Senior Manager, Engineering Management

Senior Manager, Engineering Management

L3

Harris is seeking a Sr Manager, Engineering Management to provide technical and organizational leadership for the development, integration, delivery, and support of Airborne EO/IR solutions. This hybrid management / technical contributor role includes functional leadership of a cross-discipline engineering team supporting the full system lifecycle as well as practice as an engineer directly contributing to mission-critical programs ensuring alignment with customer needs, contractual obligations, and organizational objectives.

They will work closely with cross functional members in engineering, operations, manufacturing, & program management to design, develop, build & test high performance solutions. The ideal candidate brings strong people leadership, technical expertise, and demonstrated success leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams in a highly dynamic aerospace and defense environment.

Essential Functions:

• Lead a cross-discipline engineering team in support of program, functional, and business objectives
• Provide day-to-day direction, prioritization, and coordination of engineering activities across applicable disciplines and stakeholder organizations
• Serve as a technical contributor to Airborne Solutions programs, applying engineering expertise to design, development, integration, verification, troubleshooting, and technical execution activities
• Translate customer and program requirements into executable engineering plans, deliverables, staffing needs, and performance expectations
• Ensure engineering work products satisfy technical requirements, quality standards, contractual obligations, and program milestones
• Partner with business leadership to balance technical execution, staffing, cost, schedule, and risk
• Support technical planning, basis of estimate development, proposal activities, and resource forecasting for new and existing efforts
• Review and approve technical approaches, engineering deliverables, and key decisions in accordance with organizational processes
• Drive cross-functional collaboration among engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, manufacturing, and program office teams to resolve issues and maintain execution alignment.
• Mentor, coach, and develop engineering personnel through technical guidance, performance management, and career development.
• Support workforce planning, recruiting, retention, succession planning, and skills development to maintain organizational capability and capacity.
• Support design reviews, technical reviews, readiness reviews, customer meetings, and internal status reviews
• Promote a culture of accountability, inclusion, continuous improvement, and technical excellence.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, engineering processes, regulatory requirements, and customer commitments

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree 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 DoD Secret clearance

Preferred

Skills:

• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience, including significant exposure to defense, aerospace, avionics, mission systems, C4
  
  ISR, weapons, space, radar, communications, or other complex regulated environments
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing technical teams, engineering organizations, or major engineering work scopes
• Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Management, or a related discipline
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams in a matrixed program environment
• Ability to balance strategic technical leadership with day-to-day execution in a fast-paced, high-consequence Aerospace & Defense environment
• Knowledge across Systems, Electrical, Software, Optical, and Mechanical Engineering disciplines
• Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, and Agile Development
• Experience with requirements decomposition, functional analysis, architecture development, interface management, integration, verification, validation, and configuration control
• Experience with requirements and lifecycle management tools such as DOORS or similar platforms
• Understanding of standards/architectures such as AMS-GRA, OMS/UCI, SOSA, SAE etc.
• Development experience involving complex EO/IR systems such as optics, visible/infrared detector arrays, detector cryogenic coolers, digital/analog video, signal processing electronics, solid-state lasers, pointing and stabilization instruments, control algorithms, search/track algorithms and image reconstruction/exploitation algorithms
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation, written, and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills, with the ability to manage priorities, resolve conflicts, and meet deadlines