L3Harris Technologies
Programme Engineering Lead
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Job Title – Programme Engineering Lead
Job Location – Barrow-In-Furness, UK
Job ID – 44483
About this opportunity and L3Harris UK
Operating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains.
L3Harris in Barrow-In-Furness is part of our Maritime UK business—a leading global supplier of integrated marine control systems and simulation products for warships, submarines, and high-end commercial marine vessels worldwide. Our Maritime UK business has four UK locations and together we are powering the Royal Navy’s adoption of autonomous surface vehicle technology as well as delivering autonomous capability to UK ports, harbours, and offshore energy service providers.
This role will lead the delivery of Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) capabilities within a complex and technically challenging programme environment.
A few of our employee benefits are:
- Hybrid working where possible—please note, 60% of your time over a one-month period should be spent onsite.
- Half day finish on a Friday.
- 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 8% employer contribution.
- Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x).
- Group income protection.
- Flexible opt-in extras such as a healthcare cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance, and electric car scheme.
- Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support.
- Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary).
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What the role will involve
This role will support and technically lead the Astute Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) programme.
The responsibilities of your role will include the following:
- Developing and delivering the engineering strategy required to meet programme objectives, ensuring compliance with established processes, standards, and governance.
- Leading a small multidisciplinary engineering team to achieve programme outcomes across cost, quality, and schedule.
- Working closely with Programme and Project Managers to identify opportunities, define technical scope, and support delivery planning.
- Monitoring and reporting programme performance, proactively managing risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Acting as the primary technical point of contact for customers and key stakeholders, building strong relationships, and ensuring effective communication throughout the programme lifecycle.
- Providing technical leadership and guidance across multiple engineering disciplines, supporting the wider team in resolving complex technical challenges.
What you’ll bring
The role requires the following experience and skills:
- Experience leading engineering teams on complex defence programmes.
- Strong understanding of systems concepts, interfaces, requirements, and the management of complex engineering challenges.
- Excellent planning, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience delivering programme objectives across cost, schedule, and quality targets.
- Experience supporting the technical aspects of bids, proposals, and business development activities.
- Good understanding of requirements engineering principles, including requirements elicitation, management, and validation.
- Experience using requirements management tools, such as DOORS.
- The ability to quickly develop an understanding of adjacent engineering disciplines to support programme delivery and technical decision-making.
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Preferred Additional Skills
- Experience within maritime or submarine programmes.
- Software engineering background.
- Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
- Knowledge of MODAF or DODAF architectural frameworks.
- Experience using System Architect, Rhapsody, or similar engineering tools.
- Understanding of related engineering disciplines such as Safety, EMC, and Integrated Logistics Support (ILS).
Important to know
Due to the nature of our work, many of 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 the right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.
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