Scientist, Project Engineering

Job Title : Scientist, Project Engineering

Job Code : 17150

Job Location : Anaheim, CA

Schedule : 9 / 80

Job Description :

The Scientist, Project Engineering is Recognized as an internal expert and leader in the area of Project Engineering (PE) and Program Management (PM) with broad experience in facilitating the technical success of a project’s output within the constraints of the allocated budget and schedule.

This position’s role specifically is the management of portfolio level project cost and schedule in compliance with the customer technical requirements in the field of military Power Conversion, Distribution and Protection products.

Product maturity ranges from technical refreshes of fielded systems to new product development and introduction to production.

The position operates primarily as a program portfolio leader managing and coordinating the overall cost, schedule and technical aspects of a program by leading a group of highly motivated engineers to drive program execution and fulfill customer technical requirements.

Additionally, the Scientist, Project Engineering is responsible for continually introducing and institutionalizing improvements to the project engineering department and related engineering areas.

Typical day to day responsibilities would be overseeing, coordinating and managing a set of large programs by driving engineering execution across them as well as the creation, review, and submittal of project artifacts such as schedules, plans, procedures, reports, design documents, and technical manuals.

All major reviews are led by this position.

This position is also responsible for leading proposal activities related to their projects and supporting the development of the proposal artifacts, holding proposal reviews and coordinating with the program managers to generate compliant proposals.

This position will work intimately with engineering teams to provide real-time support and guidance with respect to design, testing, or system requirements.

To perform effectively, it is expected that this position be knowledgeable of system operations and understand end user needs.

This position requires a person that is highly detail oriented, structured, well-organized, and can effectively communicate large amounts of data.

Essential Functions :

• Engineering Development
• Develop and drive good development processes and engineering best practices.
• Develop and implement methodologies and tools provided to improve engineering excellence.
• Proposal Development
• Lead the proposal process for technical WBS definition, cost estimation, risk estimation, and technical schedule creation.
• Work with engineering functional leaders to ensure that BOE estimates are adequate and accurate.
• Interpret RFP requirements and lead the creation of proposal technical approach and content.
• Project Management
• Guide program teams in detailed technical WBS definition, cost estimation, risk estimation, and technical schedule creation
• Drive engineering execution and manage engineering teams in their technical aspects of the project, including cross-functional decision making, task / schedule management, issue resolution / escalation, communication, requirements management, and risk management activities.

Activities overseen include software, digital, electrical / power, mechanical, configuration management, and systems engineering.

• Review the outputs of activities to define system architecture and associated technical requirements
• Chair, or co-chair program portfolio design reviews to ensure that product elements meet requirements (e.g., ConDr, SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, SVR, peer reviews)
• Review the definition of technical development plans (e.g., HW Development Plan, SW Development Plan, Integration Test Plan)
• Guide program engineering team in their efforts for unit testing, integration testing, verification testing, and pre-production (qualification) testing including efforts for defect tracking and correction
• Support technical efforts for customer upgrade requests and change management for released products
• Work with functional management to obtain and manage proper engineering staffing on program
• Manage program budget and evaluate engineering Estimate to Complete. Identify to the Program Manager any cost growth and reasons for growth.
• Coordinate hand off to Operations and Field Support efforts (in / out of house).

Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree in related Engineering / Science field and a minimum of 12 years of prior related experience,

Or, Master’s degree in related Engineering / Science field and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience

• Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 16 years of prior related technical and project management experience
• Active US DoD Security Secret Clearance.
• 10+ Years of broad-based technical knowledge and experience in order to understand and evaluate design and development activity across the engineering functions.

Preferred emphasis in Electrical Power Conversion Engineering and Systems Engineering experience highly desired.

• 10+ years of experience in the full life cycle of military hardware / software products from concept to production including system architecture, design implementation, integration, and verification / validation.
• 10+ years of good development engineering processes such as lean product development, Design for X (DFX), Six Sigma concepts, product life cycle management, Agile Product Development and Model Based Systems Engineering.
• Prior experience with the military / defense contracting environment.
• Strong experience in leading integrated product teams.
• Strong practical organization, facilitation and arbitration skills.

Preferred Additional Skills :

• Outstanding written communication skills.
• Strong verbal communication skills for internal and customer presentations.
• Earned Value Management System.
• Ability to analyze the assigned project, break down work into functional disciplines and plan out a means for the work to be accomplished.
• Specific experience in electronic power conversion equipment development preferred.
• MS Office Expert, including MS Project
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• Power BI experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $147,000 - $273,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.

L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays.

The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.