Job Title: Scientist, Systems Engineer
Job Code: 2329
Job Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Job Description:
L3Harris Technologies has an opening for a senior Systems Engineer in Fort Wayne, IN. The ideal candidate for this position will be proficient in all aspects of the systems engineering process, will have direct and significant experience designing and testing complex systems, and will have experience in the modeling, simulation, and the performance analysis of Electro-Optical and Infrared (EO/IR) sensors.
L3Harris is looking for Systems Engineers to help design, develop, integrate, test, and deliver space based remote sensing systems to our customers and support their on-going operations in the areas of both weather and missile warning/missile defense.
Essential Functions:
Support/lead mission data processing for Missile Warning / Missile Defense (MW/MD) systems in support of high level customer performance requirements and derived requirements.
Support/lead space based EO/IR payload performance analysis for new and existing designs. This includes assessment of various optical designs, algorithm performance, SNR/NET, minimum detectable target (MDT), Probability of Track (Ptrack), etc. Additionally, support/lead data analysis of test data in support of requirement verification.
Support/lead EO/IR modeling & simulation of cluttered Earth scenes to support algorithm development and performance verification
Support ground and payload algorithm implementation for deployment into real-time operational systems
Support/lead technical discussions with government customers including design reviews (PDR, CDR, etc) and working groups.
Support/lead concept of operation development and requirements analysis, decomposition, and generation at various levels of the system
Support integration and test of electro-optical/infrared systems and related hardware/software
Provides support to engineering in developing technical specifications, interface control documents, test plans and procedures, and test conformance to specifications
Present work to multi-disciplinary team and internal/external customers
Provide mentoring to less experienced Systems Engineers
Contribute to proposal activities
Program planning, guidance, and execution
Qualifications:
Bachelors’s degree and 12+ years (10+ with MS or with PhD) of prior relevant experience
In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.
Understanding of OPIR systems and mission data products
Experience generating/managing requirements at various levels of the system and flowing down requirements to sub-systems/sub-components
Experience leading multi-discipline technical teams
Technical expertise in Electrical, Mechanical, Optical or equivalent engineering discipline
Experience working on aerospace/defense systems (space payloads, spacecraft bus, ground systems, environmental testing)
Current DoD SECRET or higher security clearance
Preferred Additional Skills:
Experience developing video processing algorithms for embedded systems in C/C++ or VHDL/Verilog
Experience developing OPIR mission data exploitation software in ground systems
Knowledge of C/C++, Python, and VHDL/Verilog
Excellent inter-personal and communication skills, ability to interact with a cross functional team, act as customer interface
Ability to collaborate across all levels of leadership
Experience with data analysis and/or modeling and simulation (e.g. with MATLAB/python)
Experience with estimating and managing costs
Experience architecting, analyzing, developing, and integrating end to end systems in areas such as EO/IR, RF, or space payload and spacecraft bus subsystems
Experience working with and/or managing suppliers/sub-contracts
Active TS/SCI security clearance
L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.