Job Title: Senior Specialist, Software Project Engineer

Job Code: 13019

Job Location: Chantilly, Virginia

Job Description:

L3Harris has an immediate opening for a Lead Project Engineer to support the Space & Intel software products in development efforts.  The Project Engineer will be responsible for leading a project team to meet customer requirements within allocated cost and schedule commitments in our growing space business area.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for full lifecycle Project Engineering support for a range of software development as well as integration efforts utilzing Agile Methodology and tools
• Responsible for successfully leading a project team to meet customer requirements within allocated cost and schedule commitments in a growing business area.
• Develops, oversees and coordinates the cost/schedule/technical aspects of ongoing engineering projects within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.
• Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports.
• 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.
• Participate in small teams and perform a wide variety of tasks
• Participate in a collaborative team environment on quick reaction projects and have regular contact with customers.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Experience in software development.
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVMS) and Microsoft Project.
• Experience with project engineering and program execution, and managing multi-discipline programs across multiple locations.
• Experience in hardware/software integration programs.
• Experience managing projects with budgets of $30M+.
• Experience with Technical Supplier Management, Risk and Opportunity Management.
• Experience with managing Agile SW development programs including using Confluence.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with a polygraph

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with Agile PLM.
• Experience leading Government Contract development programs.
• Experience in Government contract acquisition lifecycle a plus.
• Experience with management of design to cost activities.
  Experience with program, pursuit and proposal activities.