Job Title: Scientist, Space Vehicle Integration and Test Engineer

Job Code: 12504

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Job Description:

L3Harris Space Systems Sector within the Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) Segment has an opening for a Scientist, Integration & Test Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The individual will work in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and a collaborative team setting. This position will be responsible for providing Technical Leadership Integration & Test during planning and testing for Space hardware to customer-funded program effort within SAS.

Responsibilities:

• Provides mastery-level system integration and test engineering expertise and technical leadership to a team during verification activities including functional, environmental qualification, and environmental production tests of Space equipment (spacecraft bus, communication & mission payloads)

• Develops verification plans, test procedures, and lead the executing the test procedures, and documenting test results in reports to ensure system requirements are met

• Lead requirements verification for components, subsystems, and systems

• Lead in identify, document, track and evaluate test problem reports and test anomalies

• Lead Space hardware integration and verification testing at acceptance, proto-flight and qualification levels for all relevant environments (vibration, thermal, vacuum)

• Collaborates with cross-discipline teams (mechanical, structural, thermal, power, optical, RF, electrical) in the development, integration and execution

• Represent Space Integration & Test during major system level design reviews such as SRR, SDR, PDR, CDR, TRR

  Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 12 years of engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of engineering experience

• 5+ years of experience with integration of Satellite Subsystems and Space Vehicles

• Top Secret or TS/SCI Clearance

  Preferred Additional Skills:

• Technical leadership with SI&T experience

• Experience with Launch Vehicle Design, Integration, or Launch Operations

• Experience with Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE) and/or Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) design for Large Space Vehicles

• Experience with Interface Definition Documents (IDD’s), and Interface Control Drawings (ICD’s)

• Experience in Requirements managements, traceability, and verification with IBM Rational DOORS

• Experience interfacing directly with customers (both prime contractors and end customers) on resolving in-depth technical issues during the development and sell-off of space hardware

• Strong understanding of I&T development processes and life cycle

• Experience in risk management

• Team player, able to work in a fast program environment

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.