Senior Specialist, Integration & Test (Secret Clearance)

Job Title: Senior Specialist Integration & Test Engineer (Active DoD Secret)

Job Code: 42947

Job Location: Palm Bay FL

Job Schedule: 9/80 (Every other Friday off)

Job Description:

This role is part of the L3Harris (LHX) Space Systems Sector within the Space and Mission Systems (SMS) Segment. SMS is the largest and the fastest growing segment within LHX and well postured for continued growth and success in the domain.

This position serves as an Integration and Test Engineer responsible for leading planning and executing test operations across a portfolio of space vehicle programs. The role provides operations leadership technical oversight and strategic coordination to ensure successful integration verification and validation of complex space systems. This position partners closely with engineering manufacturing and program management to deliver highquality mission hardware on schedule.

Essential Functions:

• Oversee and coordinate test operations across multiple programs ensuring alignment with program objectives and established enterprise test processes.
• Lead Enterprise Environmental Test Laboratory (ETL) scheduling deconfliction and resource management across vibration thermal and TVAC activities while maintaining and improving standardized scheduling tools and enterprise test procedures.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for test operations ensuring consistent communication among Program Management Operations Program Management engineering teams and leadership.
• Plan schedule and manage major test eventsincluding readiness reviews facility coordination staffing plans and cross-functional integrationwhile training and supporting Test Conductors to ensure workforce readiness.
• Execute and oversee space vehicle testing for mass properties CG vibration and environmental campaigns ensuring adherence to procedures qualification/acceptance requirements and timely issue resolution.
• Manage Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL) operations and testbed environments including material procurement lab readiness configuration management of test assets and support of multiple test facilities.
• Develop and maintain space vehicle test procedures and AI&T planning documentation incorporating lessons learned ensuring procedural completeness and supporting technical reviews.
• Monitor test progress risks and issues across programs; analyze test results; and coordinate corrective actions with engineering to maintain quality compliance and traceability.
• Provide regular status updates metrics and assessments to leadership highlighting progress risks challenges and mitigation strategies.
• Track program performance risks resources and milestones related to integration and test operations ensuring timely communication and mitigation planning.
• Support business pursuits and proposals including contributing to technical proposal reviews and Basis of Estimate (BOE) development as required.
• Support onsite operations at test facilities and partner sites as required. Travel may be required up to 1020%.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Familiarity with Earned Value Management processes and variance reporting.
• Experience leading integration and test activities for space payloads spacecraft buses or other complex aerospace systems.
• Background in developing or executing verification and validation plans for hardware involving environmental testing functional testing or spacequalification processes.
• Knowledge of electrical mechanical and software subsystems commonly used in space hardware and how they interact during integration.
• Familiarity with enterpriselevel test operations including multiprogram coordination shared test infrastructure and crossprogram process alignment.
• Ability to interpret systemlevel requirements and translate them into actionable integration and test strategies.
• Experience establishing and managing test facilities ground support equipment or specialized test assets used for space payload or vehicle integration.
• Strong capability in rootcause analysis and leading resolution of issues discovered during integration or test execution.
• Familiarity with automation and scripting languages (e.g. LabVIEW Python Perl Ruby PuTTy MobaXTerm Visual Studio code).
• Experience with RF measurements and testing tools and test equipment (Spectrum Analyzers Network Analyzers Logic Analyzers Signal Generators O-Scopes and RF Test Equipment).

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