Senior Manager, Systems Engineering

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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.

The Systems Engineering Manager reports to the TDL Engineering Director and leads a systems engineering team of 10 to 12 direct reports supporting the Next Generation Jammer program. This role is accountable for technical planning, requirements definition, architecture development, interface management, system verification, and team execution across the allocated scope of the program. The manager is expected to incorporate model-based systems engineering into program execution and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a systems engineering team of 10 to 12 direct reports. Paramount role in hiring inaugural team.
• Own system requirements decomposition, concept of operations, architecture definition, interface control, verification planning, and technical baseline management from capture through production and sustainment.
• Drive adoption and practical use of model-based systems engineering and digital engineering methods, including SysML-based modeling, to improve requirements traceability, architecture communication, and verification readiness.
• Partner with Program Management, Chief Engineers, and IPT Leads to achieve cost, schedule, and technical objectives.
• Support customer engagements, technical interchange meetings, design reviews, and proposal activities.
• Balance team staffing, priorities, budgets, and development plans across multiple efforts while maintaining execution against milestones and commitments.
• Ensure systems engineering artifacts comply with contract requirements, internal processes, and applicable military, aerospace, communications security, and space standards.
• Lead technical trade studies, risk and opportunity management, and issue resolution involving mission radio frequency links, secure communications, terminal architectures, payload performance, and command and control solutions.
• Guide integration and test strategy, verification closure, and problem resolution across development laboratories, qualification activities, and fielded environments.
• Build a culture of technical rigor, accountability, collaboration, and mission focus while representing systems engineering to senior leadership and customers.

• Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field with a minimum of 12 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.
• Active Secret Security Clearance.

• Experience leading systems engineering activities for radio frequency communications, satellite communications, space payloads, terminals, or other complex aerospace and…