Lead Space Systems Engineer: Bus I&T & Integration

Jobtome; Palm Bay (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Lead, Systems Engineering - Space Vehicle Bus Integration & Test in Palm Bay, Florida. This technical-lead role directs bus I&T, coordinates with suppliers, and ensures verification across development and production lifecycles.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in SV bus subsystems, requirements flowdown, and cross-domain integration, plus TS/SCI clearance to support national security missions.

Qualifications

• Space-vehicle bus systems eng, integration, and test experience with ownership of interfaces.
• Experience with SV bus subsystems (power, attitude, TT&C, C&DH, avionics) and cross-domain issues.
• Experience with requirements development, flowdown, interface management, and verification planning.
• Experience leading or coordinating suppliers and multidisciplinary teams through decisions and corrective actions.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain SAP access.
• DOORS, RVTM, or similar verification tools.
• Model-based systems engineering, SysML, or architecture models for SV interfaces.
• Experience coordinating environmental, development, qualification, acceptance, or production test.
• Experience with supplier technical management, failure review, root-cause, risk recovery.

Responsibilities

• Lead SV-bus I&T planning and execution across electrical power, attitude control, TT&C, C&DH, and bus-to-payload interfaces.
• Serve as the technical POC for bus and TT&C suppliers; establish baselines, flow down requirements, resolve interface issues, and contribute to reviews.
• Coordinate Bus environmental verification test readiness, integration, test procedures, readiness reviews, test-data disposition.
• Maintain requirements, interface, and verification traceability; assess impacts across bus, payload, ground, and mission interfaces.
• Lead investigation and resolution of anomalies, nonconformances, and technical risks, including RCA closure and lessons learned.
• Partner with systems engineering, hardware, software, quality, manufacturing, and operations teams to transition bus capabilities to production.
• Communicate technical status, decisions, risks, and recovery plans to program leadership; mentor engineers in I&T execution.

Skills

SV bus eng

Technical leadership

Requirements development

Interface management

Test planning

TS/SCI clearance

SAP access

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Graduate degree

13+ years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

DOORS

RVTM

SysML

Job description

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Lead, Systems Engineering - Space Vehicle Bus Integration & Test in Palm Bay, Florida. This technical-lead role directs bus I&T, coordinates with suppliers, and ensures verification across development and production lifecycles.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in SV bus subsystems, requirements flowdown, and cross-domain integration, plus TS/SCI clearance to support national security missions.