Senior Scientist, Systems Engineer - Mission Solution Architect - Top Secret

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.

Responsibilities

• Interpretation of customers’ mission needs with a focus on identifying mission gaps and addressable market
• Advocates customer critical needs to internal stakeholders
• Builds business cases and manages discretionary resources
• Roadmaps organic technology, discretionary funding, external partner capabilities, and customer funded studies to build new business opportunities
• Performs technical and management competitive assessments to clearly communicate why and how the new business opportunities provide value to L3Harris and the customer
• Evaluates customer and operational needs to help define and coordinate high level system performance, physical, functional, and program interface requirements
• Synthesis and life cycle ownership of mission architecture
• Generation of the initial Concept of Operations (CONOPS) or Operational Descriptions Document (ODD)
• Generation of initial system architecture views; decomposing opportunity to addressable configuration items in a compressive value chain framework
• Leads the development of appropriate solutions to customer needs
• Determines whether requirements can be met with existing capabilities/designs or if new design requirements must be developed
• Leads and coordinates various analyses to optimize total system of systems and/or system architecture
• Affirms and provides direction for make/buy decisions and selection of strategic suppliers
• Establishes the technology integration or migration strategies
• Leads and performs trade studies required to make both tactical and strategic technical decisions for pursuit
• Provides technical coordination between customer, industry, and internal engineering groups to articulate technical issues
• Prepares and presents technical information that addresses specific subjects of interest
• Analyzes and develops recommendations to resolve contractual technical issues
• Maintains a macro view of L3Harris' existing and emerging technologies
• Leads and coordinates pursuit activities such as technical baseline reviews, request for input (RFI) responses, request for proposal (RFP) responses, and white papers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience.
• Active Top Secret Security Clearance.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Active US Government TS/SCI Security Clearance
• Deep knowledge of modern signal processing algorithms such as adaptive filtering, beamforming, detection/estimation theory, and time-frequency analysis.
• Proven track record of developing or evaluating advanced algorithms for radar, communications, SIGINT, or EW mission applications.
• Ability to conduct high-level trade studies and translate mission needs into technical requirements and system architectures.
• Experience collaborating with government customers, Prime contractors, or DoD research organizations on EW or advanced RF technology programs.
• Previous experience executing DoD/government programs

Benefits

L3Harris Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws.