Technical Fellow, Encryption

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: Technical Fellow - Encryption Job Code: 43497 Job Location: Camden, NJ Job Schedule: 9/80   Job Description:   The L3Harris Fellow – Encryption is a senior technical authority responsible for shaping the company’s strategy, architecture, and innovation in cryptographic systems and appliances, with emphasis on defense, national security, and high-assurance encryption solutions for the protection of US Government classified data. This role provides enterprise leadership in the definition, development and application of advanced encryption technologies that protect classified mission-critical communications, data, platforms, and networks operating in highly-contested environments. The Fellow serves as a recognized expert in secure communications and cryptographic system design, guiding the technical direction of programs, influencing investment priorities, supporting customer engagement, and ensuring alignment with national security requirements, certification expectations, and evolving threat environments.   Essential Functions:   Serve as the enterprise technical leader for high-assurance and mission-critical encryption technologies applied across diverse tactical and strategic applications. Define and guide technical strategy for encryption solution architectures, secure communications, key management, and cryptographic modernization across defense and intelligence-focused programs. Lead the design, assessment, certification and deployment of high-assurance cryptographic solutions for tactical radios, datalinks, embedded mission systems, open architectures, secure networks, space systems, airborne platforms, and multi-domain operations. Provide deep technical expertise in: Applied cryptographic systems Government-approved cryptographic algorithms and implementations COMSEC device architectures and key management Embedded programmable encryption solutions Secure boot, trusted execution, and hardware roots of trust Cross-domain and interoperable secure communications Anti-tamper and protection of critical program information Crypto modernization and transition planning Post-quantum cryptography and future secure architectures Advise program teams on security architecture, cryptographic integration, technical risk, trade studies, and certification considerations. Support business development and competitive business capture by shaping discriminating secure communications and encryption solutions for defense customers. Partner with systems, software, hardware, programmable logic design, cybersecurity, and mission assurance teams to ensure encryption capabilities are integrated effectively into complex platforms and product lines. Guide technical approaches for interoperability, certification readiness, survivability, and lifecycle sustainment of encryption-enabled systems. Conduct and lead independent technical reviews of encryption implementations, key management concepts, interface definitions, certification documentation, and secure communications architectures. Mentor principal engineers, architects, and senior technical staff in the development of high-assurance cryptographic expertise across the enterprise. Represent L3Harris as a trusted technical authority with customers,