Systems Engineering Lead

Job Title: Systems Engineering Lead

Job Code: 43006

Job Location: Clifton NJ

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

Position Overview:

The RF ASIC Subject Matter Expert (SME) Systems Engineering provides technical leadership for the definition integration verification and lifecycle support of RF ASIC capabilities within larger system architectures. This role serves as the bridge between system requirements and ASIC implementation ensuring RF ASIC solutions align with mission objectives platform constraints interface definitions performance budgets and verification strategies. The SME works across systems engineering ASIC design RF design hardware software packaging test manufacturing and program management teams to translate operational needs into achievable technical requirements and to ensure the delivered RF ASIC performs as intended in the full system environment.

• Ensure RF ASIC designs support system-level performance interoperability and mission objectives.
• Translate system and subsystem requirements into RF ASIC functional and performance allocations.
• Assess the impact of RF ASIC design decisions on overall system performance integration risk cost and schedule.
• Support verification validation and technical risk management across the full development lifecycle.

Essential Functions:

• Serve as the systems engineering SME for RF ASIC-related technical issues.
• Derive and allocate system requirements to RF ASIC functions interfaces and performance needs.
• Manage RF ASIC performance budgets including gain noise figure linearity phase noise dynamic range power and spectral purity.
• Ensure traceability from customer needs through system requirements ASIC implementation and verification.
• Evaluate RF ASIC architectures and support trade studies across performance SWaP reliability producibility and lifecycle cost.
• Coordinate RF ASIC integration with antennas RF front ends converters digital processing timing power thermal and control interfaces.
• Define and manage electrical mechanical thermal digital and control interfaces impacting RF ASIC integration.
• Support modeling simulation verification and test activities to ensure system-level compliance and performance.
• Identify technical risks related to RF ASIC performance manufacturability qualification integration and obsolescence and develop mitigation plans.
• Support design reviews root cause investigations production transition and customer technical engagement.
• Significant experience in RF systems RFIC/ASIC development or system integration involving RF subsystems.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles including requirements development allocation traceability interface management and verification.
• Working knowledge of RF ASIC technologies and their effects on system-level behavior.
• Experience performing trade studies and system performance analysis.
• Ability to interpret and communicate RF technical issues in a system context.
• Experience supporting technical reviews risk assessments and cross-functional engineering efforts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lift 20 lbs
• Up to 10% travel as required

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Active Secret Clearance required.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Masters degree or higher in Electrical Engineering Systems Engineering or related field.
• Experience in aerospace defense communications radar EW SIGINT or space systems.
• Familiarity with model-based systems engineering requirements management tools and verification planning tools.
• Multi-domain knowledge in particular systems RF software and firmware
• Hands on experience in system integration engineering testing and system performance characterization of embedded RF systems
• Experience with environmental qualification production transition and lifecycle support.
• Experience briefing customers or program leadership on technical issues and trades.
• Active Top Secret Security Clearance

In compliance with pay transparency requirements the salary range for this role in New Jersey is $127500 - $236000. 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.

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