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ATLAS serves as the mission processing system within a broader system-of-systems effort to replace the legacy Space Defense Operations Center (SPADOC), fielded in 1979. Working with the ATLAS Chief Systems Engineer, this role will provide technical leadership across the system development lifecycle, from stakeholder needs and requirements definition through architecture, design, integration, verification, validation, and operational support. The Lead Systems Engineer will collaborate with program leadership, customers, enterprise stakeholders, and cross-functional engineering teams to align ATLAS capabilities with broader mission objectives, maintain interoperability with related systems, and meet performance requirements within cost and schedule constraints.\nEssential Functions:\nWork with the ATLAS Chief Systems Engineer to lead assigned systems engineering activities across the ATLAS program and support related enterprise and system-of-systems initiatives.\nCollaborate with government, customer, and enterprise stakeholders to capture mission needs, requirements, and use cases; maintain traceability through ATLAS design, implementation, integration, and verification.\nAssess how ATLAS requirements, interfaces, and design changes affect related systems and end-to-end mission capabilities.\nCoordinate with engineering teams across related programs to define and manage external interfaces, integration dependencies, and interoperability requirements.\nSupport alignment of ATLAS architecture and technical baselines with applicable enterprise architectures, standards, and capability roadmaps.\nLead or support system and system-of-systems integration and test activities, including assessments of functionality, timing, interfaces, and end-to-end mission performance.\nIdentify and manage program-level and cross-program technical risks and dependencies; elevate issues requiring Chief Systems Engineer, program leadership, or enterprise stakeholder decisions.\nParticipate in program and enterprise technical forums to communicate status, resolve cross-system issues, and support coordinated technical planning.\nQualifications:\nBachelor’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.\nExperience applying systems engineering principles throughout the development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture development, integration, and verification.\nExperience working in an Agile development environment and translating system requirements into actionable development priorities.\nExperience coordinating technical activities across multiple systems, programs, or organizations, including interface management and integration planning.\nActive DoD Secret security clearance and willingness and eligibility to obtain a Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) access.\nPreferred Additional Skills:\nAbility to lead complex technical efforts, resolve cross-functional issues, and manage competing priorities with limited oversight.\nWorking knowledge of Atlassian tools, including Jira and Confluence, and experience supporting backlog management.\nFamiliarity with microservices architecture concepts and distributed system interfaces.\nExperience supporting enterprise architecture, system-of-systems engineering, or cross-program capability planning.\nExperience planning and executing systems integration and test (SIT) activities, including test procedures, results analysis, and discrepancy resolution.\nFamiliarity with Python scripting for data analysis, test automation, or engineering workflow improvement.\nExperience developing system observability capabilities, including metrics, dashboards, logging, and health monitoring.\nExperience conducting architecture trade studies and evaluating technical, cost, schedule, and operational impacts.\nFamiliarity with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tools and practices.\nExperience mentoring engineers and leading technical reviews.\nFamiliarity with multinational information-sharing and releasability considerations, including Five Eyes (FVEY) environments.\nIn compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in Colorado is $110,500 - $205,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.\nThe application window for this position will close on 12/20/26.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5269,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":13,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Education assistance","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["C4ISR","Military Satellites","Military Communication","Electronic Warfare"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-11T00:58:28Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 5","filings_12m":5,"filings_prev_12m":7,"green_card_filings_12m":0,"median_offered_wage_usd":107500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-10T11:34:35+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":22,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-11T02:31:47Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":205500,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/l3harris-technologies-lead-systems-engineer-17","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/l3harris-technologies-lead-systems-engineer-17.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-11T02:31:47Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":665,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-12T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":177017},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=177017"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fl3harris-technologies-lead-systems-engineer-17"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fl3harris-technologies-lead-systems-engineer-17"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fl3harris-technologies-lead-systems-engineer-17"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/l3harris-technologies-lead-systems-engineer-17\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fl3harris-technologies-lead-systems-engineer-17"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4048671}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"l3harris.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4048671},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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