Senior Manager, System Controls; Onsite

Overview

Location: US-CT-WINDSOR LOCKS-B1 ~ 1 Hamilton Rd ~ BLDG 1

Date Posted:

Country: United States of America

Position Role Type: Onsite

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Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status: Not Required

We are seeking a System Controls Manager to lead the development, integration, and performance optimization of advanced control systems supporting next-generation aerospace platforms.

In this high-impact leadership role, your technical expertise and strategic direction will directly influence the system architecture, control logic, integration, validation and verification of complex system control solutions across Environmental & Airframe Control Systems (EACS) programs.

You will lead a high-performing team of control and systems engineers in a fast-paced environment focused on innovation, precision, reliability, and operational excellence throughout the full system development lifecycle.

In this role, you will lead both people and technology, driving world-class execution of control system development, system integration, performance analysis, validation and verification activities to ensure robust and compliant system operation.

• Partner with value stream and engineering leadership to define control system requirements that foster a culture of excellence that drives innovation and elevates system performance standards.
• Collaborate with value stream leaders and chief engineers to strategically align programs with the right technical resources, ensuring teams are empowered, supported, and positioned to deliver high-impact results.
• Manage team to lead system control architecture reviews, non-advocate reviews, and system design reviews—providing critical technical insight to strengthen design integrity, optimize control strategies, mitigate risk, and ensure alignment with overall program/business objectives.
• Drive organization and team to exercise continuous improvement of systems engineering and control development processes, championing agility, innovation, and operational excellence to enhance execution across complex aerospace programs.
• Champion and develop team to identify and manage risks associated with system controls, integration, and performance, proactively developing mitigation strategies that protect program success while enabling continuous improvement opportunities.
• Manage team to follow standard processes to develop accurate cost estimates and identify capital investment needs, supporting strategic planning and informed decision-making that enables sustainable program growth and technology advancement.
• Manage team to lead execution of programs within approved budget and schedule while ensuring high standards of quality, efficiency, reliability, and performance across all phases of system and component development.
• Develop team to drive complex technical challenges to resolution through a solutions-oriented leadership approach, removing obstacles, enabling team success, and transforming technical limitations into opportunities for innovation.
• Provide strategic direction for control systems processes, methods, and technology roadmaps in support of business objectives, customer satisfaction, and long-term capability growth.
• Develop team to maintain a forward-looking focus on operator experience and fielded system performance, balancing system capability with manufacturability, maintainability, reliability, and lifecycle cost considerations throughout the design and development process.

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 10 years…