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Job Title: Senior Manager, Engineering Management

Job Code: 43446

Job Location: Rochester, NY

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

Job Description:

L3Harris 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, C4ISR, 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

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New York state is $126,500 - $235,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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