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Job Title: Senior Scientist, Systems Engineer

Job Code: 28926

Job Location: Herndon, VA

Job Schedule: 9/80 (Every other Friday off!)
Relocation:Relocation assistance is available to qualified applicants

Job Description:  

The Advanced Concept Engineer (ACE) provides strategic technical leadership to draw on L3Harris' technical competencies to meet the business needs of L3Harris and its customers. The ACE is the technical interface between L3Harris and our customers’ engineering staff, supporting the Business Development staff in the creation of new business opportunities. The successful ACE will engage with customer, engineering, operations, and management personnel to define and document the customer’s CONOPS and requirements, perform trade studies, engage L3Harris Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to architect an affordable solution carrying acceptable risk, and lead resulting proposal efforts. The ACE considers all of the needs, resources, and constraints, including the customer mission, budget limitations, technical preferences, physics boundaries, and the political climate, in a manner that creates trust in the ACE as well as L3Harris. During program execution, the ACE is the technical advocate and voice of the customer during program reviews.  This role requires experience in systems engineering, system architecture development, competitive assessment, project engineering management and development program execution. 

The Advanced Concept Engineer should be a subject matter expert in multiple technical domains with an entrepreneurial background.  This individual will work closely with business development and senior management to respond to customer needs with technical presentations, white papers and proposals; requests for proposals, information and broad agency announcements; and provide market and subject matter expert guidance to business strategy and existing development efforts.  Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills, coupled with the ability to work cross-functionally between a large engineering enterprise and external partners is required.

Essential Functions: 

Interpretation of customers’ mission needs with a focus on identifying mission gaps and addressable marketAdvocates customer critical needs to internal stakeholdersBuilds business cases and manages discretionary resources  Roadmaps organic technology, discretionary funding, external partner capabilities, and customer funded studies to build new business opportunitiesPerforms technical and management competitive assessments to clearly communicate why and how the new business opportunities provide value to L3Harris and the customerEvaluates customer and operational needs to help define and coordinate high level system performance, physical, functional, and program interface requirementsSynthesis and life cycle ownership of mission architectureGeneration of the initial Concept of Operations (CONOPS) or Operational Descriptions Document (ODD)  Generation of initial system architecture views; decomposing opportunity to addressable configuration items in a compressive value chain frameworkLeads the development of appropriate solutions to customer needs  Demonstrates broad and deep technical knowledge; accesses Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) as needed  Determines whether requirements can be met with existing capabilities/designs or if new design requirements must be developedLeads and coordinates various analyses to optimize total system of systems and/or system architecture  Assess and provide direction for make/buy decisions and selection of strategic suppliersEstablishes the technology integration or migration strategiesLeads and perform trade studies required to make both tactical and strategic technical decisions for pursuitProvides technical coordination between customer, industry, and internal engineering groups to articulate technical issuesPrepares and presents technical information that addresses specific subjects of interestAnalyzes and develops recommendations to resolve contractual technical issuesMaintains a macro view of L3Harris' existing and emerging technologies  Leads and coordinates pursuit activities such as technical baseline reviews, request for input (RFI) responses, request for proposal (RFP) responses, and white papers. 

Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience.15 years' experience in RF Engineering including ideation, analysis of alternatives, and link budgets15 years' experience in Satellite SME with expertise in multi-orbit communications over a wide range of frequencies (5G/LTE, L, S, Ka and Ku bands) and the ability to develop and implement SDR solutions for satellite communications.10 years' experience in offensive and defensive Cyber mission experience with the ability to identify core mission gaps and influence customer solution space10 years of proven technical business development skills winning DoD/Government programs or CRADActive Top Secret Security Clearance. 

Preferred Additional Skills:

Experience with IP networking, routing, and switchingKnowledge of cloud-based infrastructure and services, including storage, computing, and networkingExperience with securing communication links and dataExperience with AI tools and frameworks for developing intelligent systems and automating processesUnderstanding of regulatory requirements for satellite communications with experience in obtaining necessary licenses and ensuring complianceDemonstrated entrepreneurial successDemonstrated quick reaction technical team leadership experienceExperience analyzing, developing, and integrating electronic systems in areas such as remote sensing, aerospace payloads, mission computing, communications, networking, robotics, and cyber / electronic warfareExperience working with and for Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC) — both domestic and international In-depth knowledge of semiconductor R&D and supply chainExtensive knowledge of integrated photonics, MEMS, RF systems, and quantum sensorsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsExcels in communication, adeptly translating complex technical concepts for diverse audiences, including non-technical stakeholders and cross-functional teamsExperience with functional and physical architecture developmentExperience collaborating in a team environmentAbility to work autonomously and with others to resolve technical issues

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

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 government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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