Lead Integration & Test Scientist — Airborne Imaging EO/IR

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 127,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Scientist, Integration and Test Engineer to lead testing across Airborne Imaging EO/IR programs in Rochester, NY.

The role requires strong electrical engineering foundations, software development experience, and teams management to deliver mission hardware on schedule. Responsibilities include developing test strategies, creating test cases, configuring ITAs, and coordinating with engineering, manufacturing, and program management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer/Optical Eng or related field with 12+ years of experience; graduate degree with 10+ years; or 16 years with no degree.
• Minimum 1 year experience with Earned Value Management processes and variance reporting.
• Minimum 1 year experience leading integration and test activities for Airborne Imaging EO/IT technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and optimization of integration/test operations across programs.
• Develop enterprise-wide test strategies, plans, verification approaches, and integration roadmaps.
• Coordinate with program management and engineering on technical proposals and BOE development.
• Serve as primary test operations interface for leadership and customers.
• Track program performance, risks, resources, and milestones for testing programs.
• Oversee day-to-day activities of the integration/test engineering team.
• Coordinate test readiness, sequences, and campaigns with proper configuration management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues impacting schedules.
• Develop test requirements, procedures, and detailed test cases for electrical/electronic systems.
• Translate system-level requirements into actionable test strategies.
• Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.

Skills

Root-cause analysis

Electrical circuits

Test operations leadership

Software development in test

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Optical Engineering or related field

Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Optical Engineering or related field

Tools

LabVIEW

LabWindows CVI

Python

C

C++

Rust

scripting languages

Job description

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Scientist, Integration and Test Engineer to lead testing across Airborne Imaging EO/IR programs in Rochester, NY.

The role requires strong electrical engineering foundations, software development experience, and teams management to deliver mission hardware on schedule. Responsibilities include developing test strategies, creating test cases, configuring ITAs, and coordinating with engineering, manufacturing, and program management.