Senior Scientist, Systems Engineering (Space Vehicle Power)

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Job Details

Job Title: Senior Scientist, Space Vehicle Power Systems Engineer

Job Code: 33033

Job Location: Remote or Palm Bay, FL or Rochester, NY or Fort Wayne, IN or Colorado Springs, CO

Job Description

L3Harris' Space and Airborne Systems seeks an Enterprise Space Vehicle (SV) Power Engineer to join our growing team. The individual in this position will serve as an Enterprise SV Power Lead across the Space Sector at L3Harris, responsible for the technical strategy, execution and mentoring of SV Power and Electrical Engineers. This includes all phases of the program lifecycle: Capture and Proposal, Program Execution and Operations. The Enterprise SV Power Lead will be responsible for leading teams of SV level power and electrical engineers through the product life cycle activities ranging from initial requirements and architectures, design and development, integration and test and operations. The role will include occasional direct support to Programs and Customers to ensure execution activities of all functional disciplines for existing portfolio programs and new pursuits.

Essential Functions:

• Establish and standardize SV level Power engineering activities for all phases of the program life cycle
• Develop processes for standardizing SV level requirements derivation and flow down
• Develop guidelines for SV level trade studies, common analyses and integration activities tailorable for each mission area and program
• Review program SV level power engineering work products for consistency
• Support major technical reviews and failure investigations as an Independent Reviewer
• Mentor and train program SV level Power Engineers
• Hold monthly working group meetings across program SV level power engineer to share lessons learned, best practices, ongoing concerns/issues, and potential opportunities
• Ensure engineering excellence on executing programs through consistent and repeatable SV level power engineering activities across the Sector
• 25% travel as required

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 15 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 19 years of prior related experience.
• High level of prior experience in following areas:
  • Space Vehicle power performance analysis such as processor and memory utilization, data sizing and flows, etc.
  • Integrated Space Vehicle Power CSCIs for end-to-end mission performance
  • Internal and external power interface management
  • Space vehicle fault management architectures and design
  • Leading both internal and external supplier power engineering teams
  • Power/Firmware integration with hardware, testing, and troubleshooting

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Test bed and simulator design process
• Well versed in fleshing out physical and functional interface details such as data formats and power protocols
• Familiarity with SW engineering processes such as Agile/Waterfall, DevSecOps, Cont Integration as well as SW development related to embedded/RT/architecture patterns
• Well versed in functions, responsibilities and interconnectivities between SV SW, Ground SW, Test SW and Operations SW
• Familiarity with Digital Engineering and MBSE tools such as DOORs, CAMEO, CREO, JIRA
• Strong track record of executing all phases of space vehicle programs (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, PSR, operations, etc.)
• System-level requirements verification including allocation, flow down, analysis, testing, & demonstration
• Ability to make risk-based decisions balancing technical, cost and schedule
• Familiarity with ConOp development
• Accustomed to leading technical engagement with internal and external customers in formal presentations as well as informal table-top discussions
• Excellent communication and presentation skills