Lead, Project Engineer

Job Title: Lead, Project Engineer

Job Code: 38637

Job Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Job Schedule: 9/80- employees work 9 out of 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris' Spectrum Superiority segment is seeking a Project Engineer responsible for the day-to-day tactical duties for assigned programs. Project Engineering will oversees and coordinate the cost/schedule/technical aspects of ongoing engineering projects within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.

Essential Functions:

• Serves as single point-of-contact between engineering project management and planning, engineering project team, and line management


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


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


• Develops mechanisms for monitoring engineering project progress and for intervention and problem solving with engineering project managers, line managers, and customers


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


• May conduct performance/project analyses during phase-down to benefit future/other engineering projects, missions, and programs


• Lead design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.)


• Availability to travel 10-20% of the time to customer and subcontractor sites in support of technical meetings and verification activities

Qualifications:

• An ABET (EAC/CAC) accredited 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. 

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior related experience


• Currently hold a DoD security clearance


• Experience with NSA and NSA certification, TEMPEST certification process, understanding red/black separation design


• Knowledge and experience using AI tools for staffing, forecasting and other related technical tasks


• Comprehensive level knowledge of job area. May have in-depth knowledge of project management


• Implements strategic goals established by leadership on assigned projects


• Establishes operational plans for job area with short-term impact on results


• Expert in Earned Value Management and cost/schedule estimation


• Experience coordinating across multiple engineering functions


• Experience communicating directly with customer and in front of non-technical audience


• Experience in system level development, requirements definition, analysis, and risk mitigation for Communications, Open Systems Architecture, Satellite Communications, and/or Electronic Presentation and communication skills


• Space Communications Design, Architecture Experience


• Space Parts, Materials and Process Background


• Free Space Optics Experience

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