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This position involves the technical leadership and oversight of the requirements, design, analysis, development, test & evaluation of unmanned aerial systems. Responsibilities include technical management of new and existing products, and new development project planning and execution. Individual will be responsible for leading a multi-disciplined engineering team on complex projects at various phases of project life cycle. Work closely with the Program Manager, engineering team, manufacturing, quality and other departments as necessary to expedite project completion and most importantly meet the customer expectations.\nEssential Functions:\nServes as lead on technical proposals and program execution\nResponsible for managing and directing program management teams with the cost, schedule, technical, and contractual performance requirements of a complex technical program portfolios through the life-cycle phases of development, implementation, and operations. This includes utilizing Earned Value Management, maintaining an integrated master schedule, managing development and test to a technical baseline, and maintains an active and proactive risk management program. Responsible for budget management and financial execution of the portfolio.\nProactively manages risk, including identification and mitigation plans, and issue elevation and resolution\nEffectively communicates status to stakeholders, including organizational leadership, multifunctional teams, and the customer\nSolves problems with a calm sense of urgency\nDemonstrates operational discipline and ownership\nMaintains scope control through disciplined change management\nBrings passion for innovation, a sophisticated understanding of electronic equipment and systems, and the ability to further advance L3Harris Agile Development Group\nCoordinates all technical aspects of the project to meet scope, schedule and design to cost goals\nUses project management best practices and industry standards for resource planning, personnel oversight, and cost/schedule tracking\nAbility to establish a culture of trust, open communications, data driven decision making, customer focus and relentless continuous improvement.\nWork with functional leadership to ensure that all resources such as engineering, manpower, production, and facilities are available to support the program are reflected in staffing demand tools.\nAbility to support 20% travel.\nQualifications:\nBachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.\nActive US Secret Clearance.\n Preferred Additional Skills:\nExperience as the technical lead on technically complex projects\nRecent experience as lead on technical proposals, including ownership of the engineering portion of basis of estimate.\nExperience in organizing and leading Engineering, contractual, financial, Operations, and other cross functional areas to provide total Program life-cycle management. Experience managing projects with budgets of $20M+ and a total portfolio >$100M. Experience leading geographically diverse program teams comprised of Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) with membership from multiple Company and potentially partner organizations.\nExperience in development and production programs is required.\n4+ years of experience with the implementation and execution using Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) and employment of applicable metrics.\nExcellent interpersonal skills, ability to work well within and outside of the organization including customers, vendors, and leadership with minimal oversight\nDemonstrated complex problem solving and decision making - Able to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions; able to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate solution\nProgram planning, guidance, and engineering execution within scope, schedule and budget\nBroad understanding of engineering processes and policies\nIn compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in Virginia (Greater D.C. area) is $106,500 - $197,500. 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. 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