Junior Systems Engineer – GPS/Navigation

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.; Yorba Linda (CA); On-site; USD 93,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Education assistance

Parental leave

Paid time off

Company-paid holidays

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Yorba Linda, CA is seeking an early‑career Specialist Systems Engineer. You will perform systems engineering analysis, development, and verification across the program lifecycle in military embedded real‑time environments.

The role offers growth toward higher‑level positions, collaboration with mechanical, electrical, and software teams, and potential to contribute to Navigation/GPS solutions while supporting MBSE and digital engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or similar STEM major with 4+ years of experience; Graduate Degree with 2 additional years.
• 3+ years of experience in GPS, GPS Receivers, or APNT.
• 2+ years of experience with DOORS, Cameo, MATLAB/Simulink, or C/C++, including coursework.
• Active US DoD Secret clearance or higher.

Responsibilities

• Generate, trace, allocate, verify, and validate requirements specifications.
• Integrate and plan testing; create plans and procedures.
• Conduct trade studies.
• Create functional block and use-case diagrams.
• Perform system reliability and maintainability analyses.
• Perform system safety analyses.
• Prepare design review materials.
• Unit- and system-level integration and testing (lab and field).
• Verify system interfaces.
• Coordinate with mechanical, electrical, and software teams on system aspects.
• Modeling and Simulation development and performance analyses.
• Algorithm development/analysis in RF Signal Processing or Navigation.
• Support MBSE and Digital Engineering (MBSE).

Skills

GPS

DOORS/Cameo

C/C++

RF Signal Processing

Kalman Filters

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering/Applied Mathematics

Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering/Applied Mathematics

Tools

DOORS

Cameo

MATLAB/Simulink

C/C++

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in Yorba Linda, CA is seeking an early‑career Specialist Systems Engineer. You will perform systems engineering analysis, development, and verification across the program lifecycle in military embedded real‑time environments.

The role offers growth toward higher‑level positions, collaboration with mechanical, electrical, and software teams, and potential to contribute to Navigation/GPS solutions while supporting MBSE and digital engineering.