Applied Systems Designer (12 contract)

at  L3Harris Technologies

DESIRED SKILLS

• Familiarity with the installation and integration of systems in one of the following domains, airborne, maritime, or land.
• Understanding of systems engineering principals in a government contract environment
• Strong leadership, planning, organizational, analytical, and decision making skills
• Strong project and technical management skills. Ability to manage and execute multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to coordinate activities with multiple departments such as Design Engineering, Manufacturing and Programs Management office.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to deal directly with internal and external customers
• Ability to learn and grow within a fast paced environment
• Understanding and familiarity with Military Specifications. These includes MIL-STD- 810, MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-464
• Understanding and familiarity of communication protocols.
• Willing to travel on short notice

DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

• Undergraduate Engineering Degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years progressive technical and project experience
• Proven experience in managing complex technical projects

• Act as a main technical point of contact for Wescam customers for book and build programs. This role will support assigned programs from pre-sale to post delivery.
• Provide program engineering support to the Program Office for a variety of projects. Projects will vary from Engineering R&D, major system developments, government system sales, to OEM and commercial sales.
• Manage multiple technical projects in a cross functional environment, with the ability to balance requirements of a variety of stakeholders, including internal and external parties.
• Develop Concept of Operations, system level requirements specification and interface documentation to support customer missions.
• Execute the technical perspective of the contracts. Define system configuration, and develop equipment and data deliverable list.
• Lead and collaborate with other engineering teams to create deliverables to meet contractual requirements.
• Proactively manage assigned projects, generate timely and quality outputs, and work with associated parties, including factory, to meet delivery schedule.
• Act as a subject matter expert to internal and external customers on the installation, integration and verification of Wescam products.
• Develop systems level test procedure, perform functional verification and software regression tests of Wescam products.
• Perform site survey, provide onsite integration and system acceptance support.
• In collaboration with Design team and NPI to help develop new systems technologies and products to fulfill a wide variety of requirements
• Support to Bids and Proposal, and Sales Activities, including analysis of customer missions in order to define technical solutions, preparation of engineering estimates, and carryout of sales demos.
• Support Lean Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement initiatives