Scientist, Project Engineer - Certification Lead PE

Scientist, Project Engineering - Certification Lead

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 Location: Greenville, TX or Plano, TX

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

Job Description:

The Certification Project Engineer provides strategic leadership for certification and compliance activities across the sector, driving standardization, process maturity, and continuous improvement. This role partners with engineering, program leadership, and other functional teams to enhance certification planning, improve execution frameworks, and enable consistent compliance outcomes across multiple products and programs. The position offers the opportunity to shape certification strategy, influence organizational best practices, and strengthen readiness for customers and regulatory engagement.

Essential Functions:

• Lead sector-wide certification strategy initiatives that improve consistency, efficiency, and compliance across programs and product lines.
• Develop, standardize, and maintain certification processes, tools, templates, metrics, and best practices for use across the organization.
• Partner with engineering, quality, program management, and functional leadership to identify gaps, risks, and opportunities related to certification planning and execution.
• Drive continuous improvement activities focused on certification readiness, documentation quality, process compliance, and organizational effectiveness.
• Provide guidance to program teams on certification approaches, compliance expectations, and interpretation of applicable regulatory, customer, and internal requirements.
• Serve as a key liaison for certification-related coordination with internal stakeholders, customers, and regulatory representatives, as applicable.
• Ability to obtain and maintain any required United States Government security clearance.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant engineering certification experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related engineering certification experience.
• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 16 years of prior related engineering certification experience.
• Demonstrated experience in certification, qualification, compliance, airworthiness, or related engineering activities for complex products or systems.
• Demonstrated experience developing, improving, or governing technical processes within a regulated engineering environment.
• Demonstrated experience working across cross-functional organizations to align technical, quality, and program objectives.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives across multiple programs, sites, or product lines.
• Experience developing training content, guidance material, or playbooks that support organizational capability growth
• Experience with certification plans, compliance matrices, approval documentation, and technical data package expectations.
• Familiarity with aerospace and defense certification frameworks, airworthiness processes, standard work development or regulated product development environments.

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, 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.