Sr. Specialist, Project Engineering

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: Sr. Specialist, Project Engineering

Job Code: 40327

Job Location: Anaheim, CA (on-site)

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

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, 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.

About L3Harris Technologies:

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Description:

This position is for a Project Engineer leading Development Programs and supporting component and system-level obsolescence management within the Power Systems Engineering organization. The role is responsible for leading multi-disciplined engineering teams in the proposal, design, development and delivery of next-generation products. As an integral part of our fast-paced environment, the ideal candidate is a key decision maker, leader, mentor and motivator to their engineering team.

Essential Functions:

• Key interface between the Engineering team and Program Management departments.
• Ensures all technical performance, cost and schedule goals on the program are met.
• Acting as an advisor to senior management and customers on advanced technical studies and/or applications.
• Identifying and managing program technical risks.
• Establishing schedule, resource, budget, and tool requirements for tasks.
• Ensuring engineering processes are followed on projects.
• Supporting component and system-level obsolescence management, including tracking, monitoring, and proactive identification of at‑risk parts.
• Leading or contributing to technical investigations related to component failures, discrepancies, or performance issues.
• Developing, reviewing, engineering test plans and procedures.
• Reviewing or presenting alternate parts or design solutions to mitigate obsolescence or performance risks.
• Coordinating with suppliers, manufacturing, and cross‑functional engineering teams to validate replacement components and ensure compliance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a SECRET DOD Security Clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering, or Mathematics, Computer Science) and minimum 6 years of relevant prior experience, inclusive of 1 year of leadership experience,
  • or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience,
  • Or in lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• 4+ years of experience and knowledge in developing, proposing, managing, implementing, testing products and system solutions in power systems or related including:
• • • Naval power or power conversion systems.
    • Military production products with complex electro-mechanical assemblies.
    • Production product lifecycle management.
• Experience with testing, ideally involving environmental and vibration/shock testing.
• 1+ year experience in leadership and direct participation in technical proposal development, cost estimation (BOE Creation), and manpower planning.
• Previous DoW (DoD) engineering development experience.
• Requirements analysis and definition experience.
• Experience in the preparation of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS).
• IMS (schedule) development and maintenance (preferably with Microsoft Project).
• 2+ years of EVM/CAM experience.
• 2+ years of experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tools.
• 2+ years of experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools.
• Experience with leading multi-disciplinary engineering projects.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Prior experience with temperature, humidity, shock, and vibration testing and certification highly desired.
• Effective presentation and communication skills.
• Technical Master’s degree (i.e., MSEE, MSCS, MSSE, etc.).
• Experience in the use of Product Development Process and methodologies ISO 9001 compliant processes).
• Agile Development Methodology (HW/SW).
• Jira experience.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is US$106,500 MIN - US$197,500 MAX. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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