Principal Project Engineer

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Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing 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. L3

Harris 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.

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Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. 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 –Principal Project Engineer

Job Location –Tewkesbury, UK

Job  –32226

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

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Harris in Tewkesbury is our HQ for our Intelligence & Cyber International division. In the land domain, our T7 and T4 multi-mission robots deliver next-generation remote capabilities and uncompromised performance. We design and manufacture world-leading land force protection systems, cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA), electronic warfare (EW) and encryption capabilities. Our cyber capabilities provide an information advantage in the fields of kinetic conflict, cyber warfare, force protection and counter terrorism.

We are looking for Principal Project Engineers to join our Engineering team leading one or more of our Electronic Warfare or Cyber Security projects.

Reporting to an Engineering Manager, you will lead a cross-discipline team to specify, build and deliver cutting edge embedded systems for a range of domains including;
Electronic Warfare, IP Communications Systems and Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR).

• £3,000 to £6,000 DV Bonus – please note this level of clearance isn’t essential for this role. This bonus is subject to individual clearance and project requirements – discussed upon application.
• Flexible or part-time working arrangements considered upon request
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Leading and owning a complex development programme involving a cross functional engineering team
• Resolving technical issues and leading key design reviews (e.g. SRR, PDR, CDR etc)
• Estimating, scheduling and tracking progress amongst the team and reporting earned value metrics including CPI, SPI, ETC, BCWS, BCWP and ACWP
• Interfacing with and presenting to key stakeholders including customers, regulatory authorities and, internally, with senior managers
• Leading and influencing the architectural design of complex engineering solutions drawing from a range of engineering disciplines including analogue and digital electronics, RF, FPGA, embedded software, application software, user-interface, and mechanical solutions.
• Guiding a development through the systems engineering lifecycle ensuring compliance against internal processes and legal and safety standards
• Contributing to the generation of technical proposals, bids and supporting internal review, governance and sign-off.
• Guiding and mentoring engineers to support skills development within the wider team.

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Experience of taking a leading role in engineering…