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 empl
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Engineering Director
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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.

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.

About the role 

L3Harris Trenchant is an elite global team of engineers and security researchers charged with building world-class computer security products. Trenchant’s expertise is the by-product of the L3Harris acquisition of two highly-regarded information security businesses – Azimuth Security and Linchpin Labs. United under Trenchant, we are a key component of L3Harris’ Intelligence & Cyber Division. We are a trusted, discrete partner furnishing security products, consultancy, training and integration services to allied security, defence, and law enforcement agencies.

The position will require domestic and overseas travel.

As part of the Global Software Operations team, you’ll play a key role in strengthening and modernizing our core Cyber services across the region. You’ll be responsible for sequencing the activities of a global engineering operation in service of a larger mission to resarch and deliver a world-class cyber toolkit.

In this role, you’ll lead, mentor and support experienced engineering managers overseeing teams in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand.  Your core routines will be centred around providing clear, consistent representation of global engineering effors to stakeholders. Day to day activites will be, but not limited to; devisie and apply communications strategies to align the activites of a global engineering workforce, de-risk proposals through collborative software design, effort estimation and project planning.

What you’ll bring 

To succeed in this role, you’ll need the following experience and skills:

  • Relevant Degree with a minimum of 10years software experience
  • Experience with software lifecycle management suites such as Gitlab
  • First hand experience developing software in an agile workflow, inc application of continuois integration strategies and iterative delivery
  • Strong communication, problem-solving and analytical skills
  • People management experience
  • Excellent communication and organisational abilities
  • Hold and maintain an Australian Defence security clearance

About L3Harris Australia

L3Harris Australia excels as a prime defence contractor, providing integrated tech solutions for over four decades. Specialising in technology that connects and shapes operations spanning multiple domains: space, air, land, sea, cyber and first responders. Today, we employ over 500 professionals in all major cities who understand the region’s unique requirements.

A few of our employee benefits are:

  • An additional week of leave per annum plus the option to buy or sell up to 2 weeks additional annual leave.
  • Salary continuance insurance (SCI pays 75 of your base salary and bonus for up to 2 years)
  • Flexible working hours and patterns depending on location
  • Discounted private health insurance
  • Life & Total Permanent Disability Cover
  • Novated Car Leasing
  • Company supported professional development programs
  • Retail Reward programs

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.

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.

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.

Company Details
L3 Harris Technologies
7500 Maehr Rd
Waco, Texas 76705 USA
careers.l3harris.com/
1445 Open Jobs Available
At L3Harris, we inspire excellence. Across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains, our customers perform on the world’s most challenging frontlines – and we are proud to employ innovators and problem solvers dedicated to delivering mission critical solutions...

Supported Manufacturers:
Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas

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Location
Waco, Texas, United States
Type
Permanent
Company Details
L3 Harris Technologies
7500 Maehr Rd
Waco, Texas 76705 USA
careers.l3harris.com/
1445 Open Jobs Available
At L3Harris, we inspire excellence. Across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains, our customers perform on the world’s most challenging frontlines – and we are proud to employ innovators and problem solvers dedicated to delivering mission critical solutions...

Supported Manufacturers:
Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas

Supported Models:

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