Manager, Systems Engineering
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Job Description
Job Title: Manager Systems Engineering
Job Code: 26234
Job Location: Nashville TN
Schedule: 9/80 Reg
Job Summary:
The Manager Systems Engineering at L3Harris ForceX is a key role responsible for both tactical execution and strategic leadership within the systems engineering team. This individual will work as a hands-on systems engineer while managing a growing team of Systems Engineers. Mechanical Engineers and Electirical Engineers. Responsibilities include evaluating complex technical issues developing system designs performing engineering assessments and implementing those designs. Additionally the Manager Systems Engineering will be responsible for skills gap analysis recruitment and building a strategic vision for the systems engineering organization in collaboration with Engineering leaders while ensuring that all staffing demands in the SE ME and EE disciplines and as well as workload for all associated efforts at ForceX are met with resource supply in a timely manner.
Communicates within and outside of organization to explain and influence changes to policies practices or approaches. Makes significant improvements in processes systems or products. Establishes short-term operational plans with measurable contribution to function or business area results. Requires management and leadership knowledge in the job area and comprehensive knowledge within professional discipline.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage a growing team of Engineers within the function of Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering and Electirical Engineering by providing daily oversight and support for engineering execution efforts.
- Conduct performance reviews workforce planning and career path development for team members.
- Develop and refine the Systems Engineering discipline for ForceX ensuring alignment with established Engineering policies and processes.
- Incorporate and develop new plans designs and systems into ongoing operations and create associated technical documentation and processes.
- Provide engineering evaluations analysis and documentation for Trade Studies Design Reviews Peer Reviews and Technical Interchanges.
- Support product development efforts under the guidance of senior engineers and project leadership.
- Elicit highly technical requirements from stakeholders and create and maintain technical baselines.
- Evaluate and determine technical approaches to support decisions for various programs.
- Create reports documents and presentations for program and leadership meetings.
- Manage configuration control of interconnected systems including software hardware and firmware.
- Ensure compliance with US Government security regulations and requirements on system design or changes and direct/implement those requirements.
- Travel to customer locations without supervision and provide onsite ISR mission system level support for US Government and DOD Prime contractors to ensure system performance and mission success.
- Work with suppliers to determine technical capabilities delivery schedules and associated costs.
- Perform all job functions with a positive professional attitude.
Job Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Strong systems engineering background with experience in leading and collaborating with diverse teams to accomplish whole system solutions or changes.
- An ability to review and analyze high-level technical needs and refine them into an integrated set of HW SW and SYS requirements.
- Comprehensive understanding of system changes and configuration management.
- Proficient communicator to all skill sets and levels of the organization able to respond effectively to changing situations and able to prioritize status and work multiple tasks.
- Comprehensive understanding of the impacts of US Government Information Assurance and FAA regulations on system design and changes.
- Ability to hold and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.
Required Skills Experience and Education:
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Systems Mechanical Electrical or Software Engineering or related technical field with a minimum of 9 years prior related experience or equivalent combination of education and work Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related lieu of a degree a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
- Requires management and leadership knowledge in job area.
- Experience with the application of systems engineering tools for requirements management risk management and systems decommissioning and disposal activities.
- Experience working with project planning requirement management and scheduling.
- Demonstrated experience and/or training in the integration of requirements design and technology during the design and development of complex systems.
- Demonstrated experience and/or training in product development and associated development life cycle.
Preferred Skills Experience and Education:
- Primary point of contact for all Systems Engineering matters.
- Oversee subcontractors including their engineering planning approvals performance monitoring and engineering risks.
- Understanding of physical architectures incorporating voice video and data capability across multiple security domains.
- Review and evaluate electrical wiring diagrams to ensure design details trace to system requirements.
- Understanding of test integration verification and validation planning.
- Write effective verification test procedures ensuring system performance and capabilities meet system requirements.
- Translate the voice of the customer into system-level requirements.
- Perform requirement traceability.
- Develop and evaluate trade studies for accuracy and completeness.
- Write subsystem specifications based on system-level requirements.
- Evaluate alternative solutions and establish preliminary system designs.
- Review and evaluate diagrams to ensure design details trace to system requirements.
- Prepare effective presentations to communicate technical information to non-technical professionals.
Physical Demands:
- Ability to travel up to 25% with the possibility of OCONUS travel for program support.
- Ability to independently lift 25 lbs.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- As required by program needs.
Work Environment:
- Work performed in an office environment customer facility System Integration Laboratory (SIL) ground vehicles secure facilities with/without environmental control.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
