Senior Specialist, Project Engineering

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Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title:
Senior Specialist, Project Engineering

Job Code: 46863

Job Location:
Ashburn, VA (On-Site)

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

Sign on Bonus:
This position offers a $10,000 sign on bonus for external candidates who currently hold an active U.S. Security Clearance

We are seeking a motivated and innovative individual to join our team as a Project Engineering Senior Specialist. This position involves the technical leadership and oversight of the requirements, design, analysis, development, test & evaluation of unmanned aerial systems. Responsibilities include technical management of new and existing products, and new development project planning and execution. Individual will be responsible for leading a multi-disciplined engineering team on complex projects at various phases of project life cycle.

Work closely with the Program Manager, engineering team, manufacturing, quality and other departments as necessary to expedite project completion and most importantly meet the customer expectations.

• Serves as lead on technical proposals and program execution
• Responsible for managing and directing program management teams with the cost, schedule, technical, and contractual performance requirements of a complex technical program portfolios through the life-cycle phases of development, implementation, and operations. This includes utilizing Earned Value Management, maintaining an integrated master schedule, managing development and test to a technical baseline, and maintains an active and proactive risk management program. Responsible for budget management and financial execution of the portfolio.
• Proactively manages risk, including identification and mitigation plans, and issue elevation and resolution
• Effectively communicates status to stakeholders, including organizational leadership, multifunctional teams, and the customer
• Solves problems with a calm sense of urgency
• Demonstrates operational discipline and ownership
• Maintains scope control through disciplined change management
• Brings passion for innovation, a sophisticated understanding of electronic equipment and systems, and the ability to further advance L3
  
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• Coordinates all technical aspects of the project to meet scope, schedule and design to cost goals
• Uses project management best practices and industry standards for resource planning, personnel oversight, and cost/schedule tracking
• Ability to establish a culture of trust, open communications, data driven decision making, customer focus and relentless continuous improvement.
• Work with functional leadership to ensure that all resources such as engineering, manpower, production, and facilities are available to support the program are reflected in staffing demand tools.
• Ability to support 20% travel.

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior…