Lead, Integration & Test Engineering - Up to 30k Sign-On Bonus

About the role

L3Harris Space Superiority group has an opening for a Lead, Integration & Test Engineer to join our team and support one of our newer programs. AgileEO specializes in space-based, small aperture visible and IR telescopes with integrated electromechanical devices used for motion and focus control.

Responsibilities

• System Design and Integration: Develop and integrate advanced electro-optical systems for space-based applications, ensuring compliance with all relevant specifications and mission requirements.
• Team Leadership: Lead a team of engineers, overseeing and ensuring technical execution of projects. Coordinate with program leadership to develop a technical plan and path forward for program execution.
• Mission Payload AI&T Management: Manage major subcontract cost, schedule, and performance and oversee the overall Mission Payload Flight AI&T (Assembly, Integration, and Test) activities.
• Testing and Validation: Design, plan, and execute test procedures for electro-optical components and systems. Analyze test data to validate system performance against requirements. Identify and troubleshoot issues, propose corrective actions, and implement solutions.
• Requirements Management: Define, manage, and maintain system and sub-system level requirements, ensuring traceability and compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Project Execution: Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the project lifecycle, from conceptual design to final system delivery and operation.
• Documentation and Reporting: Generate and maintain detailed technical documentation, including test plans, procedures, work instructions, test reports, and anomaly reports.
• Trade Studies: Develop and evaluate trade studies to support decision-making processes, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including subcontractors and U.S. Government customers, to ensure alignment and project success.
• Standards Compliance: Ensure all engineering activities adhere to industry standards, regulatory requirements, and best practices.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, production, and quality assurance, to ensure successful system integration and test.
• Written and Oral Communication: Demonstrate excellent written, oral, and presentation communication skills. Prepare effective presentations to communicate technical information to non-technical professionals.
• Continuous Improvement: Participate in process improvement initiatives to enhance test methodologies and system integration practices.
• Training and Mentoring: Provide training and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering their development and growth within the team.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, or other related scientific discipline and 9 years of relevant space-based EO/IR systems engineering work experience. Alternatively, a graduate degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience, or in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Security Clearance: Candidate must be eligible to obtain a DoD security clearance.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Security Clearance: Holds an active Secret or Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Space Systems Knowledge: Demonstrated experience with space systems engineering, including knowledge of space environments, satellite systems, and space mission design. Familiarity with NASA-STD-1540 and/or NASA-STD-7002.
• Project Management: Experience in leading technical teams, managing projects and competing priorities, and coordinating cross-functional engineering activities.
• Software Proficiency: Proficient in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and traditional systems engineering tools such as DOORs, CAMEO, CREO, JIRA, and SysML.
• Technical Expertise: Proficiency in optical and electro-optical testing techniques and equipment including experience with optical design, sensors, detectors, and imaging systems. Strong understanding of system integration processes and best practices. Familiarity with space environment considerations and testing protocols.
• CAM/IPTL Experience: Experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM) and Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL) is required.
• Software Proficiency: Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, and other relevant engineering and simulation software tools, such as MATLAB.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey complex technical information to diverse audiences.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proven track record of tackling complex engineering challenges.
• Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in a team environment and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to achieve project goals.