Scientist, Project Engineer (IRAD)

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: Scientist, Project Engineering 

Job Code: 42857

Job Location: Greenville, TX

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

The IRAD Project Owner provides leadership, oversight, and accountability for the VSG Next Generation Air Comms Suite (NGACS) project. This role ensures projects remain aligned with technical scope, schedule, cost, and planned business outcomes.

Essential Functions:

• Attend and actively participate in Project Owners Meetings.
• Support the weekly project status meeting, ensuring timely resolution of risks, issues, and actions.
• Provide monthly updates on critical deliverables, including progress, dependencies, milestones, and recovery actions where needed.
• Provide monthly updates to Earned Value Management (EV) metrics and support accurate performance reporting.
• Maintain and update monthly labor and material forecasts to support sound financial planning and project execution.
• Brief IRAD leadership monthly during IRAD Review meetings, communicating project status, accomplishments, decisions, and outlook.
• Lead the annual IRAD proposal-development process, including bid development, EPCR preparation, checkpoint reviews, and related approval activities.
• Coordinate with technical, program, finance, and functional stakeholders to maintain alignment and ensure disciplined project execution.
• Identify, manage, and communicate project risks, opportunities, resource needs, and decisions requiring leadership attention.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience
• Active DoD Secret Security Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret (SCI) Security Clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Project Engineering experience
• Multi-disciplinary experience
• Strong communication skills, including interaction with internal stakeholders, senior leadership, and Customers
• Leadership Skills (i.e., Task Leader, IPT Leader and/or Functional Management)
• Familiarity with company processes and procedures

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be 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. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.

L3Harris Technologies is an E-Verify Employer. Please click here for the E-Verify Poster in English or Spanish . For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here for English or Spanish .