Specialist, Systems Engineer
L3HARRIS Technologies
Waco, TX · Posted October 21, 2026
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About the job
Job Title: Specialist, Systems Engineer
Job Code: 46542
Job Location: Waco, Tx
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off.
Job Description:
The L3Harris Waco Systems Engineering team is looking for an experienced individual contributor role within our team. The position will directly execute on programs, interact directly with customers, and support product roadmap.
Essential Functions:
Translate customer needs/requirements into unique verifiable system/subsystem level requirements.
Write system/subsystem requirements specs.
Develop system CONOPS and use cases.
Develop system architectures that incorporate new mission equipment into SILs and airborne systems for military customers.
Define requirement traceability methods.
Perform systems engineering trade studies.
Prepare effective presentations to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical professionals.
Ability to use standard Microsoft Office suite of applications
Ability to operate within a Product Lifecycle Manager (PLM); Teamcenter.
Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree with four (4) years of prior Information Security experience.
Graduate Degree with two (2) years of prior Information Security experience.
In Lieu of a degree, a minimum of eight (8) years of prior Information Security experience.
Must have an active Secret clearance at the time of hire.
Preferred Additional Skills:
Active Top-Secret with SCI.
Cross Domain Solution.
NCDSMO Raise the Bar (RTB) process.
Embedded Hardware and/or FPGA.
DOORS, JIRA.
Excellent written, oral, and presentation communication skills.
Experience working with subcontractors and US Government customers.
Working successfully both independently and in a team environment with the ability to lead teams through a system development and integration cycle.
CompTIA Security+ or equivalent.
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