Senior Specialist, Systems Engineering (Network Engineering)

About This Role

This senior specialist role involves customer-facing systems engineering, focusing on the delivery, integration, testing, and operational success of advanced tactical communication systems. The position represents L3Harris products in customer and operational environments, serving as a key technical liaison across various internal and external stakeholders. It is ideal for a hands-on engineer who excels in field and customer-facing settings, can resolve complex system issues under real-world conditions, and can translate technical findings into clear, actionable input for internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a customer-facing systems engineer supporting new product delivery, operational readiness, and field success
• Provide technical support for tactical communications systems in lab, field, and customer environments
• Develop and maintain subject matter knowledge of tactical waveform features and operational use cases
• Perform hardware and software system integration for tactical communication solutions
• Execute advanced feature testing, validate system behavior, and document results
• Troubleshoot system and connectivity issues, including network diagnostics and traffic-flow verification
• Manage and resolve customer technical issues and escalations in coordination with engineering support teams
• Communicate relevant technical and operational information between customers and internal stakeholders
• Create clear technical documentation, lessons learned, and support/training content for internal and external users
• Provide product feedback and field insights to support continuous improvement of capabilities and usability
• Travel domestically and internationally (up to approximately 30%) to support customer events, test activities, and system demonstration

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related technical discipline with a 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

Nice to have:

• Experience with tactical waveforms (ANW2C, WREN-TSM, Wraith & HF), mission command integration, and fielded communication planning applications
• Experience with test execution, defect isolation, and feature validation in hardware/software systems
• Design, configure, and troubleshoot IP-based network architectures using fielded tactical radio solutions
• Apply and support networking technologies including VLANs, redundancy protocols (e.g., VRRP), Routing Protocols and tunneling solutions
• Prior Military or worked in a military environment