Lead, Project Engineer

L3Harris Technologies; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, is seeking a Lead Project Engineer for the Next Generation Jammer Program. You will lead a project team, ensuring successful delivery of engineering solutions that meet customer requirements.

Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s degree and at least 9 years of relevant experience, alongside strong leadership and project management skills. The role offers a collaborative work environment and is crucial to national security.

Qualifications

• Minimum 9 years of relevant experience or 7 years with a graduate degree.
• Experience with best practices for project engineering and execution.
• Ability to manage multi-discipline programs across multiple locations.

Responsibilities

• Lead a project team to meet customer requirements within budget and schedule.
• Develop and coordinate cost/schedule/technical aspects of the project.
• Review project status and manage schedules to ensure delivery.

Skills

Project Engineering

Team Leadership

Earned Value Management

Risk Management

Technical Supplier Management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Graduate Degree

Job description

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 Title: Lead, Project Engineer

Job Code: 39188

Job Location: USA-UT-Salt Lake City

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

Job Description

L3Harris is currently seeking a Lead Project Engineer for the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Program. This Position will be based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Lead Project Engineer will be Responsible for full lifecycle Project Engineering support for a range of software and hardware development, assembly, and integration and test efforts.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for successfully leading a project team to meet customer requirements within allocated cost and schedule commitments.
• Develop, oversee, and coordinate the cost/schedule/technical aspects of an ongoing engineering project within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.
• Review status of engineering projects and budgets, manage schedules, drive execution, identify opportunities, and deliver results through achieving payment milestones.
• Assess engineering issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Identify, track, mitigate, manage, and disposition program‑level risks and opportunities.
• Estimate resource and material needs for the project/product.
• Provide coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensure all necessary reviews and approvals are received.
• Understand how to develop a schedule using Earned Value (EV) and manage a project using the Earned Value Indicators on a DCMA surveilled program (highest rigor applied).
• Participate in small teams and perform a wide variety of tasks to drive execution (e.g., value stream mapping activities)
• Must have ability and willingness to work in a collaborative team environment on quick reaction projects and will have regular contact with customers.
• Must be able to obtain security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• IPTL/CAM Professional experience.
• Experience with best practices for project engineering and program execution.
• Experience in managing multi‑discipline programs across multiple locations.
• Experience with flight tests and certification, environmental testing and aerospace engineering.
• Experience in managing and driving labor resources in a matrix organization.
• Experience with Technical Supplier Management, Risk and Opportunity Management.
• Deep experience with Earned Value management (EVMS or equivalent), metrics, and data‑driven decisions.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Experience or knowledge of Government contract acquisition lifecycle a plus.
• Experience with management of design to cost activities.
• Experience with program pursuit and proposal activities.
• Experience with operations and/or manufacturing activities.
• Experience in Root Cause Corrective Action process and techniques.
• Program Management Institute – PMP certification desired.
• Strong background in Electronic Warfare or Sensor signal processing.

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, ancestry, ethnicity, 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. Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions. L3Harris Technologies is an E‑Verify Employer. Please click here for the E-Verify Poster in English or Spanish. For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here for English or Spanish.