Senior Systems Engineer – Defense Data Link & SATCOM

L3Harris Technologies; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer in Salt Lake City, UT, to lead end-to-end design, integration, and verification of advanced data link and SATCOM systems. You will work with cross-disciplinary teams to develop requirements, architectures, and verification plans across the program lifecycle.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, risk reduction, and collaboration with customers and stakeholders to meet mission requirements while ensuring quality and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field with 6+ years of experience.
• Experience with complex military communications systems, including SATCOM and data link.
• MBSE methodologies and tools experience.
• Experience with lab test equipment and requirements management tools.
• Ability to travel 10–20% within CONUS and obtain a Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Execute systems engineering activities across the program lifecycle, including requirements development, architecture definition, interface management, integration, verification, validation, deployment, and sustainment.
• Manage customer, derived, and allocated requirements across system levels, ensuring decomposition, traceability, change control, and verification closure.
• Contribute to technical baseline development, trade studies, architecture decisions, and design reviews for complex communications systems.
• Develop, review, and maintain technical documentation, including specifications, interface control documents, architecture artifacts, test plans, procedures, verification strategies, and technical reports.
• Travel 10–20% within CONUS to support customer meetings, technical reviews, demonstrations, and verification activities.

Skills

Requirements management

System architecture

MBSE

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field

Graduate degree with 4+ years of related experience

Tools

Signal generators

Spectrum analyzers

Power meters

Network testers

Modeling and simulation tools

Configuration management tools

Technical documentation tools

Job description

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer in Salt Lake City, UT, to lead end-to-end design, integration, and verification of advanced data link and SATCOM systems. You will work with cross-disciplinary teams to develop requirements, architectures, and verification plans across the program lifecycle.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, risk reduction, and collaboration with customers and stakeholders to meet mission requirements while ensuring quality and