L3Harris Technologies

Lead Project Engineer

L3Harris Technologies

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Anaheim • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $125,000 - $232,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Provides technical leadership, acting as a Program Chief Engineer with a Chief System Engineer on issues related to subcontractors, suppliers and customers, supports management of the technical risks and opportunities to optimize program performance
  • Responsible for the day-to-day tactical duties for assigned programs, including leading teams of engineers and managing their own workload.
  • Oversees and coordinates the cost/schedule/technical aspects of ongoing engineering projects within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.
  • Partners with Systems Engineering to ensure design reviews and readiness events are completed on time with satisfactory presentation material.
  • Helps write and review Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverables such as technical reports, memos and test results.
  • Presents program progress and status to customer program office and technical teams.
  • Serves as point-of-contact between engineering project management and planning, engineering project team, and line management.
  • Assesses engineering project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
  • Coordinates with the Manager for Project Engineering and site Director of Engineering.
  • Develops mechanisms for monitoring engineering project progress and for intervention and problem solving with engineering project managers, line managers, and customers.
  • Leads risk and opportunity management for their assigned program.
  • Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received.
  • May support Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and writing of Bases of Estimates (BOEs) to support proposal work.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience
  • Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience
  • in lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience
  • Ability to obtain US DOD Secret Clearance which requires US Citizenship
  • Multi-Disciplined Team Lead Experience 9+ years after receiving Bachelor's degree
  • Must have prior experience being a Technical Lead on a developmental or production program
  • Working knowledge of DOD program environment; esp. FAR, ITAR, FMS, DCS, MIL requirements
  • Exerts influence in the successful execution of programs & projects through review of actions such as but not limited to review basis of estimates (BOE), tracking program technical performance measures, and ensures programs adherence to engineering processes and best practices
  • Experience with Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Organizational Breakdown Structures (OBS), and change management within the Program Management Baseline (PMB)
  • Must have a good working knowledge of Earned Value Management and competency in understanding and EAC/ETC reporting metrics.
Benefits
  • health and disability insurance
  • 401(k) match
  • flexible spending accounts
  • EAP
  • education assistance
  • parental leave
  • paid time off
  • company-paid holidays

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
program managementtechnical leadershiprisk managementEarned Value Managementchange managementWork Breakdown StructuresOrganizational Breakdown StructuresContract Data Requirements Listtechnical report writingprogram performance optimization
Soft skills
team leadershipproblem solvingcommunicationinfluencecoordinationpresentation skillscustomer satisfaction focusinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillstactical decision making
Certifications
US DOD Secret Clearance