Lead Systems Engineer

About the role

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Location: Mason, OH

Responsibilities

• Systems engineering lead for EO/IR (Electro-Optical/Infra-Red) sensor systems.
• Lead technical planning, system integration, validation, and verification activities in support of programs and development efforts.
• Expected to coach / mentor others on the team.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate solution.
• Systems Analysis — Determine how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes / performance.
• Systems Evaluation — Identify measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance relative to the goals of the system.
• Lead across system development lifecycle.
• Customer Interaction – Technical Point of Contact to our customers and our suppliers.
• Must have the ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer, Physics, or related Engineering discipline with a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience or Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

Skills

• Demonstrated experience leading a team or project within the EO/IR (Electro-Optical/Infra-Red) sensor field
• Demonstrated experience in a technical discipline supporting EO/IR sensor or component work
• Experience writing BOEs and supporting proposals
• Demonstrated experience in Model Based Systems Engineering
• Demonstrated experience in the architecture, specification, implementation, simulation, test, verification, validation, and debugging
• Demonstrated complex problem solving and decision making — Able to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions; able to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate solution
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work well within and outside of the organization including customers, vendors, and leadership with minimal oversight
• Prior systems engineering experience on at least two DoD (or similar) programs, with at least one program being a medium scale complex system or subsystem (i.e., > 10 System Engineers and/or >$15M)
• Knowledge of military and/or NASA component specifications, design processes, and hardware test/verification procedures.
• Active US Secret Security Clearance

Schedule

Job Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off.