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.

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 space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Title: Scientist, Software Engineer

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Code: 15786

Work Schedule: 9x80

Essential Functions:

Drive critical decisions about the high-level structure of a software system (architecture), its main components and their interfaces and interactionsResponsible for guiding software product development through analysis, design, development, testing and integrationMay serve in a customer facing IPT lead technical role for software focused discussionsParticipate in overall bid strategy discussions, cost estimates, and generation of technical documentation artifacts to support software related proposal effortsDesign software architecture with consideration for full product and product line performance, integration, reliability, usability, maintainability, scalability, etc.Help define product roadmaps and software quality metricsRaise level of software functional organization proficiency in DevSecOps, CI/CD, Agile MethodologyRecommend tactics and strategies that directly impact the achievement of overall business or functional resultsPropose technical standards, including coding standards, tools, or platformsProvide input to project schedule, financial and technical goals as appropriateAnalyze and assist in the development of requirements flowed down by Systems EngineeringOversee and/or participate on a software team to design, document, develop and test software in alignment with a unified architectural visionHelp resolve any disputes/design conflicts and make tradeoffs when necessary keeping product performance in mindIdentify risks and propose mitigations when necessaryParticipate in software design/code reviewsParticipate in Integration efforts/Bug fixes/optimization of existing software systemsParticipate in estimating efforts for programsDeliver highly technical messages/presentations communicating at the level of the audience

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior software related experience

Preferred Additional Skills:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or related field12+ years of experience developing software applications with an object-oriented programming languageDemonstrated ability leading small to medium sized software development teams through all phases of the software development lifecycleBroad, extensive and modern knowledge of the software development process and its technologiesUnderstanding of software metrics and performance measuresExperience estimating and justifying size/cost/schedule of a software development effortExperience developing and working against a scheduleExperience with executing throughout the full development life cycle including requirements flow-down and allocation, design, development, test, and sell-offExperience with Agile and Waterfall Methodologies

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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