Technical Authority

Job Title - Technical Authority Job Location - Tewkesbury, UK Job ID - 19351 About this opportunity and L3Harris UK From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide. L3Harris in Tewkesbury and Fleet form part of our ICI division. In the land domain, our T7 and T4 multi-mission robots deliver next-generation remote capabilities and uncompromised performance. We design and manufacture world-leading land force protection systems, cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA), electronic warfare (EW) and encryption capabilities. Our cyber capabilities provide an information advantage in the fields of kinetic conflict, cyber warfare, force protection and counterterrorism. We are looking for an experienced Technical Authority, Solutions Architect or Systems Engineering Lead with project leadership experience to join our Engineering team to lead an exciting new programme. A few of our employee benefits are:

• Flexible, condensed or reduced working hours available, i.e. 4-day condensed working week, 9-day fortnights,12pm finish every Friday, etc.
• 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 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:
• Working alongside a project management team leading a programme requiring rapid delivery of bespoke engineering solutions in the defence arena
• Working directly (including regular on-site) with customers and users to help derive architectures and solutions from requirements in challenging environments
• Working rapidly and with agility across an array of projects, from small tasks to more complex projects and leading engineering contributions to the outcomes
• Working on the research and development of cutting-edge technology across a range of different fields, including Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and Electronic Warfare
• Leading the architectural design of complex engineering solutions sometimes consisting of any combination of digital electronics, RF, embedded software, firmware and mechanical elements
• Contributing regularly to the generation of technical proposals, bids and presentations.
• Leading and influencing other members of the engineering, project management and commercial teams to achieve a common goal
What you'll bring The role requires the following experience and skills:
• Experienced senior-level engineer or scientist, degree qualified in Electronics, Communications, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Mathematics or similar.
• At least five years of experience within systems, software or hardware engineering within the defence and/or security markets.
• Experience leading and delivering projects and products.
• Experience leading teams and an aptitude to lead and influence others.
• Big picture thinking - the ability to understand, describe, document and present an abstracted view of a complex system through a variety of media
• Ability to translate complex user needs into a high-level solution which may involve a mix of engineering development and the procurement and integration of COTs products
• Ability to communicate across subcontract organisations to find and analyse the best solutions to customer needs
• Very strong communication skills working with a wide range of people both inside and outside the organisation and an ability to lead and influence engineers, project managers, commercial staff and others
• Ability to conduct engineering development with uncertain and sometimes rapidly changing customer requirements
• An awareness of software, embedded software, FPGA and Electronic design (digital and/or RF)
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. #SeniorSystemsEngineer #LI-RT1


• Experienced senior-level engineer or scientist, degree qualified in Electronics, Communications, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Mathematics or similar.
• At least five years of experience within systems, software or hardware engineering within the defence and/or security markets.
• Experience leading and delivering projects and products.
• Experience leading teams and an aptitude to lead and influence others.
• Big picture thinking - the ability to understand, describe, document and present an abstracted view of a complex system through a variety of media
• Ability to translate complex user needs into a high-level solution which may involve a mix of engineering development and the procurement and integration of COTs products
• Ability to communicate across subcontract organisations to find and analyse the best solutions to customer needs
• Very strong communication skills working with a wide range of people both inside and outside the organisation and an ability to lead and influence engineers, project managers, commercial staff and others
• Ability to conduct engineering development with uncertain and sometimes rapidly changing customer requirements
• An awareness of software, embedded software, FPGA and Electronic design (digital and/or RF)
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.

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide. L3Harris in Tewkesbury and Fleet form part of our ICI division. In the land domain, our T7 and T4 multi-mission robots deliver next-generation remote capabilities and uncompromised performance. We design and manufacture world-leading land force protection systems, cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA), electronic warfare (EW) and encryption capabilities. Our cyber capabilities provide an information advantage in the fields of kinetic conflict, cyber warfare, force protection and counterterrorism. We are looking for an experienced Technical Authority, Solutions Architect or Systems Engineering Lead with project leadership experience to join our Engineering team to lead an exciting new programme.


• Flexible, condensed or reduced working hours available, i.e. 4-day condensed working week, 9-day fortnights,12pm finish every Friday, etc.
• 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 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