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. 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 seeking an experienced and innovative Chief Systems Engineer to lead the technical execution of a critical network development program. The successful candidate will bring strong expertise across the System Development Lifecycle, technical refresh, and operations and maintenance phases.

This role requires deep knowledge of network system architecture, system-of-systems integration, telecommunications, OSS/BSS tools, and security engineering. The ideal candidate will have experience leading requirements development and management, conducting design reviews, and conducting technical discussions with customers and internal stakeholders. This individual will provide engineering leadership across the full program lifecycle, ensuring successful technical execution and delivery of scalable, reliable, and cost-effective solutions.

Develop and maintain the network system architecture to ensure robust, scalable, and high-performing designs





Provide clear technical direction to engineering teams to align architecture and design with program objectives

Oversee engineering execution to achieve performance, reliability, maintainability, and quality goals

Mentor engineering teams across multiple disciplines

Partner with engineering and program leadership to support execution and new business initiatives

Drive initiatives to improve engineering productivity, quality, reuse, affordability and technical performance

Apply L3Harris engineering processes for design and maintenance activities

Ensure engineering execution aligns with industry standards, organizational processes, and program requirements

Monitor and optimize system performance across development, integration, sustainment, and technical refresh

Support project engineering and control account management activities

Own and manage the technical baseline, including configuration management, risk management, and issue resolution

Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience, or

- Masters degree in STEM field with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or
- 13 years of related experience in lieu of a degree

Relevant certifications in systems engineering or program leadership

Familiarity with regulatory and compliance standards for complex ANSP systems

Experience with large-scale system integration and cross-functional engineering coordination

L3Harris is involved with a full range of projects in India, supporting the nation's civil and military goals. From defense and paramilitary to public safety, aviation and space, L3Harris is providing the technologies for a up-to-date, self-reliant India.

📌 Head of system engineering (Delhi)
🏢 L3 Harris Technologies
📍 Delhi