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L3Harris Technologies · 2 days ago

Chief Program Engineer

Orlando, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

9+ years exp

L3Harris Technologies is a leader in the defense industry, dedicated to providing technology solutions for national security. The Chief Program Engineer will oversee engineering tasks, manage design requirements, and ensure product designs meet operational standards while leading Integrated Product Teams in the development and production of missile target systems.

CommercialInformation TechnologyNational Security

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Hiring Manager

Kirsten Forrest

Responsibilities

Provide Technical Oversight to all Integrated Product Teams (IPT) working on a system’s development, verification, and production tasks. Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams’ work and manage technical progress, risk, schedule, and cost as needed

Provide communication of program status to the Engineering Director, Program Manager, and Senior Staff. Program status includes overall program health, technical design and development results, risk management status, schedule and cost reporting. Responsible for overseeing/directing preparation of technical reports, presentations, and customer design reviews

Utilize organizational skills to effectively coordinate schedules and work flow utilizing the knowledge of operations (manufacturing, engineering, test, etc.) as required to accomplish assigned activities and an understanding of business management systems

Provide technical consultation to Program Management and Business Development organizations for business development activities such as writing white papers or preparing and presenting technical briefings to customers

Provide technical support on proposals to government customers or prime contractors for engineering development or technology programs

Qualification

Engineering managementRisk managementAerospace engineeringTechnical oversightProject managementTeam coordinationCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsTechnical writingProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and minimum 9 years of prior relevant Engineering 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

Active Secret Clearance

Experience managing engineering projects, to include program logic development, planning, systems engineering processes and schedule development/maintenance

Knowledge of risk assessment and risk management techniques

Ability to apply Engineering skills to aerospace products in the interest of meeting mission assurance objectives

Understanding of design life cycle for design, manufacture, assembly and test principles

Experience with Cargo Air Drops from Military Aircraft