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.
About the role
This position encompasses both management and technical/design responsibilities. It is responsible for the supervision of a small team and duties are notionally split at approximately 70% technical/design and 30% management. Responsibilities in both aspects of the role are articulated separately below.
What the role will involve
The responsibilities of your role will include the following:
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Lead, mentor and support a small team of Electrical Engineers, ensuring effective delivery, technical excellence and professional development.
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Manage team priorities, workload and resource planning, providing technical leadership and guidance across projects.
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Design, develop and prototype power and control circuits, including programmable logic devices, from concept through to production.
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Produce and review schematics, PCB layouts (Altium), power budgets and engineering documentation.
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Oversee design reviews, verification activities and compliance with performance, quality and reliability requirements.
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Identify and manage technical risks, contributing to project delivery within schedule and budget constraints.
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Work closely with Procurement, Manufacturing and external suppliers to support prototype and production activities.
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Contribute to bids, proposals, R&D initiatives and continuous improvement activities.
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Support quality, regulatory and AS9100 compliance requirements, ensuring designs meet reliability, manufacturability and customer expectations.
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Promote a strong culture of safety, security and export control compliance.
What you’ll bring
The role requires the following experience and skills:
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Degree qualified (or equivalent) in Electronics/Electrical Engineering.
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6+ years’ prior relevant experience in a similar role.
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Eligible for registration with the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland (RPEQ).
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Experience in generating DC schematic diagrams and DC PCB layouts with Altium (or equivalent).
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Ability to lead small design team.
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Ability to work independently or as part of a multidisciplinary team.
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Outstanding time management skills.
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Ability to deal with customers and present design details during customer reviews.
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Hold Australian Government Security Clearance NV1 (minimum)
Desirable:
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Expert knowledge of Altium for generating DC schematic diagrams and DC PCB layouts.
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Experience in working with customers to understand project requirements and generate specifications.
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Experience with designing for and testing EMI/EMC compliance.
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Experience with design for manufacture and developing assembly and test documentation for operation in a production environment.
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Experience with a production environment.
About L3Harris Australia
L3Harris in Eight Mile Plains is The Centre of Excellence for Electronic Warfare and is home to world-leading design, manufacture and integration expertise and the sustainment of high-reliability electronic warfare components. Our highly skilled workforce design and develop Australia’s sovereign defence capabilities such as the next-generation space, airborne and cyber capabilities for the Australian warfighter.
A few of our employee benefits are:
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An additional week of leave per annum plus the option to buy or sell up to 2 weeks additional annual leave.
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Salary continuance insurance (SCI pays 75% of your base salary and bonus for up to 2 years)
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Flexible working hours and patterns depending on location
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Discounted private health insurance
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Life & Total Permanent Disability Cover
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Novated Car Leasing
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Company supported professional development programs
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Company paid parking
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Retail Reward programs
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Half day finish on Fridays
Important to know
Due to the nature of our work many our roles require an Australian citizenship and will require the successful candidate to successfully apply and hold an Australian Defence Security Clearance and/or be assessed to work with ITAR information. Please answer the pre-screening questions upon applying for this assessment.
For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected]
L3Harris respectfully requests no agency submissions at this time.
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