Specialist, Systems Engineering
- Location
- Fort Wayne, IN, US
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
Job Title: Specialist, Systems Engineering Job Code: 46185 Job Location: Fort Wayne, IN Job Schedule: 9/80
Job Description: L3Harris is seeking a system engineer to support development of a space-based Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) mission payload sensor system. This role will perform broad systems engineering functions in support of payload design, development, integration, verification, and test. Multiple positions are available, and candidates may bring different technical focus areas depending on program needs and individual experience. The selected candidates will join a multidisciplinary engineering team supporting a sophisticated EO/IR payload and will contribute to a range of systems engineering activities including data management, data analysis, algorithm development, requirements management and verification, model-based systems engineering (MBSE), and payload test support.
Essential Functions:
- Support systems engineering activities for a space-based EO/IR mission payload system across development, integration, verification, and test phases.
- Contribute to development, decomposition, allocation, and maintenance of system and subsystem requirements.
- Support requirements traceability, verification planning, and verification closure activities.
- Assist with development and maintenance of systems engineering artifacts such as specifications, interface documentation, verification matrices, technical plans, and trade study documentation.
- Perform technical analyses to support system design, performance evaluation, and mission compliance assessments.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including optics, focal plane, electronics, software, mechanical, thermal, integration and test, and mission operations engineering.
- Support technical issue resolution, risk identification, discrepancy tracking, and change impact assessments.
- Participate in system integration, test planning, test execution support, and post-test data review.
- Support program technical reviews and engineering lifecycle activities including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and related working groups.
- Contribute to maintenance of the technical baseline through disciplined documentation and configuration management practices.
- Eligibility to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 4 years prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years prior related experience.
- Experience in one or more systems engineering-related areas such as requirements, verification, analysis, integration and test, technical documentation, or model-based engineering.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Experience with space-based EO/IR systems, remote sensing payloads, electro-optical systems, or related aerospace hardware.
- Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS, DOORS Next, Jama, or similar.
- Experience with MBSE tools such as Cameo, MagicDraw, Capella, or similar.
- Experience with engineering or test data analysis, including use of scripting or analytical tools.
- Experience supporting algorithm development, modeling, simulation, or sensor data processing.
- Experience with payload integration and test or system verification activities.
- Experience working with interface documentation, verification matrices, or technical baselines.
- Active security clearance.
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Posted 22 Oct 2026 · checked 30 Oct 2026 · Report this job