Lead, Electro-Optical Systems Engineer
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Wilmington • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $125,000 - $232,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Coordinate with program leadership to develop a technical plan and path forward for program execution.
- Develop and integrate advanced electro-optical systems for space-based applications, ensuring compliance with all relevant specifications and mission requirements.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance in the areas of systems engineering, including architecture development, requirements analysis, and verification and validation (V&V).
- Define, manage, and maintain system and sub-system level requirements, ensuring traceability and compliance throughout the project lifecycle.
- Conduct modeling and simulation activities to predict system performance and behavior under various operational scenarios.
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the project lifecycle, from conceptual design to final system delivery and operation.
- Generate and maintain detailed technical documentation, including system specifications, design descriptions, test plans, and test reports.
- Translate the voice of the customer into system level requirements and evaluate alternative solutions to establish preliminary system designs.
- Develop and evaluate trade studies for accuracy and completeness to support decision-making processes.
- Identify and solve problems using logical engineering thought processes.
- Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including subcontractors and U.S. Government customers, to ensure alignment and project success.
- Ensure all engineering activities adhere to industry standards, regulatory requirements, and best practices.
- Provide training and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering their development and growth within the team.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, or other related scientific discipline
- 9 years of relevant space-based EO/IR systems engineering work experience
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience or 13 years of prior related experience in lieu of a degree
- Experience as a Control Account Manager (CAM) and Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL)
- 6+ years experience in electro-optics, including experience with optical design, sensors, detectors, and imaging systems
- 6+ years experience working with engineering and simulation software tools, such as MATLAB
- Candidate must be eligible to obtain a DOD Secret security clearance
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
systems engineeringarchitecture developmentrequirements analysisverification and validationmodeling and simulationelectro-opticsoptical designsensorsdetectorsimaging systems
Soft skills
technical leadershipproblem solvingcommunicationmentorshipteam coordination
Certifications
DOD Secret security clearance