Sr. Specialist, SATCOM Systems Engineer

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 125,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Salt Lake City is seeking a Senior Specialist Systems Engineer to lead lifecycle support for data link systems from concept through retirement. You will manage requirements, author technical documentation, and contribute to system-level design and verification in a multi-disciplinary team.

The role requires strong systems engineering skills, experience across hardware and software domains, and the ability to travel CONUS up to 20%. A U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering; 6+ years experience required.
• Graduate degree with 4+ years experience preferred.
• In lieu of a degree, 8+ years related experience accepted.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute technical tasks in a focused, high-productivity, collaborative environment.
• Manage requirements across all system levels with traceability to verification.
• Develop and maintain specifications, interface control documents, system architecture, and test plans.
• Design, develop, integrate, and test systems as part of a cross-functional team.
• Manage tasks to achieve technical compliance within cost and schedule constraints.
• Provide systems engineering expertise across hardware, software, and complex communications systems.
• Travel 10–20% (CONUS) for meetings, demonstrations, and verification activities.
• Ability to obtain a secret security clearance.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Technical documentation

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Graduate degree (preferred)

8+ years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

MBSE tools

Requirements management tools

Modeling & simulation

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: Sr. Specialist Systems Engineer

Job Code: 41292

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

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’ Communication Systems segment is currently seeking a Senior Specialist Systems Engineer to join our team. This position will be based at our Salt Lake City facility.

The Sr. Specialist Systems Engineer will be responsible for the lifecycle support of data link systems from conceptual development through product phase-out. This includes proposal support, requirements analysis and management, task planning, technical documentation, design oversight participation, design synthesis in a multi-functional engineering environment, build and test support, risk management input, integration and verification test support, system deployment support, and in-house technical support during the operational lifecycle of the system.

The role encompasses systems engineering activities across hardware, software, and integrated system solutions, ensuring technical excellence and alignment with customer requirements, industry standards, and organizational objectives. The Sr. Specialist Systems Engineer will apply systems engineering principles and methodologies to drive technical decision-making, facilitate stakeholder collaboration, and ensure successful delivery of engineering solutions throughout all phases of the system development lifecycle.

Essential Functions

• Assist in the planning and execution of technical tasks in a focused, high-productivity, collaborative environment while maintaining alignment with program objectives and milestones
• Manage customer, derived, and allocated requirements across all system levels, including decomposition and allocation of requirements based on system-level analysis and design, ensuring traceability and bidirectional linkage from a verification test matrix to customer and system-level derived requirements
• Develop and maintain technical specifications, interface control documents, system architecture documentation, test plans and procedures, configuration analysis and processing solutions, verification and validation strategies, and test reports documenting conformance to specifications and acceptance criteria
• Design, develop, integrate, and test systems as part of a cross-functional team, applying systems engineering principles to ensure technical performance, interoperability, quality, and compliance with requirements.
• Manage tasks to achieve technical compliance within cost and schedule constraints
• Provide comprehensive systems engineering expertise across a broad field of engineering disciplines, including research, evaluation, and development for highly complex and technical communication systems
• Availability to travel 10‑20% (CONUS) of the time to customer and subcontractor sites in support of technical meetings, demonstration events, and verification activities
• Ability to obtain a secret security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (Electrical Engineer or Computer Engineer degree preferred) 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 8 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Presentation and communication skills (verbal/written/visual) with the ability to effectively convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Demonstrated problem solving skills with the ability to meet critical deadlines in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• Understand coordination of projects and roles of multi‑disciplinary technical support personnel
• Experience designing, building, testing, and optimizing complex communications systems, either SATCOM or line‑of‑sight, for military applications
• Experience working with RF lab test equipment including signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and power meters
• Familiarity with systems engineering tools and software applications for requirements management, modeling and simulation, configuration management, and technical documentation.
• Knowledge of Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies and tools
• Experience supporting customer engagements, technical reviews, and program milestone events.
• Experience with Type 1 encryption products and cyber security
• Active Secret Security Clearance

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.