Lead, Systems Engineering - Avionics Development

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Lead, Systems Engineering (Avionics Development Systems Engineer)

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Alpharetta, GA

9/80:
Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

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Harris, Military Displays Division, Systems Engineering group, located in Alpharetta, GA, is seeking a highly motivated Lead, Avionics Development Systems Engineer to serve as the operational technical leader for complex avionics and display development efforts supporting military and commercial platforms. In this role, you will direct technical activities across the system lifecycle with accountability for requirements management, technical integration, system performance, verification strategy, and lifecycle execution.

You will translate customer and architectural vision into executable technical plans, lead cross-functional engineering alignment, and ensure technical coherence from concept development through deployment, qualification, and production support. The ideal candidate will bring strong customer engagement, supplier technical oversight, and the ability to influence engineering direction across Integrated Product Teams with minimal oversight.

• Lead technical planning and execution across all phases of the system development lifecycle, from concept development and requirements definition through integration, verification, certification, production transition, and field support.
• Own the systems engineering technical baseline, including requirements capture, decomposition, allocation, traceability, interface definition, and verification strategy.
• Lead cross-functional technical integration across hardware, software, mechanical, test, manufacturing, quality, suppliers, and program leadership to ensure system performance and technical coherence.
• Translate customer needs, architectural objectives, and program constraints into executable technical plans and actionable engineering work products.
• Drive formal program reviews and lifecycle milestones, including SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and MRR, and resolve cross-discipline technical issues that affect cost, schedule, performance, or risk.
• Serve as the primary systems engineering interface to customers, suppliers, and internal leadership for requirements, technical risk, integration status, and technical decision‑making.
• Provide technical oversight of systems‑level documents and certification artifacts, including planning documents, verification and validation summaries, compliance evidence, and deviation reports from suppliers.
• Guide verification and validation activities, including development of Requirements Traceability Verification Matrices, Design Verification Testing, Acceptance Test Procedures, and Interface Definition and Control documentation.
• Lead technical risk and opportunity management activities and support program trade studies to balance performance, schedule, cost, supportability, and certification objectives.
• Apply systems engineering experience with avionics communications protocols, Built‑In Self‑Test, continuous test features, and requirements tools such as DOORS, Jama, and Cameo as needed to support program execution.
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to improvements in systems engineering methods, processes, and tools across the organization.
• Position may involve up to 5%‑10% travel to customers, suppliers, and L3
  
  Harris locations.
• Ability to…