Sr. Specialist, SATCOM Systems Engineer 1

Benefits

Join L3Harris Technologies in Salt Lake City for a role that spans the full lifecycle of SATCOM data link systems, from concept development through product phase-out. You will collaborate in a focused, high‑productivity, cross‑functional environment to plan, design, integrate, and verify solutions, with documentation that supports successful program milestones. This onsite position offers CONUS travel to customer and subcontractor sites as needed, and the role emphasizes rigorous systems engineering across multiple engineering disciplines. You will have the opportunity to apply MBSE methodologies and grow within a technically advanced, security‑focused domain. Ability to obtain a secret security clearance is supported as part of the role.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning and executing technical tasks in a focused, high‑productivity, collaborative environment while maintaining alignment with program objectives and milestones
• Manage customer, derived, and allocated requirements across all system levels, including decomposition and allocation based on system‑level analysis and design, ensuring traceability and bidirectional linkage from a verification test matrix to customer and system‑level derived requirements
• Develop and maintain technical specifications, interface control documents, system architecture documentation, test plans and procedures, configuration analysis and processing solutions, verification and validation strategies, and test reports documenting conformance to specifications and acceptance criteria
• Design, develop, integrate, and test systems as part of a cross‑functional team, applying systems engineering principles to ensure technical performance, interoperability, quality, and compliance with requirements
• Manage tasks to achieve technical compliance within cost and schedule constraints
• Provide comprehensive systems engineering expertise across a broad field of engineering disciplines, including research, evaluation, and development for highly complex and technical communication systems
• Availability to travel 10‑20 percent CONUS to customer and subcontractor sites in support of technical meetings, demonstration events, and verification activities
• Ability to obtain a secret security clearance

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering preferred; minimum 6 years of relevant experience. Graduate Degree with at least 4 years of related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Presentation and communication skills (verbal, written, visual) with the ability to effectively convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
• Demonstrated problem solving skills with the ability to meet critical deadlines in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Understanding of project coordination and the roles of multi‑disciplinary technical support personnel
• Experience designing, building, testing, and optimizing complex communications systems, either SATCOM or line‑of‑sight, for military applications
• Experience working with RF lab test equipment including signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and power meters
• Familiarity with systems engineering tools and software applications for requirements management, modeling and simulation, configuration management, and technical documentation
• Knowledge of Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies and tools
• Experience supporting customer engagements, technical reviews, and program milestone events
• Experience with Type 1 encryption products and cybersecurity
• Active Secret Security Clearance