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L3Harris Technologies

Global defense contractor delivering aerospace tech

Senior Specialist - Systems Engineer

Telecommunications EngineeringUpdated on Nov 14
Full-timeCarlsbad, CA, USA$106.5k - $197.5k

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related Engineering field and at least 6 years of prior relevant experience, or a graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a related Engineering field and at least 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, at least 10 years of prior related experience is required.
  • An active U.S. Secret security clearance is required.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and support tactical communication systems.
  • Perform systems engineering tasks, including establishing technical baselines, conducting trade studies, managing requirements, participating in design reviews, performing validation and verification, implementing designs, and supporting customers.
  • Participate in technical briefings, design reviews, and documentation reviews according to standard development processes; prepare for and participate in technical reviews and discussions.
  • Translate end-user and customer needs into implementable and verifiable systems requirements.
  • Understand the capabilities and limitations of underlying technologies and products.
  • Generate verifiable product-level requirements from high-level system requirements.
  • Establish relationships and coordinate across multidisciplinary teams to align end-to-end system requirements with product roadmaps.
  • Support and drive the development of complex system designs and service delivery.
  • Perform operational analysis and develop concepts of operations, design plans, and implementation plans.
  • Support the development of other employees by providing guidance, coaching, and training.
  • Support the development of test plans, procedures, and cases.
  • Develop and deliver presentations communicating design activity plans and status to internal and external customers.
  • Travel up to 10% of the time.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of Link 16.
  • Knowledge of test equipment, including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, logic analyzers, and signal generators.
  • Ability to derive and decompose requirements across multiple subsystems.
  • Ability to conceptualize, design, implement, and test complex radio-frequency, electrical, and mechanical systems.
  • Experience in system testing and production testing.
  • Experience with radio-frequency chain analysis.
  • Experience with model-based systems engineering.
  • Experience designing test fixtures and interface test adapter designs that meet performance, cost, and manufacturability goals.
  • Experience with JIRA, JAMA Connect, IBM DOORS, Cameo Systems Modeler, or Cameo Enterprise Architecture.

About the Company

L3Harris Technologies

Global defense contractor delivering aerospace tech

L3Harris Technologies provides advanced aerospace, defense, and space systems for governments and commercial customers. Its products include sensors, communications, and propulsion—such as tactical radios, night-vision gear, satellite payloads, missile defense, and space propulsion—delivered as integrated systems for operations across air, land, sea, space, and cyber domains. The company blends legacy technologies from two joining giants with newer capabilities, faster acquisition cycles, and a focus on missiles, space, and resilient communications to field solutions quickly. Its goal is to be a trusted, scale-ready provider of next‑generation defense and intelligence capabilities for national security and related customers.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Melbourne, FL
Founded
1895

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