Manager, Systems Engineer (Spacecraft Bus Group Lead)

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Job Title: Manager Systems Engineering (Spacecraft Bus Group Lead)
Job Code: 25593
Job Location: Fort Wayne IN; Rochester NY; Palm Bay FL; or Remote

Job Description:
L3Harris Space and Airborne Systems Space Sector is seeking a highly motivated team oriented group lead to join an engineering organization that works with a variety of external bus suppliers to deliver tested spacecraft buses for integration into the space vehicle. As a technical team leader of the staff the successful candidate will be expected to possess a thorough understanding of technical and programmatic challenges associated with spacecraft bus delivery and systems integration to ensure all team members are successful with their assigned programs. The team leader will spend part of their time managing the team of spacecraft bus lead engineers as well as working with programs and suppliers for spacecraft bus deliveries to ensure that the spacecraft bus meets all technical performance and schedule requirements.

Program Spacecraft Bus Lead Engineers are responsible for overseeing the design development integration and testing of the spacecraft bus at the bus supplier. After spacecraft bus delivery to the program the spacecraft bus engineer will serve as a Subject Matter Expert and support space vehicle integration of the spacecraft bus with mission and/or communication payloads. This role includes support across the full program lifecycle: program pursuit proposal execution and operations. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing diverse technical teams spacecraft bus systems strong organizational skills and the ability to coordinate and communicate effectively with diverse teams.

Essential Functions:
Functional management of a small group of spacecraft bus lead engineers
Manage staffing allocations against defined engineering resource demands
Support organizational development through recruiting mentoring career development talent assessments and performance reviews of staff to ensure engineering skill sets and resource capacity to meet organization demands.
Provide technical leadership and guidance for the design development and integration of the spacecraft bus ensuring compliance with mission requirements and industry standards.
Collaborate with internal program teams including systems engineering payload engineering and mission operations to ensure seamless integration of the spacecraft bus with other subsystems and payloads.
Work closely with external bus suppliers to oversee and review the development and delivery of the spacecraft bus and engineering work products ensuring that all technical specifications performance criteria and schedule milestones are met.
Lead and participate in design reviews including Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR) Critical Design Reviews (CDR) and Test Readiness Reviews (TRR) to ensure the spacecraft bus design meets all requirements and is ready for production and testing.
Oversee the integration and testing of the spacecraft bus including environmental testing (vibration thermal vacuum EMC) and functional testing to validate performance and reliability.
Lead and/or participate in failure investigations associated with the spacecraft bus driving to root cause and implementation of corrective and preventative action
Identify assess and mitigate technical risks associated with the spacecraft bus and develop contingency plans to address potential issues.
Prepare and review technical documentation including design specifications interface control documents test plans and test reports to ensure accuracy and completeness.
Ensure engineering excellence on executing programs through consistent and repeatable bus systems engineering activities and work products
Ability to obtain TS/SCI security clearance

Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
Experience working at or with a spacecraft bus supplier
Experience leading teams of 5 engineers managing their efforts including budget and scheduling of activities
Experience with Hardware/Software integration testing and troubleshooting both flight systems and flatsats/simulators
Experience executing all phases of a spacecraft bus program and major design reviews

Preferred Additional Skills:
Highly motivated a self starter and able to operate with little supervision in diverse environments
A successful track record of planning and directing the activities of small groups of engineers including development mentorship and training of spacecraft bus engineers
Ability to effectively work with geographically diverse teams both internal and external
Experience evaluating managing and leveraging technical cost and schedule requirements
Knowledge of spacecraft bus systems such as power thermal structures avionics propulsion GNC C&DH TT&C fault management and/or FSW
Experience with spacecraft bus requirements verification including allocation flowdown analysis testing & demonstration
Experience with spacecraft bus analyses and budgets such as thermal structural jitter pointing mass power propellant processor utilization etc
Familiarity with Digital Engineering and MBSE tools such as DOORs CAMEO CREO JIRA
Familiarity with bus level qualification and acceptance test programs both at ambient and environments
Strong project management skills with experience in planning scheduling and executing complex engineering project
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate technical information to diverse audiences including engineers suppliers program managers and Customers
Accustomed to leading technical engagements with internal and external multi-disciplinary teams in formal presentations as well as informal table-top discussions

In compliance with pay transparency requirements the salary range for this role in California Massachusetts New Jersey Washington and the Greater D.C Denver or NYC areas is $125000 - $232000. The salary range for this role in Colorado state Hawaii Illinois Maryland Minnesota New York state and Vermont is $108500 - $201500. 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. The application window for this requisition is anticipated to close October 30 2025.

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