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Job Title: Deputy Chief Program Engineer
Job Code: 42172
Job Location: Orlando, FL
Job Schedule: 9/80 work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
L3Harris Technologiesis seeking a Senior Specialist, Project/Program Engineer (DCPE) at our Orlando, FL location. Coleman Aerospace is a prime tactical and strategic missile target system provider supporting ballistic missile defense testing. High-Fidelity Air-Launched one, two, and three stage ballistic missile targets are their primary product line. Coleman’s capabilities range from the precision assembly of large missile structures, to telemetry, avionics, networks, cold gas control systems, flight termination control modules, advanced vehicle guidance systems, environmental stress screening, qualification and acceptance testing.
In this role, the candidate will be responsible for supporting Engineering tasks that establish and manage design requirements; and will verify product designs meet all operating requirements for fabrication, test, flight, and life cycle disposal environments.
This opening is for a Deputy Chief Program Engineer (DCPE) responsible for providing technical oversight to all Integrated Product Teams (IPT) working on the development, verification, and production of system. The DCPE will chair major technical design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR) with their internal leadership teams and customers, chair MRBs/FRBs, support Risk Boards, support Change Control Boards, and provide technical leadership in root cause corrective action investigations. In the program structure, this role reports to Coleman leadership and Program Management.
Essential Functions:
Provide Technical Oversight to all Integrated Product Teams (IPT) working on a system’s development, verification, and production tasks. Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams’ work and manage technical progress, risk, schedule, and cost as needed.
Provide communication of program status to the Engineering Director, Program Manager, and Senior Staff. Program status includes overall program health, technical design and development results, risk management status, schedule and cost reporting. Responsible for overseeing/directing preparation of technical reports, presentations, and customer design reviews.
Utilize organizational skills to effectively coordinate schedules and work flow utilizing the knowledge of operations (manufacturing, engineering, test, etc.) as required to accomplish assigned activities and an understanding of business management systems.
Provide technical consultation to Program Management and Business Development organizations for business development activities such as writing white papers or preparing and presenting technical briefings to customers.
Provide technical support on proposals to government customers or prime contractors for engineering development or technology programs.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and minimum 6 years of prior relevant Engineering 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.
Preferred Additional Skills:
Active Secret Clearance.
Experience managing engineering projects, to include program logic development, planning, systems engineering processes and schedule development/maintenance.
Knowledge of risk assessment and risk management techniques.
Ability to apply Engineering skills to aerospace products in the interest of meeting mission assurance objectives.
Understanding of design life cycle for design, manufacture, assembly and test principles.
Experience with Cargo Air Drops from Military Aircraft.
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