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L3Harris Technologies · 17 hours ago

Systems Architect

Rochester, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$108K/yr - $202K/yr

9+ years exp

L3Harris Technologies is a leader in the defense industry, committed to delivering technology solutions that support national security. The Lead Systems Architect will play a critical role in expanding systems solutions within NATO's communication modernization programs, leading technical discussions, and crafting tailored C4ISR solutions.

CommercialInformation TechnologyNational Security

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead technical discussions with customer development teams, leveraging L3Harris Radio and modern MANET Waveforms

Coordinate with Sales, Program and Project Management to translate customer requirements, including informal ones, into balanced technical, schedule, and cost solutions. Participate alongside the Sales and Business Development teams in growing regional business, opportunities and strategic goals

Develop comprehensive system architectures to meet customer-specific requirements for Comms modernization and C4ISR systems, ensuring deployment over various radio frequencies for voice and data applications. These systems will support current opportunities, future capture and program pursuits, and demonstration events

Establish reusable and scalable Systems Architectures and System Concepts of Use tailored to customer-specific requirements and use cases to support Brigade level communication system modernization. Ability to incorporate dynamic and evolving customer needs throughout development of the system architecture

Provide guidance during design and integration activities of L3Harris products with third-party systems, including intercom systems, electronics, software applications, and power systems, from international suppliers and regional partners

Assist with the physical integration designs and plans or Radio products into platforms such as land vehicles, shelters, fixed sites, ships, aircraft, and UAVs on-site at customer military facilities and/or contractor and partner facilities

Prepare white papers and presentations, and present custom systems solutions directly to customers

Represent L3Harris Communication Systems at NATO and Customer-lead conferences and technical meetings, and share relevant topics of interest to internal L3H teams on the latest Communications and Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) trends

Partner with Product PLM and Engineering to influence technical product changes and roadmaps based on significant customer requirements

Develop relationships with technical teams from European CDR network and regional strategic partners to increase technical capacity, systems integration and interoperability

Familiarity with Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Direct Contract Sales (DCS) programs gained from experience working in the international defense market, an understanding of ITAR/EAR trade compliance requirements, and a willingness to embrace working across cultural boundaries throughout the European region

Willingness to travel 25-40% of the time to international locations to support customer meetings, demos, conferences and equipment integration

Ability to obtain a US Secret Security Clearance

Qualification

Systems Level DesignIntegration ExperienceModel-Based Systems EngineeringIP NetworkRF PropagationRequirements ManagementTechnical Proposal ExperienceMulti-Level Security KnowledgeCross-Domain Networks KnowledgeTechnical Writing

Required

Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior related Systems Level Design and Integration experience

Graduate Degree or equivalent with 7 years of prior related experience

In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience

Ability to obtain a US Secret Security Clearance

Willingness to travel 25-40% of the time to international locations to support customer meetings, demos, conferences and equipment integration

Familiarity with Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Direct Contract Sales (DCS) programs gained from experience working in the international defense market

An understanding of ITAR/EAR trade compliance requirements

A willingness to embrace working across cultural boundaries throughout the European region

Preferred

IP Network

RF Propagation, RF Co-Site, RF Colocation

Proficiency in model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools and methodologies

Experience with requirements management and system modeling tools

Knowledge of Multi-Level Security (MLS), cross-domain networks, and Federated Mission Networking (FMN) Framework Process for net-centric operations

Strong technical proposal experience to include knowledge and expertise in the following areas: detailed scheduling, work breakdown structure development, basis of estimates development and technical writing

Experience of demonstrated in Systems Design and Systems Integration with relevant technologies