Sr. Specialist, SATCOM Systems Engineer
L3Harris · Salt Lake City, UT
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Jul 23, 2026
Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior systems engineering role focused on advanced data link and SATCOM communications systems, covering the full program lifecycle from concept through sustainment. Day-to-day work involves requirements management, architecture definition, integration and verification, technical documentation, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering teams and customers. Suited to experienced systems engineers with a background in military communications hardware and software-intensive systems who can obtain a Secret clearance.
Senior level · 6+ years · Salt Lake City, UT · Secret clearance · Full-time
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The role is titled 'Sr. Specialist Systems Engineer' — a systems engineering lifecycle role (requirements, architecture, integration, verification) for military communications systems. SOC 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is the closest available code; 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is a reasonable runner-up given the defense/systems-engineering focus.
The minimum experience requirement is 6 years with a bachelor's degree, 4 years with a graduate degree, or 10 years in lieu of any degree — the degree requirement is set to None because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted.
A Secret clearance is listed as 'Ability to obtain and maintain' in the required qualifications, making it a hard gate. An active Secret clearance is also listed under Preferred Additional Skills as a nice-to-have upgrade.
All named technologies and tools (SATCOM, data link, MBSE, lab test equipment, Type 1 encryption) appear exclusively under the 'Preferred Additional Skills' section and are therefore marked as preferred.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): requirements management.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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