Integrated Product Team Lead

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Orlando, FL seeks a Senior Program Engineer to lead an Integrated Product Team (IPT) and drive design, verification, and production activities. You will oversee technical progress, risk, and scheduling while ensuring product quality and system compliance.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, stakeholder communication, and ongoing collaboration with program management. US security clearance eligibility is a consideration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering with 6+ years of relevant engineering experience; Graduate Degree with 4+ years experience; or 10+ years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Strong knowledge of the job area and responsible to lead design requirements, verification, and production tasks.
• Preferred clearances and aerospace program experience are advantageous for advanced roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary IPT on subsystem and component development, verification, and production tasks with risk, schedule, and cost oversight.
• Communicate program status to Engineering Management, the Chief Program Engineer, and the Program Manager; prepare technical reports and reviews.
• Coordinate schedules and workflows across manufacturing, engineering, test, and related functions.
• Provide technical consultations for proposals and business development activities, including white papers and customer briefings.
• Support government or prime contractor proposals with engineering input and technical insights.
• Possess the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance.

Skills

IPT leadership

Systems engineering

Risk management

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Graduate Degree

Ten years of related experience in lieu of degree

Job description

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Program Engineer

Job Code: 43717

Job Location: Orlando, FL

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

Job Description:

L3Harris Technologiesis seeking a Senior Program Engineer at our Orlando, FL location. Coleman Aerospace is a prime tactical and strategic missile target system provider supporting ballistic missile defense testing. High-Fidelity Air-Launched one, two, and three stage ballistic missile targets are their primary product line. Coleman's capabilities range from the precision assembly of large missile structures, to telemetry, avionics, networks, cold gas control systems, flight termination control modules, advanced vehicle guidance systems, environmental stress screening, qualification and acceptance testing.

In this role, the candidate will be responsible for leading Engineering tasks that establish and manage design requirements; and will verify product designs meet all operating requirements for fabrication, test, flight, and life cycle disposal environments.

This opening is for an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead responsible for providing technical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team working on subsystem and/or component development, verification, and production tasks. The IPT lead coordinates and drives execution of the IPT’s tasks and manages technical progress, risk, and schedule while ensuring product quality. This position is primarily responsible for ensuring their product meets the system’s requirements and coordinates any changes with other IPTs and the Program team. The expectation for this role is to lead and drive the day-to-day activities and to make the technical decisions needed to ensure product quality while working with the Chief Program Engineer when impacts drive other parts of the system. In the program structure, the IPT lead reports to the Chief Program Engineer (CPE) and coordinates closely with the Control Account Manager (CAM) assigned to the work scope.

Essential Functions:

• Lead a multi-disciplinary Integrated Product Team (IPT) working on subsystem and component development, verification, and production tasks. Coordinate multi-disciplinary team’s work and manage technical progress, risk, schedule, and cost as needed.

• Provide communication of program status to Engineering Management, the Chief Program Engineer, and the Program Manager. Program status includes overall program health, technical design and development results, risk management status, schedule and cost reporting. Responsible for overseeing/directing preparation of technical reports, presentations, and customer design reviews.

• Utilize organizational skills to effectively coordinate schedules and work flow utilizing the knowledge of operations (manufacturing, engineering, test, etc.) as required to accomplish assigned activities and an understanding of business management systems.

• Provide technical consultation to Program Management and Business Development organizations for business development activities such as writing white papers or preparing and presenting technical briefings to customers.

• Provide technical support on proposals to government customers or prime contractors for engineering development or technology programs.

• Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and minimum 6 years of prior relevant Engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. Requires strong knowledge of job area.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Active Secret Clearance.

• Experience managing engineering projects, to include program logic development, planning, systems engineering processes and schedule development/maintenance.

• Knowledge of risk assessment and risk management techniques.

• Ability to apply Engineering skills to aerospace products in the interest of meeting mission assurance objectives.

• Understanding of design life cycle for design, manufacture, assembly and test principles.

• Experience with Cargo Air Drops from Military Aircraft.

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