Director, Systems Engineering - Platform Engineering

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Job Title: Director, Systems Engineering - Platform Engineering

Job Code: 39550

Job Location: Greenville, TX

Job Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking a Systems Engineering (SE) Director, Platform Engineering for our facility located in Greenville, TX for a direct hire opportunity. We offer great competitive benefits and a generous relocation package for those who qualify.

We are looking for a senior professional with strong knowledge of Systems Engineering, and a broad knowledge of project management. This role will be directly responsible for developing our SE Architect and Lead Systems Engineer pipelines in support of all programs we support for ISR. The ideal candidate would be able to manage SE teams performing complex modification/integration efforts. They would be able to communicate within and outside of the SE functional group to gain cooperation on operational processes, practices, and procedures and make substantial improvements to systems and processes, as needed.

Essential Functions:

• Lead and mentor a diverse team of technical engineers in support of multiple business areas.
• Recommend tactics and strategies that will directly impact the achievement of overall business or functional results.
• Forecast Systems Engineering Manpower needs based on Program and Potential demand forecast.
• Determine hiring needs and conduct searches to onboard needed System Engineers.
• Facilitate effective interaction between project engineers, program management and customers.
• Support proposal development activities including labor estimation (BOE creation and review) and technical response development.
• Establish training requirements for continued professional development of the team to meet business goals.
• Establish and manage department overhead budget and ensure staff has the tools and equipment needed to effectively conduct their roles.
• Capable of Problem Solving, Team Leadership, Strategic Thinking / Planning, Communication, IPT / Cross Functional Behavior, Accountability, and Critical Thinking.
• Review program budgets and schedules with SE program teams.
• Prepare and deliver effective presentations to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical professionals, including senior level management.
• Represent L3H during interactions with military and commercial customers.
• Author/review physical architectures incorporating vendor equipment into airborne systems for military and commercial customers.
• Ensure programs translate customer requirements into unique verifiable system level requirements.
• Lead/Review the systems engineering trade study process.
• Evaluate trade studies for accuracy and completeness.
• Must have ability to obtain/maintain DoW Secret security clearance or higher.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related engineering experience.
• Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related engineering experience.
• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 19 years of prior related engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience with analysis of customer requirements, including system and sub-system trade studies.
• Demonstrated experience with analysis of detailed hardware and software specifications for systems, subsystems, and key components.
• Demonstrated business knowledge, management and leadership capability to lead highly experienced professionals and managers.
• Demonstrated experience across multiple related professional disciplines within the organization, combining theory, past practical experience and the organization's business practices.
• Demonstrated Leadership - Task or IPT Leader and/or Functional Management.
• Demonstrated experience with Entire Program/Engineering Life Cycle Phases and Activities.
• Demonstrated experience in Requirements Management.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• IRAD and Technical Baseline development/management.
• Proposal Development.
• Active Secret Clearance.

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