Senior Systems Engineer – Mission-Critical Defense Tech

L3Harris Technologies; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Nashville is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to deliver mission-focused technical solutions from concept through deployment and sustainment.

You will work across disciplines to translate requirements into designs, manage lifecycle activities, and support system integration, verification, and documentation. This is a senior role requiring strong collaboration and MBSE familiarity in a classified environment to meet program milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 8 years of prior relevant experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.
• 8 years of experience applying systems engineering methods across full lifecycle activities.
• 8 years of experience with requirements management, risk management, and system integration and verification practices.

Responsibilities

• Execute engineering work products from requirements through verification and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate hardware, software, and operational constraints into practical solutions.
• Conduct technical analysis, risk identification, and trade studies to support design decisions.
• Present technical status, issues, and recommendations in formal and informal reviews.
• Contribute to proposal, planning, and execution activities aligned to program milestones.
• Support compliance with customer, regulatory, and security requirements.
• Travel up to 25% to support integration, test, customer engagement, and program execution.
• Perform technical planning, requirements decomposition, interface definition, and verification strategy for mission systems.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Systems engineering

Requirements mgmt

Risk mgmt

System integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

MBSE

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in Nashville is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to deliver mission-focused technical solutions from concept through deployment and sustainment.

You will work across disciplines to translate requirements into designs, manage lifecycle activities, and support system integration, verification, and documentation. This is a senior role requiring strong collaboration and MBSE familiarity in a classified environment to meet program milestones.