Manager, Systems Engineering

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Job Title:
Manager, Systems Engineering

Job Code: 46167

Job Location:
Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule: 9/80:
Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

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Harris Spectrum Superiority (S2) is seeking a Manager, Systems Engineering to lead an engineering team supporting Electronic Warfare (EW) and the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) program. This L5 leader will manage technical execution for assigned program scope and ensure the team delivers high-quality systems engineering products through development, integration, test, fielding, and sustainment.

The Manager, Systems Engineering will report to an L6 Senior Manager, Systems Engineering, and will work closely with Program Management, Chief Engineers, customers, and functional engineering teams. The role includes team leadership, EW system architecture support, requirements management, technical planning, design and development oversight, integration and test execution, risk management, and technical staffing and mentoring for the NGJ program.

Essential Functions:

• Manage and develop a systems engineering team supporting assigned EW and NGJ program scope, including resource assignment, work prioritization, employee development, and performance management.
• Execute assigned technical work under the direction of the L6 Senior Manager, Systems Engineering, partnering with Program Management, customer stakeholders, and Chief Engineers to meet NGJ program objectives, EW mission needs, schedule, budget, and contractual requirements.
• Provide systems engineering leadership across the assigned EW system life cycle, including concept development, architecture, requirements analysis, design synthesis, integration, verification, validation, qualification, deployment, and operational support.
• Contribute to system architectures and technical roadmaps for EW, electronic attack, RF, and airborne mission-system capabilities, including NGJ growth and modernization efforts.
• Oversee requirements decomposition, allocation, traceability, and verification planning across RF hardware, software, firmware, networking, and subsystem interfaces.
• Oversee subcontractor requirements decomposition, statements of work, design, verification, and validation activities.
• Ensure development of high-quality technical artifacts including specifications, interface control documents, test plans, procedures, verification cross-reference matrices, and other customer deliverables.
• Lead assigned internal and external technical reviews, customer briefings, milestone assessments, and NGJ program status reviews; elevate significant technical risks and decisions to the L6 Senior Manager.
• Drive technical risk identification, mitigation planning, issue resolution, and opportunity management across assigned NGJ development and production efforts.
• Coordinate cross-functional engineering execution among systems, RF, electrical, software, mechanical, test, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams.
• Support proposal…