Level 3 Communications, Inc

Specialist, Systems Engineering

Level 3 Communications, Inc$85K — $110K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years in systems engineering or a Graduate Degree with 2+ years experience.
  • In lieu of a degree, 8+ years of relevant systems engineering experience required.
  • Understanding of hardware test strategies and fault isolation techniques.
  • Experience in systems architecture, performance modeling, and integration processes.
  • Proficient in Linux environments and familiar with Virtual Machines.

Responsibilities

  • Interface with supervisors, customers, and engineers to define SIL architecture requirements.
  • Plan and execute periodic upgrades for SIL systems and software.
  • Review system diagrams to ensure compliance with requirements.
  • Install, test, and troubleshoot system upgrades.
  • Translate customer needs into actionable system-level requirements.
  • Author effective verification test procedures to validate system performance.
  • Monitor ongoing test and integration activities, providing technical support.

Benefits

  • 9/80 work schedule allows for every other Friday off.
  • Flexible job schedule with opportunities for overtime.
  • Travel opportunities within CONUS and OCONUS up to 10% of the time.
  • Opportunity to work in a high-performance systems integration environment.
Full Job Description
Job Title: Specialist, Systems Engineering

Job Code: 40110

Job Location: Greenville, TX

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

Role is contingent upon contract award (estimated July 2026)

Job Description:

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Specialist, Systems Engineer/Architect. The ideal candidate is responsible for the daily technical and operational activities of a high-performance System Integration Laboratory (SIL) environment supporting advanced airborne ISR ground exploitation systems. This role combines hands-on technical oversight, upgrade, installation and maintenance of the system. This position has a direct impact on system readiness, mission success, and the continuous improvement of SIL workflows and capabilities.

Essential Functions:
  • Interfaces with the supervisor, customer, software development engineers, project engineering, and program management to determine SIL architecture and support requirements.
  • Assists in planning / executing periodic SIL upgrades to new equipment and software configurations.
  • Review and evaluate system diagrams to ensure design details trace to system requirements.
  • Understand physical architecture incorporating voice and data capability across multiple security domains.
  • Install, test, troubleshoot, and verify system upgrades and system infrastructure to meet customer performance expectations.
  • Translate the voice of the customer into system level requirements.
  • Understand test, integration, verification, and validation planning.
  • Author and execute effective verification test procedures ensuring system performance and capabilities meet system requirements.
  • Perform hands-on test, integration, and verification of software and/or hardware.
  • Monitors ongoing test/integration activities and provides technical support, troubleshooting and recommendations for repair or replacement of defective or outdated equipment.
  • Familiar with installation and configuration of Virtual Machines (VMs) in a Linux environment.
  • Starts up all SIL equipment and verifies system readiness for testing.
  • Excellent written, oral, and presentation communications skills.
  • Candidate must be willing and able to work a flexible job schedule to include occasional overtime.
  • Candidate must be willing to travel both CONUS and OCONUS up to 10% of the time.
  • The candidate will be required to obtain and maintain CompTIA Security+ certification.
  • Active Secret Clearance at the time of hire with the ability to obtain a Top Secret with SCI.


Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related systems engineering experience.
  • Graduate Degree or equivalent with 2 years of prior related systems engineering experience.
  • In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related systems engineering experience.
  • Demonstrated understanding of hardware test strategies, fault isolation, automated tests, use of diagnostic test equipment, and generating and interpreting test requirements.
  • Demonstrated experience in systems engineering, systems architecture, systems analysis and design, system performance modeling, integration, and/or model-based systems engineering.
  • Demonstrated experience operating in a Linux environment.


Preferred Additional Skills:
  • Active Top Secret with SCI security clearance.
  • CompTIA Security+ Certification.
  • Experienced with DOORS and/or Jira.


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