Specialist, Project Engineering - Project Engineer

Job Title: Specialist, Project Engineering 

Job Code: 47507

Job Location: Waco, Texas

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 actively seeking a Specialist, Project Engineering (PE) to support stores and munitions integration and SEEK EAGLE certification for the SRII Block 2 program. Working under general supervision, the candidate will manage assigned engineering projects or work packages and coordinate technical, cost, schedule, and certification activities within approved program plans. The Project Engineer coordinates assigned work with Aeronautical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Integration and Test, Safety, Configuration Management, and other Engineering Functional Task Leaders. The candidate tracks certification actions and supports customer and certification authority discussions with guidance from senior project engineers and engineering leads. The candidate also supports the capture of new business by developing assigned bid estimates and technical responses in coordination with engineering leads.

Essential Functions:

• Coordinate engineering teams supporting stores and munitions integration, aircraft/store compatibility assessments, and SEEK EAGLE certification for assigned projects.
• Serve as the technical coordination point for assigned work packages, aligning engineering activities with customer, airworthiness, safety, certification, cost, schedule, and performance requirements.
• Manage assigned stores and munitions work on a commercial-military derivative aircraft program with FAA and military certification requirements. Coordinate related CNS/ATM architecture, mission system, and aircraft system interfaces.
• Maintain project plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, budgets, and resource estimates; track certification dependencies and coordinate technical baseline updates with engineering leads.
• Coordinate preparation, review, and submission of certification packages, compliance evidence, analyses, test plans, and documentation with responsible engineering leads.
• Track integration, safety, and certification risks and mitigation actions; escalate issues affecting requirements, data availability, approval milestones, cost, or schedule.
• Coordinate resolution of engineering issues and certification findings; track root cause investigations and corrective actions, escalating complex issues to engineering leads.
• Coordinate engineering inputs, resources, and actions for ground and flight test readiness, design, safety, and certification reviews with responsible leads and stakeholders.
• Report project metrics, certification data status, compliance actions, review findings, risks, and approval milestones to engineering leads and program management.
• Track cost and schedule performance for assigned integration and certification work, explain variances, and recommend recovery actions with engineering leads.
• Develop assigned basis of estimate (BOE) inputs and technical responses to customer ROMs, RFIs, and RFPs in support of bids, proposals, and certification planning.
• Maintain assigned bid tools and track completion of proposal inputs and reviews.
• Follow engineering, configuration management, and certification approval processes; recommend practical improvements to planning, compliance tracking, and reporting.
• Coordinate aircraft/store compatibility, airworthiness, safety, and FAA and military certification requirements with engineering leads and certification authorities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
• Demonstrated experience in stores or munitions integration and aircraft/store certification efforts, including SEEK EAGLE certification activities.
• Proficient knowledge of engineering processes and experience coordinating certification requirements, compliance evidence, configuration baselines, and technical documentation.
• Experience supporting bid and proposal development.
• Relevant experience in one or more of the following disciplines:
  • Aircraft Stores or Munitions Integration
  • Aircraft/Store Compatibility and Certification
  • Aeronautical, Systems, or Test Engineering supporting stores integration
  • Project Engineering supporting SEEK EAGLE certification activities
• An active DoD Secret Security Clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience coordinating SEEK EAGLE submissions and resolving review comments with the U.S. Air Force SEEK EAGLE Office or other military certification authorities.
• Experience coordinating engineering teams, suppliers, and customers to track certification data, test support, and approval milestones.

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