Sr. Specialist, Project Engineering/Management; Space optical systems
Listed on 2026-01-30
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics
Overview
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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: Sr. Specialist, Project Engineering/Management (Space optical systems)
Job Code: 33326
Job Location: Wilmington, MA
Work Schedule: 9/80 (Every other Friday off)
Relocation: Relocation assistance is available to qualified applicants
Job DescriptionL3
Harris Space and Mission Systems has a need for an Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL) and Control Account Manager (CAM) Project Engineer (PE). This critical position leads the development and delivery of cutting-edge Space-based payloads and sensors for remote sensing, missile warning and track, and space war fighting within technical, cost, and schedule objectives of a project baseline throughout all phases of the program life cycle.
This role is responsible for full lifecycle Project Engineering support for a range of software and hardware development, assembly, and integration and test efforts.
The position is critical to our warfighter customer to ensure delivery of crucial space products!
Responsibilities- Responsible for successfully leading a project team to meet customer requirements within allocated cost and schedule commitments.
- Develops, oversees, and coordinates the cost/schedule/technical aspects of an ongoing engineering project within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.
- Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets, manages schedules, drives execution, identifies opportunities, and delivers results through achieving payment milestones.
- Assesses engineering issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
- Identifies, tracks, mitigates, manages, and dispositions program-level risks and opportunities.
- Estimate resource and material needs for the project/product.
- Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received.
- Understands how to develop a schedule using Earned Value (EV) and manage a project using the Earned Value Indicators on a DCMA surveilled program (highest rigor applied).
- Participate in small teams and perform a wide variety of tasks to drive execution (e.g., value stream mapping activities)
- Must have ability and willingness to work in a collaborative team environment on quick reaction projects and will have regular contact with customers.
- Must be able to get a program SAP security 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
- Active Top Secret security clearance required
- Prior or current IPTL/CAM Professional experience
- Prior or current experience with project engineering and program execution
- Experience in managing multi-discipline programs across multiple locations
- Experience in managing a team Integrated Product Team Leads (IPTL) and driving labor resources in a matrix organization
- Experience with Technical Supplier Management, Risk and Opportunity Management
- Experience in space telescope, optical-mechanical development programs is preferred
- Experience or knowledge of Government contract acquisition lifecycle a plus
- Experience with management of design to cost activities
- Experience with program pursuit and proposal activities
- Experience with operations and/or manufacturing activities
- Experience in Root Cause…
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