Level 3 Communications, Inc

Lead, Project Engineer

Level 3 Communications, Inc$100K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • ABET accredited Bachelor's Degree plus 9 years relevant experience, or a Graduate Degree with 7 years experience, or 13 years experience in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the main liaison among project management, engineering teams, and line management.
  • Evaluate project statuses and budgets while managing schedules and generating reports.
  • Identify project issues and create solutions to ensure productivity and customer satisfaction.
  • Establish systems for tracking project progress and addressing problems with teams and clients.
  • Facilitate coordination among resource managers to secure necessary approvals.
  • Perform analysis post-project to inform future engineering endeavors.
  • Lead critical design reviews throughout the project lifecycle.

Benefits

  • 9/80 work schedule providing every other Friday off to enhance work-life balance.
  • Potential for travel (10-20%) to engage in technical meetings and verification activities.
Full Job Description
Job Title: Lead, Project Engineer

Job Code: 38637

Job Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Job Schedule: 9/80- employees work 9 out of 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris' Spectrum Superiority segment is seeking a Project Engineer responsible for the day-to-day tactical duties for assigned programs. Project Engineering will oversees and coordinate the cost/schedule/technical aspects of ongoing engineering projects within the program guidelines set by the Program Manager and customer.

Essential Functions:
  • Serves as single point-of-contact between engineering project management and planning, engineering project team, and line management
  • Reviews status of engineering projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports
  • Assesses engineering project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and customer-satisfaction goals and objectives
  • Develops mechanisms for monitoring engineering project progress and for intervention and problem solving with engineering project managers, line managers, and customers
  • Provides the coordination between resource managers/supervisors and ensures all necessary reviews and approvals are received
  • May conduct performance/project analyses during phase-down to benefit future/other engineering projects, missions, and programs
  • Lead design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.)
  • Availability to travel 10-20% of the time to customer and subcontractor sites in support of technical meetings and verification activities


Qualifications:
  • An ABET (EAC/CAC) accredited 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.


Preferred Additional Skills:
  • Graduate Degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior related experience
  • Currently hold a DoD security clearance
  • Experience with NSA and NSA certification, TEMPEST certification process, understanding red/black separation design
  • Knowledge and experience using AI tools for staffing, forecasting and other related technical tasks
  • Comprehensive level knowledge of job area. May have in-depth knowledge of project management
  • Implements strategic goals established by leadership on assigned projects
  • Establishes operational plans for job area with short-term impact on results
  • Expert in Earned Value Management and cost/schedule estimation
  • Experience coordinating across multiple engineering functions
  • Experience communicating directly with customer and in front of non-technical audience
  • Experience in system level development, requirements definition, analysis, and risk mitigation for Communications, Open Systems Architecture, Satellite Communications, and/or Electronic Presentation and communication skills
  • Space Communications Design, Architecture Experience
  • Space Parts, Materials and Process Background
  • Free Space Optics Experience

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