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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:  Sr. Specialist, Systems Engineer

Job Code:   16677

Job Location:  Salt Lake City-UT

Job Schedule: 9/80, every other Friday off

L3Harris’ Communication Systems segment is currently seeking a Lead, Systems Engineer to join our team. This position will be based at our Salt Lake City, UT facility.  

Position Overview:

The Systems Engineer will be responsible for the life-cycle support of data link (wideband, narrowband and/or SATCOM) systems from conceptual development through product phase-out. This includes proposal support, requirements analysis and management, task planning, technical documentation (including generation of Statements of Work and specifications), design oversight participation, design synthesis in a multi-functional engineering environment, build and test support, subcontract control, risk management input, integration and verification test support, system deployment support and in-house technical support during the operational life-cycle of the system.  

Essential Responsibilities: 

Performs research and development in assigned engineering discipline Assists in the planning and conducting of technical projects or portions of projects Employs best practices, tools and techniques and applies processes and methodologies selected to design and develop new products or modify existing products Assists in the capture and/or management of customer and derived requirements, decomposition and assignment of requirements to appropriate functional areas of responsibility, insuring traceability from a verification test matrix back to original customer and system level derived requirements Provides support to lead engineers in developing technical specifications, interface control documents, test plans and procedures, configuration analysis and processing solutions, and test conformance to specifications Reviews literature, patents and current industry practices of relevance to assigned project Ensures technical performance, quality, and adherence to schedule Follows processes in conformance with established policies and objectives May coordinate the efforts of technical support personnel May provide technical consultation to internal organizations and/or customers May evaluate vendor capabilities to provide required products or services May participate in design reviews Ability to obtain a US DoD Security Clearance

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior systems engineering experience 

Preferred Qualifications:

Minimum of 7 years' experience with engineering design concepts and engineering practices and procedures required to develop, test and deploy systems. Experience in product development a plus (preferably in military application environment).  Presentation and communication skills (verbal/written/visual) Problem solving skills and the ability to meet critical deadlines Understanding in coordination of project(s) and efforts of technical support personnel Ability to productively contribute work, ideas and collaboration as part of a team Ability, willingness to travel when required to support customer installation, demonstrations and general field support 

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