{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"88567ee649af6f9fa55de35f","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/88567ee649af6f9fa55de35f","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/88567ee649af6f9fa55de35f","title":"Lead, Program Chief Engineer","description":"Job Title: Lead, Program Chief Engineer\n\nJob Code:\n\nJob Location: Onsite at our Redmond, WA facility\n\nJob Schedule: 9/80 Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off\n\nJob Description:\n\nThe Program Chief Engineer manages program engineering resources, ensures the thoroughness, adequacy, and urgency of technical decisions and anomaly investigations, works with the program manager and contract manager to maintain strong customer communication and relations, supports program management and affordability initiatives, and provides technical coordination across all elements of the program both internally and externally. The Program Chief Engineer collaborates with multiple disciplines inside the company and with the customer to deliver products to make their mission possible, successful, and cost effective.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\nLead and/or support program technical activities required to design, assemble and test program hardware to meet customer requirements and verify suitability for the intended use.\nProvide broad-based engineering leadership to achieve program objectives while ensuring technical excellence, product performance, and customer confidence.\nAssure compliance to company policy and procedures (including standard work) within all program technical support activities.\nMaintain technical excellence and consistency in planning (Design Development Plans), execution (Technical Decision Making, Design and Hardware Reviews), and product ownership.\nLead failure investigations/root cause analysis activities as required. Provide feedback and interaction to show our customer that L3Harris is the best value supplier for their needs.\nSupport program change proposal activities, including change identification and management, program change board, proposal basis of estimate and technical writeup, fact-finding and negotiations, and program re-baselining.\nMaintain close and professional relationships with peers and senior management at L3Harris’ customer.\nSupport regular and as needed customer meetings to communicate program progress, risks and mitigation strategies, issues and recovery plans, interfaces and system requirements, and mission success.\nWork proactively with the program management team to address resource conflicts.\nTravel is required, as needed, within the United States to customers and suppliers - up to 10%.\nAbility to obtain a US LEVEL security clearance\n\nQualifications:\n\nBachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years of prior related engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related engineering experience.\n\nPreferred Additional Skills:\n\nBackground in Electric Propulsion highly preferred.\nA general knowledge of related disciplines such as material science, thermal and structural analysis, reliability and maintainability, systems engineering, spacecraft integration, and mission planning.\nApplicant must have a good understanding and demonstrated practice of root cause and corrective action methodologies.\nExcellent interpersonal skills and high quality written and oral communication skills.\nProficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).\n\nIn compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in Washington is $127,500 - $236,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.\n\nL3Harris announced on January 5th, that AE Industrial Partners (“AE Industrial”) has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in L3Harris’ Space Propulsion and Power Systems business. This position has been identified as one that will transition to the new standalone company upon closing of the transaction. Until that time, L3Harris will continue its hiring activity within this business.\n\n#LI-HJ1","company":"Rocketforce Technologies","rawCompany":"rocketforce technologies","city":"Redmond","state":"WA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-15T09:54:22.876Z","occupations":[{"code":"11-9041.00","title":"Architectural and Engineering Managers","slug":"architectural-and-engineering-managers"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"},{"code":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","slug":"project-management-specialists"}],"industries":[{"code":"541330","title":"Engineering Services","slug":"engineering-services"},{"code":"336414","title":"Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing","slug":"guided-missile-and-space-vehicle-manufacturing"},{"code":"334511","title":"Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing","slug":"search-detection-navigation-guidance-aeronautical-and-nautical-system-and-instrument-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Lead, Program Chief Engineer","description":"Job Title: Lead, Program Chief Engineer\n\nJob Code:\n\nJob Location: Onsite at our Redmond, WA facility\n\nJob Schedule: 9/80 Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off\n\nJob Description:\n\nThe Program Chief Engineer manages program engineering resources, ensures the thoroughness, adequacy, and urgency of technical decisions and anomaly investigations, works with the program manager and contract manager to maintain strong customer communication and relations, supports program management and affordability initiatives, and provides technical coordination across all elements of the program both internally and externally. The Program Chief Engineer collaborates with multiple disciplines inside the company and with the customer to deliver products to make their mission possible, successful, and cost effective.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\nLead and/or support program technical activities required to design, assemble and test program hardware to meet customer requirements and verify suitability for the intended use.\nProvide broad-based engineering leadership to achieve program objectives while ensuring technical excellence, product performance, and customer confidence.\nAssure compliance to company policy and procedures (including standard work) within all program technical support activities.\nMaintain technical excellence and consistency in planning (Design Development Plans), execution (Technical Decision Making, Design and Hardware Reviews), and product ownership.\nLead failure investigations/root cause analysis activities as required. Provide feedback and interaction to show our customer that L3Harris is the best value supplier for their needs.\nSupport program change proposal activities, including change identification and management, program change board, proposal basis of estimate and technical writeup, fact-finding and negotiations, and program re-baselining.\nMaintain close and professional relationships with peers and senior management at L3Harris’ customer.\nSupport regular and as needed customer meetings to communicate program progress, risks and mitigation strategies, issues and recovery plans, interfaces and system requirements, and mission success.\nWork proactively with the program management team to address resource conflicts.\nTravel is required, as needed, within the United States to customers and suppliers - up to 10%.\nAbility to obtain a US LEVEL security clearance\n\nQualifications:\n\nBachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years of prior related engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related engineering experience.\n\nPreferred Additional Skills:\n\nBackground in Electric Propulsion highly preferred.\nA general knowledge of related disciplines such as material science, thermal and structural analysis, reliability and maintainability, systems engineering, spacecraft integration, and mission planning.\nApplicant must have a good understanding and demonstrated practice of root cause and corrective action methodologies.\nExcellent interpersonal skills and high quality written and oral communication skills.\nProficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).\n\nIn compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in Washington is $127,500 - $236,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.\n\nL3Harris announced on January 5th, that AE Industrial Partners (“AE Industrial”) has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in L3Harris’ Space Propulsion and Power Systems business. This position has been identified as one that will transition to the new standalone company upon closing of the transaction. 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