Lead, Program Chief Engineer

Rocketdyne; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris is seeking a Lead, Program Chief Engineer for the Redmond, WA site. You will lead program engineering activities and coordinate across disciplines to deliver mission-critical space propulsion and power systems.

The role requires broad technical leadership, strong communication with customers, and willingness to travel up to 10% within the US. Security clearance eligibility is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in a related engineering field; graduate degree preferred.
• Experience in lieu of degree accepted per policy with deep engineering background.
• US security clearance eligibility required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and/or support program technical activities to design, assemble and test program hardware.
• Provide broad engineering leadership to ensure performance and customer confidence.
• Ensure compliance to policy and standard work across all technical activities.
• Maintain planning and execution through design development, reviews, and product ownership.
• Lead root-cause investigations and interface with customer to show value.
• Support change proposal activities, including BCE, estimates, and writeups.
• Maintain professional relationships with customer peers and management.
• Support customer meetings to discuss progress, risks, interfaces, and milestones.
• Collaborate with program management to resolve resource conflicts.
• Travel within the United States up to 10% to customers/suppliers.
• Ability to obtain a US LEVEL security clearance.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Graduate Degree

Experience in lieu of degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Description

The Program Chief Engineer manages program engineering resources, ensures the thoroughness, adequacy, and urgency of technical decisions and anomaly investigations, works with the program manager and contract manager to maintain strong customer communication and relations, supports program management and affordability initiatives, and provides technical coordination across all elements of the program both internally and externally. The Program Chief Engineer collaborates with multiple disciplines inside the company and with the customer to deliver products to make their mission possible, successful, and cost effective.

Job Title

Lead, Program Chief Engineer

Job Location

Onsite at our Redmond, WA facility

Job Schedule

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

Essential Functions

• Lead and/or support program technical activities required to design, assemble and test program hardware to meet customer requirements and verify suitability for the intended use.
• Provide broad-based engineering leadership to achieve program objectives while ensuring technical excellence, product performance, and customer confidence.
• Assure compliance to company policy and procedures (including standard work) within all program technical support activities.
• Maintain technical excellence and consistency in planning (Design Development Plans), execution (Technical Decision Making, Design and Hardware Reviews), and product ownership.
• Lead failure investigations/root cause analysis activities as required. Provide feedback and interaction to show our customer that L3Harris is the best value supplier for their needs.
• Support program change proposal activities, including change identification and management, program change board, proposal basis of estimate and technical writeup, fact-finding and negotiations, and program re-baselining.
• Maintain close and professional relationships with peers and senior management at L3Harris' customer.
• Support regular and as needed customer meetings to communicate program progress, risks and mitigation strategies, issues and recovery plans, interfaces and system requirements, and mission success.
• Work proactively with the program management team to address resource conflicts.
• Travel is required, as needed, within the United States to customers and suppliers - up to 10%.
• Ability to obtain a US LEVEL security clearance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years of prior related engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related engineering experience.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Background in Electric Propulsion highly preferred.
• A general knowledge of related disciplines such as material science, thermal and structural analysis, reliability and maintainability, systems engineering, spacecraft integration, and mission planning.
• Applicant must have a good understanding and demonstrated practice of root cause and corrective action methodologies.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and high quality written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in Washington is $127,500 - $236,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.

L3Harris announced on January 5th, that AE Industrial Partners ("AE Industrial") has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in L3Harris' Space Propulsion and Power Systems business. This position has been identified as one that will transition to the new standalone company upon closing of the transaction. Until that time, L3Harris will continue its hiring activity within this business.