Job Title – Applications Engineer

Job Location – Farnborough

Job ID – 17396

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris in Farnborough specialist in secure ground and airborne communication and network systems for the US military, international forces and commercial customers.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Planning, preparation and execution of capability demos, briefings and competitive trials.
• Provision of in country & remote technical advice and support to customers as well as via telephone, e-mail or written media.
• Delivery of installations services on fixed and mobile platforms.
• Provides, presents and interprets design, application and service information to internal teams and customers
• Assesses and analyzes technical application of company products and competing equipment to meet customer needs.  May design systems to satisfy customer needs.
• Provide training support to customers, at suitable locations throughout the operational sphere of L3Harris interests.
• Also willing to travel to support National & International customers both in the field and at base locations.
• Prepares detailed product specifications to internal teams, May prepare and present sales proposals.

What you’ll bring

The role of Specialist Applications Engineer requires the following experience and skills:

• Previous experience operating and working within a military environment and Tactical Data Links and ISR equipment’s communications systems. Including all aspects of technical support, training and installation
• Systems and strong field engineering experience of Tactical Data Links and ISR equipment’s to include the construction, operation and repair of static and mobile installations.
• Good understanding of the common technologies and waveforms utilized across TDL, WBDL and ISR Platforms
• Good understanding of and experience in operating tactical communications systems in the  HF,VHF and UHF (RF) Ranges
• Thorough working knowledge (ideally CCNA) of networking, IP & telephony applications, and RF techniques.
• Knowledge of Military Systems Approach to training

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.