Sr. Spec, Systems Engineer - Avionics

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Systems Engineering – Avionics 

Job Code: 18433

Job Location: Waco, TX

Job Schedule: 9/80

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

About L3Harris Technologies:

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Description:

L3Harris is actively seeking an Avionics Systems Engineer (SE) to support requirements, design, development, test, and integration of complex, specialized hardware/software systems installed on ground and airborne platforms.

Essential Functions:

• Assist in the Design and development of physical architectures incorporating CNS/ATM equipment into airborne systems for military and commercial customers.
• Translate the customer requirements into unique verifiable system level requirements.
• Define requirement traceability methods.
• Assist in leading the systems engineering trade study processes.
• Review trade studies for accuracy and completeness.
• Write subsystem specifications based on system level requirements.
• Review alternative solutions and help establish the system design.
• Review and evaluate technical data package (electrical wiring diagrams, mechanical integration drawings, analysis reports, etc.) to ensure design details trace to system requirements.
• Write effective verification test procedures ensuring system performance and capabilities meet system requirements.
• Prepare effective presentations to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical professionals.

Qualifications:

• Ability to attain a DoD security clearance at the Secret level—an active clearance is highly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate engineering discipline (Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Software, Physics, etc.) and a minimum of 6 years related work experience, or
• Graduate Degree in an appropriate engineering discipline (Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Software, Physics, etc.) and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience, or
• Minimum of 10 years of prior work experience in a directly applicable field.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Ability to use standard Microsoft Office suite of applications
• Ability to operate within a Product Lifecycle Manager (PLM); TeamCenter preferred
• Experience conducting first article verification testing
• Excellent written, oral, and presentation communication skills
• Experience working with subcontractors and US Government customers.
• Experience working successfully both independently and in a team environment with the ability to lead teams through a system development and integration cycle.