Specialist, Integration/Test Engineering

L3Harris Technologies•Ashburn, VA

7d•$88,500 - $164,500•Onsite

About The Position

L3Harris Advanced Effects is seeking a Specialist, Integration and Test Engineer to join our Integration and Test team supporting our family of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The I&T Engineer plays a critical hands-on role in engineering developmental, as well as end-user integration/test and training. Operating across lab and field environments, the I&T Engineer is the primary interface between engineering teams and end-users to ensure mission success. This is a mission-focused, highly technical position requiring excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills. The role includes event planning, system preparation, troubleshooting, maintenance, training and customer support. The position requires the ability to work independently or as part of a dynamic team under varying environmental conditions. As the Specialist, Integration/Test Engineer, you will be responsible for hardware and software requirements definition, decomposition, allocation, management, verification, and validation of technical products and systems. You will also be responsible for conducting component trade studies, performing system integration, and characterizing system performance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
Active U.S. Security Clearance with current 5-year update

Nice To Haves

Experience with and an understanding of aerospace systems, especially in the 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, or RF systems
Experience with requirements management using DOORS.
Experience with proposal development including generating basis of estimates.
Experience in development of use cases developed from customer objectives and concepts of operations.
Experience using Microsoft Office products.
Excellent people skills to include collaborating in a multi-disciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team environment.
System level integration and test experience in which the applicant has been involved in the design and integration of complex hardware/software systems, the definition of multiple interfaces and been involved in the trades of multiple solution options.
Hands on experience being involved in system integration, engineering testing, and system performance characterization.

Responsibilities

Provides hands-on technical engineering with product design, development, testing and troubleshooting.
Lead and perform integration activities on new designs, updates, etc.
Develop integration & verification plans/procedures
Coordinate integration testing to verify system operation
Coordinate with Test Engineers to ensure proper execution of tests
Leads the execution of rapid learning cycles in requirements development, design, build, integration & test and verification & validation.
Leads and addresses technical issues that arise during production and implements solutions.
Identify risks in system design and production processes and develop mitigation strategies.
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance and training
Elevates issues to IPTL when unable to resolve
Collaborate across engineering and operations functions to drive to a solution
Vendor interaction with respect to technical issues
Help perform risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies for complex projects.
Conduct lessons learned sessions and apply findings to future deliveries
Gather feedback to identify areas of improvement and implement
System design synthesis of complex electronic systems to include processes and interfaces in testing.
Perform trade studies on a variety of systems and components.
Create, maintain TDP, system spec, design documents, maintenance plans, sparing plans, verification procedures.
Analyze data from design verification test efforts.
Develop and run simulations and other analysis tools to predict system performance in various environments.
Ability to lift to 20 lbs.