L3Harris

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 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.

V&V Engineer

Mission Networks

Melbourne, VIC

About the Opportunity:

L3Harris is seeking an experienced engineer to support the Verification and Validation activities to assist with the delivery of the Airservices Australia Enterprise Network Modernization Program (ENMP). This is an important role focusing on the ongoing Verification and Validation of the overall system and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

This is an opportunity to take on unique challenges, expand your skillset and experience, and significantly contribute to Airservices’ industry leading pathway to Air Traffic Modernization. You will join a great team of talented professionals who take a collaborative approach and enjoy working together. We are a company on the move with more than five decades of innovative and exceptional performance; we have earned our place as a trusted provider to our customers.

Roles & Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be directly supporting the V&V Manager. This engineer will follow the test process for all test-related activities within the mission-critical program and be responsible for the development, coordination, implementation, and enforcement of test processes.

The engineer is responsible for working with the team by supporting or conducting verification of the overall system and the service verification environments in accordance with associated plans, processes and procedures.

This position requires an Airservices background check with duties to include:

• Develop System Level Test Plans, System Test Procedures and other required System test documents.
• Execute or supervise System test activities in accordance with associated plans, processes and procedures.
• Coordinate with the V&V lead as required to close project actions and issues.
• Identify test risks and opportunities and report up to the project lead.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and report up to the V&V lead.
• Work technical issues to closure using a robust engineering process.
• Work with Configuration Management, Quality Assurance and Test staff to maintain test environment control and test platform validation.
• Work with System Engineering to ensure test methods and procedures remain aligned with functional and non-functional requirements throughout the Program lifecycle.
• Help coordinate the support contractor test activities throughout the subsystem testing.
• Support the test environments, including adhering to formal configuration management practices

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Computer Science, Communication Engineering, Information Technology, or similar technical degree with a minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in Verification & Validation background (System/Network Integration/Verification Testing)
• Able to qualify for and obtain Australian Defense security clearance to NV1.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in all phases of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) on large electronic system deployments.
• Experience working directly with Airservices or similar Governmental Air Traffic organization to develop, test and deploy a new automation or network service to the field.
• Experience in a multi-disciplined engineering environment, with stringent Safety and Security requirements.
• Experience in automated testing
• Experience with Voice Communications Systems, Radios, Telephony (VoIP, analog or digital).
• Experience working on large networked systems.
• Experience with Validation Test Bed management and sustainment.
• Experience managing work streams in Jira.
• Other less relevant but adjacent competencies such as programming/coding, electronics projects, ICT skills, hardware development, project management are also beneficial.

About us

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 defence technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defence and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 48,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• 5 Weeks annual leave
• Flexible annual leave (buy & sell up to 2 weeks)
• Salary continuance insurance (SCI pays 75% of your base salary and bonus for up to 2 years)
• Discounted private health insurance
• Life & Total Permanent Disability Cover
• Novated Car Leasing

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require an Australian nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet eligibility.

Eligibility and clearance process information can be found at;

https://www.defence.gov.au/security/clearances/about/overview

L3Harris respectfully requests no agency submissions at this time

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.