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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: Lead Project Engineer
Job Code: 46682
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
L3Harris is seeking a Lead Project Engineer to provide technical leadership and day-to-day execution for assigned Spitfire and LRASM/JASSM programs. The Project Engineer integrates engineering scope, technical performance, cost, schedule, risk, and customer commitments within the program baseline established by the Program Manager and customer.
Serves as the engineering focal point among program management, control account managers, engineering functional leads, integrated product teams, operations, quality, supply chain, and line management
Maintains the integrated engineering execution plan, including technical scope, staffing, schedules, deliverables, risks, issues, dependencies, and recovery actions; provides clear status to program leadership and customers
Drives timely technical issue resolution, root-cause analysis, corrective action, and risk mitigation to protect product performance, quality, schedule, and customer commitments
Establishes actionable execution metrics and intervention plans; partners with Program Management and Finance to manage engineering earned value, forecasts, estimate-to-complete, and cost and schedule variance
Coordinates resources and required approvals across engineering disciplines; ensures configuration-controlled technical decisions, interfaces, and changes are evaluated and executed
Leads preparation for and execution of engineering and program reviews, including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, qualification, acceptance, and flight readiness activities, as applicable
Coordinates integration, verification, and production-readiness activities; communicates effectively with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders
Comprehensive knowledge of project engineering, systems engineering, and integrated product development for complex hardware and software programs
Demonstrated ability to translate program objectives into executable engineering plans and align cross-functional teams to the technical baseline
Experience managing technical execution through development, integration, verification, production, delivery, and sustainment phases
Working expertise in Earned Value Management, engineering cost and schedule estimation, forecasting, and variance analysis
Experience coordinating across multiple engineering functions, manufacturing/operations, quality, supply chain, and program controls
Experience communicating directly with government and industry customers and presenting technical status, risks, and decisions to technical and non-technical audiences
Availability to travel 10-20% of the time to customer and supplier sites in support of technical meetings, reviews, integration, and verification activities
Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
Graduate degree in an engineering or technical discipline
Active DoD security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one
Experience with DoD missile, weapon-system, or similarly complex defense programs; LRASM/JASSM RFE experience and/or A3M/PTW preferred
Experience with requirements management, configuration management, technical baseline control, systems integration, verification planning, and risk/opportunity management
Experience leading engineering execution in a production or rate-readiness environment, including supplier coordination and nonconformance/corrective-action closure
Proficiency with engineering planning and execution tools such as IMS, EVM systems, requirements management, and configuration-management tools
Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound technical judgment, and the ability to lead through influence across a matrixed organization
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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.
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