Overview

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 Title: Specialist, Project Engineer (L3)Job Code: 39986Job Location: Hamilton, OntarioJob Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off About L3HARRIS WESCAMAs a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies and within the Integrated Mission Systems Segment, the WESCAM division develops the most advanced optical sensor and targeting systems for global defense and military sectors, National Security, Search & Rescue and Airborne law enforcement agencies. From long-range covert surveillance missions to search and rescue operations, our MX-series systems, and the mission systems solutions they are a part of, produce stabilized high-magnification electro-optical and infrared images from airborne, marine and ground based platforms, enabling our customers to see first and act first. About the RoleOur Lead, Project Engineers are responsible for successful product launch by project managing the Engineering activities across a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Electro-Optics, Specialty, Firmware and Software Engineers as well as a wider functional team of Operations project leads, Planners, Buyers, Production and Quality Staff. Primary ResponsibilitiesProvide project leadership and technical guidance for internally and externally funded product developmentsCoordinate, prepare-for and lead presentation of design stage gate packagesAlign cross-functional development team to execute the New Product Introduction (NPI) company standard processResponsible for presenting to various levels of cross-functional leadership in design reviews and business meetingsDevelop and maintain project risk registers including mitigation plans, drive closure of risk actionsResponsible for providing project forecasts and maintaining adherence to project budgets and schedulesLead investigations into product failures and other deficiencies utilizing root cause analysis methodologyCollaborate with cross-functional teams to implement mitigations for reliability risksEnsure corrective actions are implemented and track effectiveness in preventing reoccurrenceCoordinate, prepare-for and co-lead presentation of monthly reliability metricsUse of JIRA and other project tools for Earn Value Management reportingMaintain project schedules to align with integrated master schedule milestones and customer contract deliverable Participate in and support the bids and proposal/sales process by providing engineering inputs including feasibility, NRE, risks and schedule estimates for new products or featuresLead project scrums, closely involved in material shortage and build meetingsUnderstand and communicate cause and effect of changes affecting schedule, quality and costCoordinate engineering changes and lead Enterprise Change Assessment (ECA) technical pillar through the change processLead department strategic goal alignment projects as neededUnderstand and comply with the company Quality Management System Required Education and ExperiencesBachelor's Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience, and in lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience. Desired Skills an