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Job Title: Lead, Systems Engineering (Spacecraft Bus) 
Job Code: 25625
Job Location: Fort Wayne, IN; Rochester, NY; Palm Bay, FL; or Remote

Job Description: 
L3Harris' Space and Airborne Systems seeks experience Spacecraft Bus Systems Engineers to join our growing team. The person in this position will serve as a Program Spacecraft Bus Lead Engineer within the Space Sector at L3Harris working with both internal program teams and external bus suppliers to ensure that the spacecraft bus meets all technical, performance, and schedule requirements. The Spacecraft Bus Lead Engineer is responsible for overseeing the design, development, integration, and testing of the spacecraft bus at the bus supplier.  After spacecraft bus delivery to the program the spacecraft bus engineer will serve as a Subject Matter Expert and support space vehicle integration of the spacecraft bus with mission and/or communication payloads. This role includes support across the full program lifecycle: program pursuit, proposal, execution and operations.  The ideal candidate will have experience in spacecraft bus systems, strong organizational skills, and the ability to coordinate and communicate effectively with diverse teams.  

Essential Functions: 
•    Provide technical leadership and guidance for the design, development, and integration of the spacecraft bus, ensuring compliance with mission requirements and industry standards.
•    Collaborate with internal program teams, including systems engineering, payload engineering, and mission operations, to ensure seamless integration of the spacecraft bus with other subsystems and payloads.
•    Work closely with external bus suppliers to oversee and review the development and delivery of the spacecraft bus and engineering work products, ensuring that all technical specifications, performance criteria, and schedule milestones are met.
•    Lead and participate in design reviews, including Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), and Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), to ensure the spacecraft bus design meets all requirements and is ready for production and testing.
•    Oversee the integration and testing of the spacecraft bus, including environmental testing (vibration, thermal vacuum, EMC) and functional testing, to validate performance and reliability.
•    Lead and/or participate in failure investigations associated with the spacecraft bus, driving to root cause and implementation of corrective and preventative action
•    Identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks associated with the spacecraft bus, and develop contingency plans to address potential issues.
•    Prepare and review technical documentation, including design specifications, interface control documents, test plans, and test reports, to ensure accuracy and completeness.
•    Collaborate with other Bus Lead Engineers to share lessons learned, implement best practices and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the design, development, and integration processes for the spacecraft bus.
•    Ensure engineering excellence on executing programs through consistent and repeatable bus systems engineering activities and work products
•    Ability to obtain TS/SCI security clearance

Qualifications: 
•    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 working at or with a spacecraft bus supplier
•    In-depth knowledge of spacecraft bus systems such as power, thermal, structures, avionics, propulsion, GNC, C&DH, TT&C, fault management and/or FSW 
•    Experience executing all phases of a spacecraft bus program and major design reviews
•    Experience evaluating, managing, and leveraging technical, cost and schedule requirements
•    Experience with Hardware/Software integration, testing, and troubleshooting
•    Experience with flatsats and simulators

Preferred Additional Skills:
•    Experience with spacecraft bus requirements verification including allocation, flow-down, analysis, testing, & demonstration
•    Experience with spacecraft bus analyses and budgets such as thermal, structural, jitter, pointing, mass, power, propellant, processor utilization, etc.
•    Familiarity with Digital Engineering and MBSE tools such as DOORs, CAMEO, CREO, JIRA
•    Familiarity with bus level qualification and acceptance test programs both at ambient and environments
•    Strong project management skills with experience in planning, scheduling, and executing complex engineering project
•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical information to diverse audiences, including engineers, suppliers, program managers and Customers
•    Accustomed to leading technical engagements with internal and external multi-disciplinary teams in formal presentations as well as informal table-top discussions
•    Ability to effectively work with geographically diverse teams, both internal and external

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C, Denver, or NYC areas is $125,000 - $232,000. The salary range for this role in Colorado state, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, and Vermont is $108,500 - $201,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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