Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer

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: Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer Job Code: 44434 Job Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana Job Schedule: 9/80 (Every Other Friday Off!) Job Description: The L3Harris Spectral Solutions division is seeking a Systems Engineer to support the development of advanced space-based remote sensing systems for missile warning and missile defense missions. This role will contribute to the design, development, integration, and evaluation of next-generation sensor capabilities focused on detection and tracking, algorithm development, calibration, and performance verification. The Senior Specialist Systems Engineer will work across multidisciplinary teams to define system requirements, support sensor and payload performance analysis, and help mature technical solutions from concept through test and validation. The role will have a strong emphasis on developing and assessing detection and tracking approaches, supporting algorithm design and refinement, and ensuring sensor calibration and verification activities are executed to meet mission performance objectives. Key responsibilities include analyzing sensor system performance, developing and evaluating algorithms for target detection and tracking, supporting calibration planning and execution, defining verification methods and success criteria, and working closely with hardware, software, modeling and simulation, and test teams to ensure end-to-end system effectiveness. The role also includes supporting technical reviews, risk reduction efforts, and the translation of mission needs into actionable engineering requirements. Ideal candidates will have experience with infrared or electro-optical sensing systems, space or missile defense mission applications, systems engineering processes, and performance assessment methods. Strong analytical skills, technical collaboration, and the ability to work across the full development lifecycle are essential. Essential Functions: •    Support development of image and video processing algorithm solutions for space based infrared systems. •    Perform performance analyses of image and video processing algorithms in support of system level trade studies. Support systems engineering trade studies, CONOP development, and modeling/simulation efforts. •    Work alongside embedded software and firmware teams who optimize and implement algorithms for space-based systems. •    Comfortable writing code in Python and/or C/C++ •    Develop and improve instrument documentation, processes, and test procedures •    Support concept of operation development and requirements analysis, decomposition, and generation at various levels of the system •    Support requirements traceability and development of test plans to cover requirements •    Support integration and test of electro-optical/infrared systems and related hardware/software •    Provide support to engineering in developing technical specifications, interface control documents, test plans and procedures, and test conformance to specifications •    Support engineering in the verification of compliance to requirements and validate performance behavior •    Utilize work experience to become Subject Matter Expert in the relative area •    Job