Lead, Project Engineering
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Plano • Texas • United States
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About the role
- Responsible for full lifecycle Project Engineering support for a range of software and hardware development, assembly, integration, test, and production efforts
- 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
- May work under the direction of an Enterprise level Project Engineer or Senior Project Engineer/leader
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
- Experience with best practices for project engineering and program execution
- Experience in managing multi-discipline programs
- Experience in engineering development and integration programs (inclusive of SW, HW, FW)
- Experience managing projects with total budgets of $50M+
- 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 with program pursuit and proposal activities, including cost estimation and technical proposal management
- DOD Secret Security Clearance Preferred
- Experience leading DOD Government Contract development programs
- Experience or knowledge of Government contract acquisition lifecycle a plus
- Experience with management of design to cost activities
- Experience with operations and/or manufacturing activities
- Experience in Root Cause Corrective Action process and techniques
- Program Management Institute – PMP certification desired or internal CAM/IPTL/PL certifications
- Experience in Engineering development programs, Agile Development Lifecycle
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project engineeringprogram executionengineering developmentintegration programscost estimationrisk managementearned value managementdesign to costroot cause corrective actionAgile development lifecycle
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingteam managementcustomer satisfactionschedule managementexecution driveopportunity identificationbudget management
Certifications
Bachelor's DegreeGraduate DegreePMP certificationCAM certificationIPTL certificationPL certificationDOD Secret Security Clearance