Senior Specialist, ILS Project Management

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Harris 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.

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Harris Technologies and within the Communications & Spectrum Dominance (CSD) Segment, the WESCAM division develops the most advanced optical sensor and targeting systems for global defense and military sectors, national security, search & rescue and airborne law enforcement agencies. From long-range covert surveillance missions to search and rescue operations, our MX-series systems, and the mission systems solutions they are a part of, produce stabilized high-magnification electro-optical and infrared images from airborne, marine and ground based platforms, enabling our customers to see first and act first.

Reporting to the Wescam ILS Manager, the ILS Project Manager oversees the development of support strategies, plans and products in response to requests from aerospace and defense customers and internal product development programs. The ILS Project Manager will work with other functions within engineering, Customer Service Group, bids and proposals and Program Management and has a key project management role in creating cost effective support solutions that maximizes availability of the product whilst minimizing the logistic support footprint and cost of ownership.

Starting from the bid phase, through program execution and into the in-service phase the ILS Project Manager will assume accountability as ILS POC for Customer and internal product and system development programs, leading the activities of specialists within the ILS department.

• Devising and communicating long term support strategies and value-added sustainment services, owning the maintenance and support plan
• Influencing product and system design for supportability
• Producing and maintaining an Integrated Support Plan (ISP), schedule and other management plans used to implement ILS programs, actively monitoring and controlling project execution and costs
• Ensuring compliance with all contractual requirements and company processes
• Ensuring projects run smoothly, identifying support risks and mitigation plans
• Representing and reporting ILS progress at design, gate and program reviews
• Overseeing quantitative and qualitative analysis to determine feasibility, cost and benefits of existing, new and modified logistic support systems
• Managing the Supportability input to reports, white papers and other program documents
• Establishing relationships with 3rd party equipment suppliers
• Developing statements of work (SOW) and working with Supply Chain to subcontract external work or data deliveries for integration at system level
• Act as ILS lead for bid activities as directed by the Wescam ILS Manager analyzing the support requirements for a customer RFP/RFQ and define the effort and materials required to execute the program and support the fielded product or system.
• Decomposing customer requirements into clear support requirements for inclusion in subcontractors/vendors SOWs
• Analyze RFP/RFI requirements to identify non-compliances early during the Bid/No-Bid decision-making process, and align ILS response compliance against stated customer requirements
• Become an expert on the operational, maintenance and support characteristics of Wescam’s products and systems
• Review and approve all product support analysis, technical publications and training documentation and material for assigned programs
• Interface with assigned systems and product engineers for technical…