Scientist, Systems Engineering – Space Vehicle Thermal
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Palm Bay • Florida, New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $130,500 - $278,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Serve as an Enterprise SV Thermal Lead across the Space Sector at L3Harris
- Responsible for the technical strategy, execution and mentoring of SV Thermal Engineers
- Lead teams of SV level thermal engineers through the product life cycle activities ranging from initial requirements and architectures, design and development, integration and test and operations
- Occasional direct support to Programs and Customers to ensure execution activities of all functional disciplines for existing portfolio programs and new pursuits
- Establish and standardize SV level thermal engineering activities for all phases of the program life cycle
- Develop processes for standardizing SV level requirements derivation and flow down
- Develop guidelines for SV level trade studies, common analyses and integration activities tailorable for each mission area and program
- Review program SV level thermal engineering work products for consistency
- Support major technical reviews and failure investigations as an Independent Reviewer
- Mentor and train program SV level Thermal Engineers
- Hold monthly working group meetings across program SV level thermal engineer to share lessons learned, best practices, ongoing concerns/issues, and potential opportunities
- Ensure engineering excellence on executing programs through consistent and repeatable SV level thermal engineering activities across the Sector
- Ability to obtain and maintain a clearance
- Ability to travel as required
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 12 years of prior related experience
- Graduate Degree with a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience
- Prior experience in space vehicle thermal performance analysis such as vehicle-level thermal capability analyses, thermal backload assessment, radiator sizing
- Integrated Space Vehicle Thermal CSCIs for end-to-end mission performance
- Internal and external thermal interface management
- Space vehicle thermal fault management architectures and design
- Leading both internal and external supplier thermal engineering teams
- Thermal/Firmware integration with hardware, testing, and troubleshooting
- Strong track record of leading thermal engineering teams through all phases of a space program
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
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
thermal performance analysisthermal backload assessmentradiator sizingthermal interface managementthermal fault management architecturesthermal engineeringthermal/Firmware integrationtestingtroubleshootingrequirements derivation
Soft skills
mentoringleadershipcommunicationteam collaborationproblem-solvingorganizational skillstrainingexecution strategyreview and feedbackbest practices sharing