Senior Specialist, Project Engineering
L3Harris TechnologiesAbout 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 Title: Senior Specialist, Project Engineering
Job Code: 41698
Job Location: Melbourne, FL
Job Schedule: 9/80
Job Description:
L3Harris Corporation is seeking a Senior Specialist, Project Engineer (PE) (Level 4) for the Melbourne/Palm Bay, FL location. This is an opportunity to take on unique challenges, expand your skills and experience, and contribute to mission critical systems solutions that help protect the U.S.A. and our allies, both Domestic and Internationally. You will join a great team of talented professionals who take a collaborative approach and enjoy working together.
Essential Functions:
Conduct and lead Peer Reviews and Table-Top Reviews.
Work with the technical team to identify, mitigate, and close program risks.
Serve as the technical lead of the project with cost and schedule responsibilities.
Develops, presents, and delivers comprehensive presentations to the project team, upper management, and customer personnel in a clear and concise manner.
Successful startup activity, including staffing, robust mitigation plans and establishment of the technical baseline and change management process.
Planning and management of the products / projects on schedule and within budget constraints.
Monitors the product/project from initiation through completion and/or customer acceptance.
Develops, manages, and maintains all aspects of project-level risks, including mitigation, costing, and planning.
Establishment and execution of detailed integrated master schedules.
Develops, monitors, and statuses detailed MS Project schedules.
Uses Earned Value Management System (EVMS) reports to manage project performance.
Review of earned value metrics such as CPI, SPI, TCPI, and ETC to drive program focus.
Estimate resource and material needs for the project/product.
Ensures that products/projects delivered meet customer requirements and specifications.
Driving a culture of continuous improvement as evidenced by executed improvement projects.
Employee engagement to meet project needs.
Maintaining forecasted demand signal on resource needs and partnering with the EMs, talent acquisition and supply chain on development of plans for accomplishing the engineering work.
Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills in a technical information environment; interact, anticipate, and respond to customer needs.
Ability to obtain DOD Secret Security Clearance
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer, Software or Systems Engineering (or similar technical discipline)
6+ years of related experience (or 7+ years with a master’s degree)
U.S. citizenship required due to defense contract requirements.
Preferred Additional Skills:
Experience executing throughout the project lifecycle including requirements flow down and allocation, design, development, test, and sel
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