IMS Open Systems Senior Systems Architect

Company: L3Harris Technologies
Location: Palm Bay
Posted on: September 5, 2020

Job Description:

Job Description: We are looking for a dynamic leader who can build an Open Systems and technology reuse strategy, working in coordination with IMS engineering leadership and other applicable L3Harris Segment teams. The position requires a combination of engineering and business development skills to craft advanced solutions to complex problems, capture funding necessary for development of innovative sensors and systems, and help guide the successful development of industry-leading products. The ideal candidate should have experience with the following: * Customer Focused Requirements Development - demonstrated ability to enter the customer's environment, find out how the customer will use the system, and translate that voice of customer into requirements and trade-offs that can be evaluated via alternative designs; additional skill in successfully influencing system requirements at the end customer desired * Creative Solutions - direct contribution to technical solutions that integrate multiple disciplines or technologies into non-obvious system architectures that provide meaningfully unique and differentiated capability; requires understanding of current and proposed competitive solutions, key performance indicators, and end-user mission objectives as well as understanding of interplay between technologies and engineering design * System Modeling and Simulation - track record of developing models for operational environments, performing trade studies and sensitivity analyses, and comparing alternative architectures with system performance estimates and pragmatic estimation of unknown parameters * Test & Verification - can articulate what and how key system performance parameters should be tested early, can outline and write verification test plans for subsystem and system elements, can perform the testing and analyze the results Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The following reflects management's definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. * Design & develop open system architectures, defines key capabilities, performance requirements, interface definitions, and technology maturity constraints * Define open system concept of operations (CONOPS) and implementation approaches that meet mission requirements * Develop models and architectural guidelines for future system development * Develop and maintain open standards and interfaces for the segment * Develop a technology reuse strategy for the Segment * Ensure requirements are met and evaluates performance with customer * Satisfy customer's needs through employing a model based systems engineering approach through system's life cycle for projects within the Segment * Identify opportunities for development of Software Development Kits (SDKs) across the Segment * Provide proposal strategy development and review as required * Be a business partner with Sectors and Divisions * Work directly with the Sector and Division IRAD leads to ensure good alignment of IR&D activities * Challenge teams to ensure we have the optimum IR&D plans for the Segment to drive business growth * Serve as SME for open systems architecture and train others to use these techniques * Coach and lead practical problem solving activities including the collation and analysis of data, root cause analyses, design of experiments and lead projects to implement change for complex problems * Liaise with the other Segment architects for best practices * Monthly status reporting and Corporate HQ reporting * Weekly status reporting * Role can be located: Plano, Greenville, Rockwall, Waco Texas; Waco, Texas; Lafayette, Louisiana; Anaheim, Santa Rosa, Sylmar, Santa Barbara, Goleta California; Salt Lake City, Utah; Palm Bay, Florida; Camden, New Jersey; Mason, Ohio; Orlando; Florida. Tulsa, Oklahoma, Nashville, Tennessee. Hilton Head, South Carolina; Rockville, Millersville Maryland; Centreville, Leesburg, Virginia; Mason, Ohio; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Northampton, Ayer, Somerville, Fall River, Massachusetts; Ashaway, New Port, Rhode Island Qualifications: * Engineering or managerial degree from an accredited college or University preferred * 15+ years' experience working with large multi-site functional teams to manage project status, preferably in the engineering area * Proven results in architecting complex systems and success in driving reuse strategies * Position requires access to secret classified (top secret classified desired) information to support company efforts * Experience in front end of the business - partnering with customers, developing concepts, technical discriminators and winning offers * Strong facilitator to lead architecture workshops * Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy * Experience with the Department of Defense Open Systems Architecture community and related defense acquisition strategy Preferred Qualifi

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