Senior Manager, Systems Engineering; Onsite

Location:

NM306, Las Cruces, NM; ASFCF Center/Receiving, 12400 NASA Rd., Las Cruces, NM, 88012 USA.

Date Posted:

Country:
United States of America

Position Type:
Onsite

Security Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Poly – Current. U.S. citizenship required.

Role:
Senior Manager of System Engineering – Leadership position in Systems Engineering team.

• Lead and manage a multidisciplinary team of Systems Engineers, providing day‑to‑day technical oversight, coaching, and performance feedback.
• Oversee systems integration projects from planning through operational transition, including installation, checkout, and test phases.
• Conduct and review technical impact assessments (e.g., RFC reviews), ensuring risk mitigation strategies are identified and executed.
• Serve as the local primary point of contact for program stakeholders, including Government customers, SETA, military partners, and contractor personnel.
• Support rapid delivery methods (Agile/GRID) and enterprise‑wide planning for modernization and sustainment efforts.
• Ensure systems engineering artifacts are accurate, maintained, and used effectively for collaboration and execution.
• Facilitate cross‑contract and cross‑location collaboration to meet program milestones and customer objectives.
• Provide data‑driven recommendations to inform customer decision‑making on upgrades, transitions, and field deployments.
• Champion team development, succession planning, and knowledge continuity through structured mentorship and onboarding.
• Support the contract’s process improvement lifecycle across supported efforts—establish/supervise the continuous improvement plan, define and track KPIs, implement corrective/preventive actions, standardize workflows, and publish lessons learned to drive consistency across the enterprise.
• Support PMO decision closure by scheduling reviews, capturing decisions, maintaining the action/decision log, following up with owners and due dates, and escalating blockers.

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM preferred) and a minimum of 10 years of prior engineering experience or equivalent experience.
• Systems installation, integration, and test experience.
• Direct technical or project leadership experience.
• Experience managing multi‑phase engineering projects with minimal oversight.
• Experience with requirements analysis, RFC impact assessment, enterprise‑level planning and systems delivery, agile execution in secure environments.
• Experience with Service Now PPM, Atlassian JIRA and Confluence, Customer NSIS and other IC rapid delivery methods.
• Experience working across geographically dispersed teams and contract boundaries.
• Experience with leadership of personnel supporting Intelligence Community customers.
• An active and transferable TS/SCI CI Poly U.S. government‑issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for the required security clearance.

• Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) principles and tools; ability to translate MBSE concepts into practical integration and delivery strategies.
• Experience mentoring engineers and developing high‑performance teams.
• Experience leading structured process improvement initiatives (e.g., CORE, Lean, Six Sigma) and implementing program metrics/dashboards to monitor performance and compliance.
• Partnering with PMOs and governance boards to frame decisions, obtain approvals, and verify closure against documented criteria.

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value:
  Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
• Not relocation eligible – relocation assistance not available.

The salary range for this role is 124,000 USD - 250,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term disability, long‑term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work…