Lead, Systems Engineering - Space Vehicle Bus Integration & Test

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 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, Systems Engineering - Space Vehicle Bus Integration & Test

Job Code: 42141

Job Location: Palm Bay, Florida

Job Schedule: 9/80 Regular

Job Description:

This technical-lead role provides Space Vehicle bus integration and test leadership for Moog buses. The lead is the primary technical coordinator for bus and TT&C suppliers, directs Bus environmental verification test readiness and execution, and integrates bus-level requirements, interfaces, verification, and anomaly resolution across the development, integration, and production lifecycle.

Essential Functions:

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

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience;
  Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience;
  or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Demonstrated experience in space-vehicle bus systems engineering, integration, and test, including technical ownership of subsystem and system interfaces.
• Working knowledge of SV bus subsystems such as electrical power, attitude control, TT&C, C&DH, structures, thermal, and avionics, with the ability to resolve cross-domain interface issues.
• Experience with requirements development and flowdown, interface management, verification planning and execution, test readiness, and test-data review in a hardware development program.
• Experience leading or coordinating suppliers and multidisciplinary engineering teams through technical decisions, anomaly resolution, and corrective actions.
• Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) access, as required
  

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with DOORS, RVTM, or comparable requirements and verification-traceability tools.
• Experience with model-based systems engineering, SysML, or architecture models used to manage SV interfaces.
• Experience coordinating environmental, development, qualification, acceptance, or production test for space-vehicle hardware.
• Experience preparing for and conducting system, supplier, test-readiness, and flight-readiness reviews.
• Experience with supplier technical management, failure review, root-cause/corrective-action methods, and risk-recovery planning.

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