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Job Title: Senior Specialist, Project Engineering-MPES

Job Code: 24369

Job Location: Philadelphia, PA - Moving Nov. 2025 to Camden, NJ

Schedule: 9/80

Job Description: L3Harris Technologies - Maritime Power & Energy Solutions (MPES)

L3Harris Technologies MPES is an agile defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions for the US Navy Shipbuilding programs. With capabilities in ship control systems, manufacturing and turn-key ship overhauls that meet customers' mission-critical needs. L3Harris MPES has approximately $450M in annual revenue.

The Sr. Specialist Project Engineer is responsible for the technical success of the project output within the constraints of the allocated budget and schedule. This position's role specifically is the technical management and coordination of engineering resources to achieve compliance with the customer technical requirements in the field of AC and DC Power Conversion and protection products. Product maturity ranges from refreshes of fielded systems to new product introduction. The position operates primarily as an individual contributor with occasional assignments as leader of a small multi-discipline team. Typical day to day responsibilities would be driving and managing the creation, review, and submittal of project artifacts such as plans, procedures, reports, design documents, and technical manuals. All major reviews are owned by this position. This position will work intimately with engineers 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.

Essential Functions:

Engineering Development
Drive good development processes and engineering best practices
Follow methodologies and tools provided to improve engineering excellence
Project Management
Proposal Development
Participate in and/or lead the proposal process for technical WBS definition, cost estimation, risk estimation, and technical schedule creation
Interpret RFP requirements and lead the creation of proposal technical approach and content
Lead detailed technical WBS definition, cost estimation, risk estimation, and technical schedule creation
Manage day to day 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.
Participate in and/or lead activities to define system architecture and associated technical requirements
Conduct design reviews to ensure that product elements meet requirements (e.g., ConDr, SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, SVR, peer reviews)
Lead definition of technical development plans (e.g., HW Development Plan, SW Development Plan, Integration Test Plan)
Lead 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

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Bachelor's degree in related Engineering/Science field and a minimum of 6 years of prior related experience,
- Or, master's degree in progress in related Engineering/Science field and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience,
- Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 years of prior related technical and project management experience
Ability to obtain a US DOD Secret Security Clearance, which requires US Citizenship.
4+ years of experience of broad-based technical knowledge within a similar position in order to understand and evaluated design and development activity across the engineering functions. Preferred emphasis in Electrical Power Conversion Engineering, Systems Engineering experience highly desired.
4+ years of experience in managing the full life cycle of hardware/software products from concept to production including system architecture, design implementation, integration, and verification/validation.
4+ years of experience developing engineering processes such as lean product development, Design for X (DFX), Six Sigma concepts, product life cycle management, and systems engineering.
4+ years providing strong verbal communication skills for internal customer, presenting technical presentations to leadership, and having outstanding written communications.
4+ years of experience analyzing the assigned project, break down work into functional disciplines and plan out a means for the work to be accomplished.

Preferred Additional Skills:

Specific experience in power distribution, generation and/or conversion equipment development preferred.

Proficient in MS Office suite with emphasis in excel and project.

Familiarity with the military/defense contracting environment.

Strong practical organization, facilitation and arbitration skills.

Proficient in CAD systems preferably SolidWorks.

Experience with PLM tools (Agile)

Experience with MRP systems (Cost Point)

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $104,000 - $193,000. 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 relocation stipend, 401(k), EAP, 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.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an 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.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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