Specialist, Mission Operations & Training Engineer

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: Specialist, Integration and Test Engineer (Active Top Secret/SCI with Poly Required)

Job Code: 41353

Job Location: Dayton, OH

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

Job Description:  

We are seeking an experienced System Engineer / Integration & Test Engineer with a minimum of 6 years’ experience integrating and testing and providing training of a complex communications system. The successful candidate will be responsible for integration of customized software and hardware in a quick paced, engineering oriented environment.  This engineer will maintain development, test and production environments while integrating new technologies and maintaining system stability. This engineer will support creation of training material and conduct training of the products to the end user.

This engineer will lead classroom and hands on training events. The training support facility is in Dayton, Ohio. The trainer will be required to be on site for 7+ months per year. This Integration and Technical trainer needs to have experience in developing and executing structured training sessions tailored to customer needs, ensuring knowledge retention and effective skills transfer. The engineer needs to have strong teaching skills with an adaptable approach to meet various learning styles and technical aptitudes. Exceptional customer service skills to engage effectively with customer groups and trainees, fostering a supportive and positive learning environment. Capacity to quickly learn and master complex technologies, including advanced system support equipment, and relay this expertise in accessible, practical terms. Proven troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities, with experience in identifying, diagnosing, and resolving system issues to maintain smooth operation. Experience working with cross-functional design teams to stay up to date on system updates, gather insights, and incorporate feedback into training content.

This ideal candidate would report to the Chantilly, Virginia location while not actively supporting active training sessions. 

Essential Functions: 

• Support the set-up, configuration, and documentation of hardware and software systems under test, including loading custom and commercial software onto multiple systems
• developing and executing structured training sessions
• Builds, configures, troubleshoots, and integrates new and existing configuration items (hardware) packages to provide service enhancements, application deployments and infrastructure upgrades
• Responsible for configuration hardware, mastering the system and training others to successfully use the system.
• Supports training system operations
• Ability to take ownership of training classes through completion
• Long periods of travel is required

Qualifications:

• 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 TS/SCI with Poly Clearance is required.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Engineering principles, especially verification/validation.
• US Military Training Certifications
• Self-motivated individual able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Direct experience interfacing with customer personnel and leadership
• Demonstrated ability and desire to learn from self-training as well as via transfer of experience and technique
• Demonstrated humble, leadership in smal