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L3Harris Technologies · 1 day ago

Scientist, Chief Engineer

L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. They are seeking a Chief Engineer with expertise in missile systems and propulsion systems to lead technical strategy and execution for customer-funded efforts.

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Responsibilities

Leadership of systems and propulsion systems design, with a strong focus on continuous improvement related to meeting design milestones on time, and within budget
Co-ownership of metrics related to MRB and Nonconformance rates and closure times for Production Programs, as well as production delivery metrics
Identify IR&D efforts and drive alignment with technical roadmaps to create technology differentiators
Leadership of pursuits with emphasis on technical baseline rigor, cost justification, executability, and risk management
Leads/contributes to program risk/opportunity management, and drives mitigation / realization actions
Responsible for technical issue resolution, ensures root cause is identified and corrective actions are executed to plan
Ability to obtain U.S. Secret Security Clearance
Business travel up to 25%

Qualification

Missile SystemsPropulsion SystemsTechnical Issue ResolutionEngineering LeadershipRequirements AnalysisTechnical CommunicationProcess OptimizationDesign for ManufacturabilityTechnology InnovationTeam Management

Required

Bachelor's Degree engineering, science, or similar technical field with a minimum of 12 years of prior related engineering experience
Graduate Degree with a minimum of 10 years of prior related engineering experience
In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related engineering experience
4+ years leading technical issue resolution via root cause investigation and identification of effective corrective action(s)
4+ years experience communicating and presenting technical data to senior management and customers of varying technical complexity
Ability to obtain U.S. Secret Security Clearance
Business travel up to 25%

Preferred

7+ years of Missile and Propulsion Systems domain knowledge desired
Strong multi-disciplinary technical breadth in Missiles and Propulsion
Ability to quickly understand missions, customer sets, drive strategy
Experience with: Requirements elicitation, analysis and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements reviews, developing concepts of operation and interface standards, and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management
Leading large, complex, and multidisciplinary teams on engineering development programs
Technology innovation and owning technology roadmaps, prototyping efforts, and reference architectures
Leading efforts to optimize engineering processes for efficiency and compliance
Scaling engineering talent, growing technical teams, and staffing programs effectively to meet customer/program needs
Design for manufacturability
Successfully executing multi-site engineering efforts

Company

L3Harris Technologies

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L3Harris Technologies provides platform management system solutions for armed forces.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.25B
2024-03-27Post Ipo Debt· $2.25B
1978-01-13IPO

Leadership Team

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Tania Hanna
Vice President Government & Customer Relations
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Chip Teets
Senior Director, International Programs, Products & Technology
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