Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer

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Job Title: Senior Specialist, Systems Engineering

Job Code: 39775

Job Location: Lynchburg, VA

Job Schedule: 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 Implementation Systems Engineer is a customer facing position to support the design, implementation and testing of Land Mobile Radio wireless communications systems for Public Safety, Transportation and Utility Customers. System Designs and test plans are developed to meet customer system requirements. Technical oversight for L3

Harris and teams of subcontractors is required to meet customer commitments.

Job Responsibilities include the development of design documentation to include application descriptions, interface control documents, system design drawings, system integration, network configuration, and test plans. This role requires participation in discussions with customers, consultants, vendors, subcontractors and other L3

Harris personnel as necessary to complete contractual commitments. In addition, technical planning, system parts ordering, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems is required. Analyses are performed at all levels of system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.

This position ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems and subsystem solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule and cost constraints.

• Provide Systems Engineering project ownership after contract award including: final design and equipment selection, implementation and as-built documentation, factory and on-site installation and system optimization.
• Project execution including partnering with a Project Manager, Network Engineer and other System Engineers to ensure complete project lifecycle integration.
• Interaction with project teams, able to accept project responsibilities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges.
• Growing knowledge in one or more specialty areas and working toward becoming an expert resource.
• Participate in discussions with customers, consultants, vendors and other L3
  
  Harris personnel as necessary to advance projects.
• Ability to travel 30%+.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance.
• Ability to obtain Sec+ certification.
• US Citizen.
• Ability to obtain Secret Clearance.

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

• Able to work within a cross-functional team environment with excellent interpersonal skills. Effective at both verbal and written communication (English). The successful candidate will possess shared L3
  
  Harris values of Integrity, Teamwork, Excellence, and Accountability.
• PMP certification.
• Sec+ certification.
• Experience in land-mobile radio industry.
• Broad knowledge of project management.
• Experience leading or as the primary technical interface owning projects.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to…