Senior Specialist, Project Engineer

L3Harris Technologies; Greenville (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Greenville, TX is seeking a Senior Specialist, Project Engineer to lead technical program execution and liaise with engineering leadership and customers across the lifecycle.

The role requires strong program planning, engineering delivery, and reliable execution within budget and schedule. Security clearances and ISR experience are valued; opportunities exist to influence project outcomes and stakeholder communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field is required with 6+ years of relevant experience; graduate degree with 4+ years preferred.
• In lieu of a degree, 10 years U.S. Military SIGINT experience may be considered.
• Active DoD Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI; U.S. citizenship required.
• Experience in program planning, engineering execution within scope, schedule and budget.
• Knowledge of design, development and test efforts in aero, sustainment, or systems engineering.

Responsibilities

• Owns technical responsibility and authority for the program under Engineering Leadership.
• Coordinate with PE and functional managers to ensure alignment with scope, budget and schedule.
• Direct integration with the Program Manager and interface with customers throughout the lifecycle.
• Apply Reliability Engineering and Root Cause Analysis to improve program performance.
• Utilize Earned Value reporting and Labor Tracking System to track progress.

Skills

Program planning

Engineering execution

Bidding & Proposals

Systems engineering

DoD security clearance

Customer interaction

Leadership

ISR experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Graduate degree

10 years military SIGINT ops/maintenance (in lieu of degree)

Job description

Job Title

Senior Specialist, Project Engineer

Job Code

40541

Job Location

Greenville, TX

Schedule

9/80; Every other Friday off

Job Description

The Project Engineer holds technical responsibility and authority for the program under the authority from Engineering Leadership to execute assigned programs, as well as direct integration with the Program Manager (PM). This includes but is not limited to:

• Adhering to technical scope
• Remaining within Engineering Program budget
• Ensuring alignment with overall Program Schedule

To this end, the individual Engineering Functional Task Leaders (Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Specialty Engineering, Logistic Engineering, Technical Publications, etc.) report to/and take directions from the PE for the assigned program operations.

The PE coordinates with the Functional Managers in the utilization of and Earned Value (EV) reporting via the Labor Tracking System (LTS) to ensure consistency between the Functional and Program roll‑up relative to performance against schedule and budgeted work scope.

The PE is also responsible for program technical performance that extends beyond the "Engineering" functions, to ensure technical compliance within the total operations activities (i.e. extends to the interfaces of manufacturing and HD&L). Project Engineers are a key technical interface to Customers and have the responsibility and opportunity to interact at every phase of the program lifecycle.

This PE must have experience in Reliability Engineering and Root Cause Analysis. Must interface with customers on a regular basis, review system status and repair cycles.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a technical field and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years relevant U.S. Military experience on SIGINT platform operations or maintenance may be considered.
• Active DoD Secret Security Clearance, the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance, which requires U.S. Citizenship.
• Experience with the one or more of the following areas is required:
  • Program planning, guidance, and engineering execution within scope, schedule and budget
  • Broad understanding of engineering processes and policies
  • Bidding and Proposals which includes working with material and production estimating in that bidding process
  • Design, Development and Test efforts
  • Aero Engineering of any discipline, or Sustainment Engineering, or Systems Engineering (including Test Engineering); or Hardware Engineering; or Project Engineering

Preferred Additional Skills

• Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems experience
• Capture and Proposal Development
• Leadership Skills (i.e. Task, IPT Leader and/or Functional Management)
• Executive Level Interaction and Communication (including internal and Customer stakeholders)
• Ground, aircraft, space or shipborne mission system integration expertise
• COMINT and/or ELINT sensor experience
• Production and Logistics experience
• System troubleshooting and field support

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.

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