Specialist, Project Engineer

L3Harris; Waco (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris is actively seeking a Specialist, Project Engineering to support software sustainment for a program in a DoD context. The role involves coordinating sustainment work with multiple engineering teams, managing schedules and budgets, and ensuring compliance with FAA and military certification requirements.

You will collaborate with Software, Systems, and Test engineers, participate in reviews, and help prepare bids and technical responses. A DoD Secret clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Experience planning and coordinating software development, maintenance, or sustainment within scope, schedule, and budget.
• Experience applying software life-cycle, configuration management, and change control practices.
• Experience supporting bid and proposal development.
• Active DoD Secret Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate cross-functional engineering activities for software maintenance, defect resolution, approved enhancements, and releases.
• Serve as the technical coordination point for assigned software sustainment projects or work packages.
• Manage assigned software sustainment work packages on a commercial-military derivative aircraft program with FAA and military certification requirements.
• Develop and maintain sustainment plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, budgets, and resource estimates.
• Coordinate review and approval of software requirements, change requests, release plans, test procedures, and technical documentation.
• Identify and track sustainment risks, dependencies, and mitigation actions; elevate impacts to scope, cost, schedule, or technical performance.
• Prepare inputs for software requirements and design reviews, test readiness reviews, and release readiness reviews.
• Track engineering performance metrics and prepare status reports on assigned work.

Skills

Software sustainment

Project coordination

Bid/proposal support

Software life-cycle

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Graduate Degree

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: Specialist, Project Engineering

Job Code: 47503

Job Location: Waco, Texas

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris is actively seeking a Specialist, Project Engineering (PE) to support software sustainment for a program. Working under general supervision, the candidate will manage assigned sustainment projects or work packages and coordinate technical, cost, and schedule activities for software maintenance, defect resolution, testing, and releases within approved program plans.

The Project Engineer works with Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Integration and Test, Configuration Management, Cybersecurity, and other Engineering Functional Task Leaders to coordinate assigned sustainment work. The candidate communicates project status, explains processes, and supports customer and supplier discussions as needed, with guidance from senior project engineers and engineering leads.

The candidate also supports the capture of new business by developing assigned bid estimates and technical responses in coordination with engineering leads.

Essential Functions:

• Coordinate cross-functional engineering activities for software maintenance, defect resolution, approved enhancements, and releases within assigned sustainment projects.
• Serve as the technical coordination point for assigned software sustainment projects or work packages, working with engineering leads to meet customer, regulatory, cost, schedule, and performance requirements.
• Manage assigned software sustainment work packages on a commercial-military derivative aircraft program with FAA and military certification requirements. Coordinate sustainment of software associated with CNS/ATM architecture, mission systems, stores/munitions, and aircraft systems.
• Develop and maintain sustainment plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, budgets, and resource estimates for assigned projects; coordinate software baseline updates with engineering leads and configuration management.
• Coordinate review and approval of software requirements, change requests, release plans, test procedures, test results, and technical documentation with responsible engineering leads.
• Identify and track sustainment risks, dependencies, and mitigation actions, including software defects, interfaces, supportability, and release readiness; elevate impacts to scope, cost, schedule, or technical performance.
• Coordinate assessment and prioritization of software defects and change requests with engineering leads; track root cause investigations and corrective actions, escalating complex technical issues.
• Prepare technical inputs and coordinate actions for software requirements and design reviews, test readiness reviews, technical interchange meetings, and release readiness reviews.
• Track engineering performance metrics and prepare status reports on assigned work, including defect status, test progress, release milestones, risks, and actions, for engineering leads and program management.
• Monitor cost and schedule performance for assigned software sustainment work, analyze variances, and recommend recovery actions in coordination with engineering leads.
• Support sustainment proposals and program planning by developing assigned basis of estimate (BOE) inputs and technical responses to customer ROMs, RFIs, and RFPs.
• Maintain assigned bid tools and track completion of proposal inputs and reviews.
• Execute assigned sustainment activities in accordance with software life-cycle, configuration management, and engineering processes; recommend practical improvements to planning, reporting, and issue tracking.
• Coordinate with engineering leads to address software quality, reliability, safety, cybersecurity, and certification requirements for assigned sustainment work.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
• Demonstrated experience in planning and coordinating software development, maintenance, or sustainment activities within scope, schedule, and budget.
• Experience in engineering processes, with experience applying software life-cycle, configuration management, and change control practices.
• Experience supporting bid and proposal development.

Relevant experience in one or more of the following disciplines:

• Software Engineering or Software Sustainment
• Software Integration and Test Engineering
• Systems Engineering for software-intensive systems
• Project Engineering supporting software development or sustainment

• An active DoD Secret Security Clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience coordinating software defect resolution, regression testing, release planning, or configuration management.
• Experience supporting software sustainment on aircraft or mission systems and communicating with customer or supplier stakeholders.

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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