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Lead, Project Engineer

L3HARRIS Technologies

Greenville, TX · Posted October 26, 2026

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About the job

Job Title: Lead, Project Engineering

Job Code: 46759

Job Location: Greenville, 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 Project Engineer (PE) holds technical responsibility and authority for the program under the technical authority from Engineering Leadership to execute assigned programs, as well as direct integration with the Program Manager (PM). To this end, the individual Engineering Functional Task Leaders (Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Specialty Engineering, Logistic Engineering, Technical Publications, etc.) report to and take direction from the PE for the assigned program operations.

Essential Functions:

Lead technical planning, execution, and coordination for assigned program activities

Ensure adherence to engineering life-cycle processes, technical baselines, and program plans

Identify, assess, and manage technical and program risks

Coordinate across multidisciplinary engineering teams and operational stakeholders

Serve as a primary technical interface to internal leadership and external customers

Oversee technical performance of platform capabilities spanning software, infrastructure, networking, and operations support

Availability for travel up to 25% of the time, depending on the program assigned

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience

Experience in one of the following disciplines: Software/Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering (including Test Engineering), Project Engineerin

An active DoD Secret Security Clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:

Experience performing in a Project Engineering or similar role.

Leadership Skills (i.e., Task Leader, IPT Leader and/or Functional Management)

Overall development and maintenance of a project baseline

VIP/SAM Aircraft experience

Control Account Management CAM or IPT Lead experience

Software development experience

Understanding of Agile methodology

Experience utilizing Atlassian tools – Jira and Confluence

Aircraft Integration, Test and Delivery experience