Systems Engineering Manager 1

Company: L3Harris Technologies
Location: Mason
Posted on: May 7, 2025

Job Description:

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. 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.Job Title: Systems Engineering ManagerJob Code: 23547Job Location: Mason, OHSchedule: 9/80 (with every other Friday off)This position may be eligible for relocation. -Job Description: As the Systems Engineering Manager based at our Mason, OH facility, you will lead a team of engineers focused on resolving complex technical challenges associated with IR sensors. Your multifaceted role encompasses functional management and direct technical contribution, potentially leading a team through activities such as technical planning, design, analysis, implementation, system integration, validation, and verification, covering all phases from concept to disposal. You will support the Integrated Mission Systems (IMS) Segment, collaborating with a cadre of highly skilled professionals who are committed to innovative engineering solutions and have established a reputation for excellence and reliability with our customers. Your primary duties include guiding a SEIT team within IR sensors market segments, providing technical direction, and overseeing the planning and staffing of your team. Working under the Senior Manager of Systems Engineering, you will ensure that resources are allocated effectively for program and proposal support, with an emphasis on continuous improvement and adherence to established systems engineering processes. Additionally, you will contribute to the development of systems engineering strategies for tasks assigned to your reports by the Project Engineer, ensuring that your team's expertise is fully leveraged in our collaborative environment. -Essential Functions:

• Leadership of direct reports to ensure continuing adherence to systems engineering processes and approaches on a program
• Responsible for determining staffing requirements and adjusting staffing levels as necessary to ensure that the IR Sensors SEIT workface is appropriately staffed with qualified individuals.
• Responsible for coaching and development of a team between 6-12 engineers supporting IR sensor programs.
• Responsible for career counseling for each individual with performance evaluations and career discussions throughout the year. Prepare and administer performance reviews for those individuals on their staff.
• Review BOEs and other artifacts / deliverables for technical qualtity / process adhereance
• Support / lead technical planning, system integration, validation, and verification activities in support of programs and development efforts.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate solution.
• Systems Analysis - Determine how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes / performance.
• Systems Evaluation - Identify measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance relative to the goals of the system.
• Customer Interaction - Technical Point of Contact to our customers and our suppliers.
• Must have the ability to obtain a DoD security clearance -Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Computer, Physics, or related Engineering discipline with a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience or Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
  • 2 years+ experience as a systems engineer at a Department of Defense or NASA Contactor
  • Must be a US Citizen -Preferred Additional Skills:
    • Demonstrated experience leading a team or project within the EO/IR (Electro-Optical/Infra-Red) sensor field
    • Demonstrated experience in a technical displine supporting EO/IR sensor or component work
    • Experience writing BOEs and supporting proposals
    • Demonstrated experience or interest in Model Based Systems Engineering
    • Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work well within and outside of the organization including customers, vendors, and leadership with minimal oversight
    • Prior systems engineering experience on at least two DoD (or similar) programs, with at least one program being a medium scale complex system or subsystem (i.e., > 10 System Engineers and/or > $15M).
    • Knowledge of military and/or NASA component specifications, design processes, and hardware test/verification procedures.
    • Demonstrated experience with designing, developing, testing, and delivering (development life cycle)
    • Demonstrated experience in the architecture, specification, implementation, simulation, test, verification, validation, and debugging
    • Demonstrated complex problem solving and decision making - Able to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions; able to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate solution
    • Active DoD Security Clearance#LI-KL2L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.L3Harris Technologies is an E-Verify Employer. Please click here for the E-Verify Poster in or . For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here for or .

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