations.
Conduct mechanical and electronic preventive maintenance to identify and correct anomalies before catastrophic downtime.
Develop, construct, implement, or modify test plans to isolate anomalies and minimize equipment downtime.
Interpret and follow sketches, schematics, drawings, charts, graphs, blueprints, block diagrams, and wiring diagrams.
Maintain logs, charts, and graphs for analysis, evaluation, and trend detection.
Apply authorized equipment upgrades and temporary modifications to extend operation until maintenance can be performed.
Participate in field installations, upgrades, demonstrations, and deployments.
Maintain professional liaison with customer personnel, providing information, advice, and services as required.
Represent the company through effective, professional written and verbal communication with customers.
Communicate system defects and recommended hardware modifications to Engineering to support future improvements and business opportunities.
Liaise with Field Management on employee relations, including employee development.
Support temporary assignments and deployments of varying durations at domestic and international locations, as required by business needs.