L3Harris Hiring for Lead, Project Engineering at Colorado Springs, Colorado Full Time

Description:

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, 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.

About L3Harris Technologies:

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $17 billion in annual revenue, 50,000 employees and customers in more than 130 countries.

Job Title: Lead, Project Engineer

Job Code: SAS20231206-102262

Job Location: Colorado Springs, CO

Job Description:

• Responsible for full lifecycle Project Engineering support for a range of software and hardware development as well as integration efforts.

• Experience with procurement, manufacturing, manual assembly processes, and leading an assembly team on a tight schedule.

• Primarily production and test equipment at this point for us so background skills of engineering support to Production

• Engineering/technical skill maintaining and troubleshooting Automated Test Equipment preferred

• Ability to manage internal to through Production Test Failure Investigations

• Ability to lead external interface with Customer for all Failure Review Boards (typically associated with ATP failures)

• Responsible for successfully leading a project team to meet customer requirements within allocated cost and schedule commitments in a growing business area.

• Develops, oversees and coordinates the cost/schedule/technical aspects of ongoing engineering projects within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.

• Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports.

• Assesses engineering issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.

• Identifies, tracks, mitigates, manages, and dispositions program-level risks and opportunities.

• Estimate resource and material needs for the project/product.

• Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received.

• Understands how to develop a schedule using Earned Value (EV), and manage a project using the Earned Value Indicators.

• Participate in small teams and perform a wide variety of tasks

• Must have ability and willingness to work in a collaborative team environment on quick reaction projects and will have regular contact with customers.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience

• Experience with best practices for project engineering and program execution

• Experience in managing multi-discipline programs across multiple locations

• Experience in software development and integration programs

• Experience managing projects with budgets of $15M+

• Experience with Technical Supplier Management, Risk and Opportunity Management

• Active security clearance required

• Experience in Space Systems development programs is preferred

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience leading Government Contract development programs preferred

• Experience or knowledge of Government contract acquisition lifecycle a plus

• Experience with management of design to cost activities a plus.

• Experience with program pursuit and proposal activities.

• Experience in Root Cause Corrective Action process and techniques

• Experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, etc.

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.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/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.