Project Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Rochester • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $110,500 - $205,500 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Driving strategic direction of products and services, including defining product roadmaps and capability sets in collaboration with Product Line Management and Program Management
- Partnering with Program Management to ensure the technical, schedule and cost targets of assigned programs are properly defined and met
- Overseeing product development for IRAD/EAID projects and Government programs by developing Integrated Project Plans (IPP) with the Integrated Project Team from creation through approval.
- Following the IPP approval, monitoring progress, guiding the team through the execution of all required tasking, including technical content, cost, schedule, and deliverables of assigned projects and programs
- Engaging and working closely with Engineering functional leads (Hardware/ Software/ Systems/ Integration & Test) to ensure accountability in meeting established commitments and deadlines
- Enabling value engineering, product commonality, reuse, cross-product alignment, and scalability via effective collaboration with various product leadership teams
- Driving engineering productivity performance improvements by providing inputs into project management processes, tools, and metric collection methodologies
- Assuming ownership of product quality, costs, yield improvements, and work in progress (WIP)
- Delivering solutions to product obsolescence and critical part shortages
- Capturing of new business opportunities by supporting customer interchanges, product briefings / demonstrations, pursuits and proposals, identifying Engineering scope, partnering with functional teams on Basis of Estimates, and reviewing the bid with the Engineering leadership team
- Assisting Portfolio Chief Engineer with planning for IRAD technology development, implementing product sustainment initiatives, introducing new products/systems to the factory, and preparing for status briefings in support of organizational objectives and commitments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant engineering development and project leadership 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
- Domain knowledge (hardware, software, project management) and experience with tactical radio products
- Self-starter, ability to work independently, show strong judgment, be decisive, and work with others to drive towards a common solution
- Leadership capability to guide multi-functional engineering teams without formal supervisory role
- Demonstrated experience managing products through design, development, integration and test phases including Technical, Cost, Schedule, Risk
- Exemplary planning and management skills
- Ability to articulate key message summaries to business executives
- Ability to learn new skills, meet deadlines, embrace new technologies, and follow process
- Experience with Earned Value Management System
- Experience working in DevOps or Agile environments, be familiar with continuous integration concepts, and establish quality assurance benchmarks.
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
project managementproduct developmentIntegrated Project Plansvalue engineeringengineering productivityproduct qualitycost managementrisk managementEarned Value Management SystemAgile
Soft skills
leadershipindependent workjudgmentdecisivenesscollaborationplanningcommunicationadaptabilityproblem-solvingteam guidance