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 & Tools
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