Senior Systems Engineering Lead — Defense Tech

L3Harris Technologies; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Salt Lake City, UT is seeking a Senior Specialist in Systems Engineering to lead multi-discipline engineering teams across space, ground, airborne and cyber domains. You will develop requirements, manage design tasks, and drive verification through to delivery, coordinating with customers and subcontractors.

The role emphasizes leadership, technical breadth, and effective communication within IPTs, with security clearances and mission focus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 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 of prior related experience.
• Candidate must currently have, and/or be able to maintain an active U.S. Government DOD Top Secret Clearance

Responsibilities

• Systems engineering lead that organizes, participates, and manages key project/program engineering tasks
• Leads requirements analysis, requirements decomposition and assignment of requirements to appropriate functional areas of responsibility and/or subcontractors, and manages traceability of requirements back to customer specifications and system level derived requirements
• Leads design synthesis and generation of supporting design documentation which includes technical specifications, interface control documents, test plans and procedures, and test conformance to specifications through verification cross reference matrix (VCRM)
• Ensures technical performance, quality, and adherence to established policies and processes
• Develops and presents project/program design reviews for both internal and external customer audiences
• Leads or assists in project/program schedule and budget planning, subcontract control, risk management
• Leads or assists management over systems engineering team and other teams of functional design engineers
• Leads or assists system integration, verification, and qualification events
• Participation in customer request for information (RFI), request for proposal (RFP) and new business development pursuits, including on-site and off-site technical capability demonstration

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Requirements analysis

Systems engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree

Graduate degree

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

MS Project

Visio

DOORs

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in Salt Lake City, UT is seeking a Senior Specialist in Systems Engineering to lead multi-discipline engineering teams across space, ground, airborne and cyber domains. You will develop requirements, manage design tasks, and drive verification through to delivery, coordinating with customers and subcontractors.

The role emphasizes leadership, technical breadth, and effective communication within IPTs, with security clearances and mission focus.