Sr. Specialist, SATCOM Systems Engineer
L3Harris · Salt Lake City, UT
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Jul 21, 2026
Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems engineering role focused on the full lifecycle of military data link and communications systems — from early concept and proposals through deployment and ongoing operational support. Day-to-day work spans requirements management, technical documentation, design oversight, and integration and verification testing across hardware, software, and combined system solutions. Best suited to engineers with a background in complex RF or SATCOM communications systems for defense applications.
Senior level · 6+ years · Salt Lake City, UT · Secret clearance · Full-time
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The role is a defense/systems engineering position focused on data link systems lifecycle support — it sits between 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) and 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other); 15-1211 was chosen as the closest match given the requirements analysis, architecture documentation, and V&V activities that dominate the day-to-day work.
Degree requirement is marked None because the JD explicitly accepts equivalent experience in lieu of a degree ('In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience'). The preferred disciplines (Electrical or Computer Engineering) are noted but not hard-gated.
The minimum experience requirement is 6 years with a Bachelor's degree; 4 years with a graduate degree; or 8 years with no degree. The 6-year figure is used as the overall years minimum as it represents the most common path.
The JD states candidates must have the 'ability to obtain a Secret security clearance,' not that an active clearance is required. However, the Preferred Additional Skills section also lists 'Active Secret Security Clearance,' suggesting an active clearance is strongly preferred. Clearance is set to Secret as a gate since the ability to obtain one is listed under Essential Functions.
RF test equipment (signal generators, spectrum analyzers, power meters) is listed under Preferred Additional Skills and captured as a single preferred skill reflecting the lab equipment category named in the posting.
All skills listed under 'Preferred Additional Skills' are marked preferred, including SATCOM/line-of-sight experience, RF lab equipment, MBSE, Type 1 encryption, and configuration/modeling tools.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): requirements management, systems engineering, configuration 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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