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Specialist, Systems Engineer

L3HARRIS Technologies

Palm Bay, FL · Posted October 30, 2026

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About the job

Job Title: Specialist, Systems Engineer

Job Code: 45140

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80- employees work 9 out of 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking a highly skilled Level 3 Systems Engineer to join our dynamic team. This is an opportunity to take on unique challenges, expand your skills and experience, and contribute to mission critical system solutions that help protect the U.S.A. and our allies. You will join a great team of talented professionals who take a collaborative approach and enjoy working together.

Essential Functions:

Generate and manage system and subsystem-level requirements specifications using requirements management tools such as DOORS, ensuring accuracy and completeness throughout the lifecycle

Review new or delta requirements and decompose them into the L3Harris system baseline.

Maintain bi-directional traceability between customer requirements, system requirements, subsystem requirements, and verification artifacts.

Support Technical Performance Measure (TPM) deliveries and related systems engineering products.

Prepare content for design reviews and Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs), including technical data packages, status material, and supporting analysis.

Create and maintain verification matrices and support system verification and validation activities, including selected verification by analysis efforts.

Collaborate across engineering disciplines, program management, customers, and suppliers to resolve technical issues and support program execution.

Apply strong interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills to foster teamwork and drive technical closure on complex issues.

Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with a minimum of 4 years of prior relevant systems engineering experience, OR graduate degree (Master’s or PhD) in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline with a minimum of 2 years of prior relevant systems engineering experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

Proven experience applying systems engineering principles and practices across the development lifecycle.

Experience preparing for and supporting design reviews such as SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and technical interchange meetings.

Test and Integration experience

RF and SATCOM communications experience

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