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Job Title: Lead Software Project Engineer

Job Code: 10529

Job Location : Chantilly, Virginia

Job Description :

L3Harris has an immediate opening for a Lead Project Engineer to support the Space & Intel software products in development efforts. The Project Engineer will be responsible for leading a project team to meet customer requirements within allocated cost and schedule commitments in our growing space business area.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for full lifecycle Project Engineering support for a range of software development as well as integration efforts utilzing Agile Methodology and tools

• Responsible for successfully leading a project team to meet customer requirements within allocated cost and schedule commitments in a growing business area.

• Develops, oversees and coordinates the cost/schedule/technical aspects of ongoing engineering projects within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.

• Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports.

• Assesses engineering issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives.

• Identifies, tracks, mitigates, manages, and dispositions program-level risks and opportunities.

• Estimate resource and material needs for the project/product.

• Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received.

• Understands how to develop a schedule using Earned Value (EV), and manage a project using the Earned Value Indicators.

• Participate in small teams and perform a wide variety of tasks

• Participate in a collaborative team environment on quick reaction projects and have regular contact with customers.

  Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

• Experience in software development.

• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVMS) and Microsoft Project.

• Experience with project engineering and program execution, and managing multi-discipline programs across multiple locations.

• Experience in hardware/software integration programs.

• Experience managing projects with budgets of $30M+.

• Experience with Technical Supplier Management, Risk and Opportunity Management.

• Experience with managing Agile SW development programs including using Confluence.

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with a polygraph

  Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with Agile PLM.

• Experience leading Government Contract development programs.

• Experience in Government contract acquisition lifecycle a plus.

• Experience with management of design to cost activities.

  Experience with program, pursuit and proposal activities.

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