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: Specialist, Systems Engineer Job Code: 42914 Job Location: Waco, TX Job Schedule: 9/80 Regular - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off.

Work as part of a development team in the Systems Engineering department which includes support of requirement development, design and architecture generation, test, integration, and certification of complex systems installed on airborne platforms.   Essential Functions: Design and develop physical architectures incorporating mission system equipment into airborne systems for military and commercial customers. These systems vary from program to program, so the ability to quickly learn and integrate new systems is critical. This requires a baseline understanding of electrical and mechanical systems. Translate customer and airworthiness requirements into unique verifiable system level requirements. Lead Program Integrated Product Teams of cross-disciplined engineers with internal and external members. Become a focal point for conversation with the customer on technical issues. Define requirement traceability methods. Perform the systems engineering trade study process.  Evaluate trade studies for accuracy and completeness.  Write subsystem specifications based on system level requirements.  Evaluate alternative solutions and establish preliminary system design.  Prepare effective presentations to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical professionals. Ability to use standard Microsoft Office suite of applications. Ability to operate within a Product Lifecycle Manager (PLM).

Bachelor’s Degree in appropriate engineering discipline (Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Software, Physics, etc.) and minimum 4 years of relevant prior experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of work experience in a directly applicable field. Demonstrated expereince with systems engineering and integration.   Preferred Additional Skills: Active Secret Clearance Experience with Boeing 747 aircraft Prior experience integrating mission systems on airborne platforms. DOORS or other requirement tracking tools experience  Digital Databus Standards (ARINC 429, MIL-STD-1553) experience Experience conducting first article verification testing Excellent written, oral, and presentation communication skills Experience working with subcontractors and US Government customers.  Experience working successfully both independently and in a team environment with the ability to lead teams through a system development and integration cycle.       #LI-AM2 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,