Posted 24 days ago
Sr. Specialist - Project Engineer
@ L3Harris Technologies
Waterdown, Ontario
Overview
L3Harris Technologies is hiring a Senior Project Engineer in Waterdown, Ontario, to lead technical product development projects. The work covers design stage gates, risk and budget management, schedules, and cross-functional leadership, on site. Pay is $102,000 to $152,000 per year.
Responsibilities:
- Lead project delivery and technical guidance for product developments
- Prepare and present design stage gate packages to leadership
- Maintain risk registers, budgets, and schedules with EVM reporting
- Lead project scrums, material shortage and build meetings
- Coordinate engineering changes through the ECA process
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience, or graduate degree with 4+ years
- Well-rounded project management background in a technical environment
- Working knowledge of electro-mechanical, optical and video systems
- Strong written and verbal technical communication
- PMP and P.Eng are assets
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-13
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-17
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 6+ years |
| Work setting | Office, Plant or factory |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | PMP, P.Eng |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (preferred) |
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L3Harris Technologies
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Full company description
L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. 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. Visit L3Harris.com for more information.
- LinkedIn followers
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- 30,525
- Reported office locations
- 1025 W. NASA Boulevard, Melbourne, Florida 32919, US
- Business categories
- Information Technology
- National Security
- Business Development
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Aerospace
- Manufacturing
- Other recorded names
- L3Harris Technologies
- L3HHCM20
- Harris
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- 2,250,000,000
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L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. 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. Visit L3Harris.com for more information.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Defense and Space Manufacturing |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Florida |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 137 |
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Job Title: Sr. Specialist, Project Engineer
Job Code: 46098
Job Location: Onsite - Waterdown, On
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide project leadership and technical guidance for internally and externally funded product developments
- Coordinate, prepare-for and lead presentation of design stage gate packages
- Align and motivate cross-functional development team to successfully execute the New Product Introduction (NPI) company standard process
- Responsible for presenting to various levels of cross-functional leadership in design reviews and business meetings
- Develop and maintain project risk registers including mitigation plans, drive closure of risk actions
- Responsible for providing project forecasts and maintaining adherence to project budgets and schedules
- Use of JIRA and other project tools for Earn Value Management reporting
- Maintain 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 features
- Lead project scrums, closely involved in material shortage and build meetings
- Understand and communicate cause and effect of changes affecting schedule, quality and cost
- Coordinate engineering changes and lead Enterprise Change Assessment (ECA) technical pillar through the change process
- Lead department strategic goal alignment and continuous improvement projects as needed
- Understand and comply with the company Quality Management System
- Accountable to the Product Manager and Project Engineering Management
Preferred Capabilities:
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office including MS Project
- Strong technical communication skills, both written and verbal
- Well-rounded project management background with experience in a highly technical environment
- Excellent project organization and planning skills
- Strong interpersonal skills, capable of maintaining and growing relationships with stakeholders
- Experience presenting technical project content to senior leadership stakeholders
- Knowledge/experience using Atlassian Confluence/JIRA
- Working knowledge of root cause analysis or reliability techniques (5 Why, Cause Map, 8D, FMEA)
- A sense of urgency; dynamic, resourceful, innovative and takes initiative
- Understanding of electro/mechanical/optical/video systems
- Design/working knowledge of mechanical design, bill of material structures and mechanical design terminology
- Design/working knowledge of electrical circuit design, circuit board assemblies and electrical design terminology
- Design/working knowledge of feedback control systems, video standards, grounding/bonding practices and motors/potentiometers/encoders and other electro-mechanical devices
- Working knowledge of optical assemblies, cameras and laser devices is an asset
- Knowledge of AS9100 Quality Standard
- Experience in aerospace industry preferred
- PMP Certification is an asset
- P.Eng license is an asset
Desired Education and Experiences:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience.
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience, and in lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
*This posting is for a current vacancy. In the province of Ontario, Canada, the pay range for this position will be $102000 - $152000
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