Engineering Design Authority - Maritime

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, 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 Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Title – Engineering Design Authority

Job Location – Portchester, UK

Job ID – 11631

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris in Portchester are a market leader in the development, build and integration of systems for a wide range of unmanned marine vehicles with military and commercial applications.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Flexi Time Working Policy – Up to 3 days off per month
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Lead the team and act as a technical focal point for both internal and external (customer and suppliers) leadership teams.
• Act as Design Authority for a major customer project; manage all engineering activities for a large customer project including design activities
• Oversight into technical issues, process and governance
• Interface with senior stakeholders (internal and external)
• Accountable for the delivery of key user requirements and cardinal point specifications are managed
• Accountable for the delivery of 3rd party accreditation / certification process
• Liaison with sub-contracts, Project Managers and technical managers (internal and external)
• Contribution and management of business improvement activities
• Acting as the senior technical point of contact for the customer

What you’ll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Substantial prior related experience working on complex engineering projects
• Extensive experience delivering multi-disciplined projects comprising the following: electrical, mechanical, software, and specialist engineering analysis (support, security, systems).
• Understand the specialist needs of each engineering discipline and be able to advise strategically on the engineering requirements to deliver the project technically.
• Able to understand technical detail and a low level of fidelity in technical decision making

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.