Senior Specialist, Project Engineer

Job Title : Senior Specialist, Project Engineer

Job Code : 20802

Job Location : Goleta, CA

Schedule : 9 / 80

Job Description :

This Project Engineer position will : lead all technical aspects of the program, develop schedules, monitor budget, and drive task completion.

Seabed Systems (SBS) has an opening in the Project Engineering organization within the Maritime Sector located in Goleta just outside of Santa Barbara, CA. This L3Harris site, previously known as MariPro, has been in business since the 1960s and is experiencing significant growth. SBS is a supplier of long-life undersea sensor and communication systems for the U.S. and foreign Navies, commercial, academic, and scientific customers.

The ideal candidate for this position comes from a background in systems engineering, engineering IPT lead, operations product manager, technical program manager, or other engineering function with leadership responsibilities.

The project assigned to this Project Engineer would be a large scale, complex development program. Development efforts being led will be electrical and mechanical in nature, with designs from multiple subcontractors as well as internal engineering design and integration. There can be approximately 10% travel to subcontractor and customer sites.

Essential Functions :

• Responsible for the day-to-day tactical duties for assigned programs. Including leading teams of engineers and managing their own workload.
• Oversees and coordinates the cost / schedule / technical aspects of ongoing engineering projects within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.
• Partners with Systems Engineering to ensure design reviews and readiness events are completed on time with satisfactory presentation material.
• Helps write and review Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverables such as technical reports, memos and test results.
• Presents program progress and status to customer program office and technical teams.
• Serves as point-of-contact between engineering project management and planning, engineering project team, and line management.
• Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares program and functional status reports.
• Assesses engineering project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Coordinates with the Manager for Project Engineering and site Chief Engineer.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring engineering project progress and for intervention and problem solving with engineering project managers, line managers, and customers.
• Leads risk and opportunity management for their assigned program.
• Provides the coordination between resource managers / supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received.
• May support Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and writing of Bases of Estimates (BOEs) to support proposal work.
• Viewed as a knowledgeable resource within the field by peers in and outside the organization.
• Lead weekly and quarterly meetings with customers. Presenting as part of Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs), Critical Design Reviews (CDRs).
• Prepare and monitor engineering project team schedules, plans, budgets, program / functional status reports, and competent in understanding and reporting EV metrics.
• Work with team to make improvements to processes, systems, solutions, standards, operational plans or products to enhance performance of job area, develop new concepts or standards.

Qualifications :

or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience,

Preferred Additional Skills :

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in Colorado State, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Vermont and New York State is $90,500- $168,500. For California, Seattle, Washington D.C., Maryland Greater Washington D.C. area, the city of Denver, Washington State and New York City, the salary range for this role is $104,500- $193,500. 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.

Salary : $104,500 - $193,500