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Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineering

L3Harris logoL3HarrisFort Wayne, IN, United StatesFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Description

This position will be responsible for providing Electrical Engineering support to maintain large system cable architecture across multiple customer-funded programs within our Spectral Solutions business area within the Space Mission Systems segment of L3Harris Corporation. This role will lead the design of system level cable architecture, maintain interconnect diagrams supporting system and lower-level specifications, define interconnect hardware, and own the review of all cable drawings.

Our Spectral Solutions business area serves a broad array of government, civil and commercial customers by enhancing information superiority, contributing to our national security and providing actionable data for the protection of property and human life. We specialize in high-reliability space-based remote sensing end-to-end systems that offer active and motion imaging and data processing, exploitation and dissemination. We also provide solutions that map and monitor the earth for a variety of commercial and governmental users.

Essential Functions

  • Design of system and subsystem cable architecture.
  • Create and maintain interconnect diagrams and drawings.
  • Establish and maintain interconnect specifications and requirements.
  • Evaluate and analyze EMI, Signal Integrity, and IR drop impacts on cable signals.
  • Provide Signal Integrity insight and guidance to design team.
  • Evaluate and select key materials and components for the design environment
  • Direct and guide cable design teams
  • Perform worst-case analysis on power and analog circuits.
  • Participate and contribute in technical reviews.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree in Engineering and a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
  • Experience with schematics
  • Experience with Root Cause Corrective Action

Preferred Additional Skills

  • Experience with schematic entry, simulation, analysis of power, analog, and digital circuits.
  • Experience writing performance specifications.
  • Experience designing in a space environment.
  • Experience with SPICE, MathCAD, Matlab, Simulink, Allegro and MentorGraphics tools
  • Experience leading teams and project designs

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.

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Copied from the listing L3Harris published, verified 31 Oct 2026.

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