Manager, System Engineering

Job Title: Manager Systems Engineering

Job Code: 46927

Job Location: Carlsbad CA

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

Job Description:

L3Harris Technologies Inc. is seeking an experienced highly organized detail-oriented Product Strategy & Lifecycle Engineering Manager to establish and lead a new group supporting the Tactical Data Link (TDL) product portfolio. The group will focus on product-line direction long-term planning and customer-facing sustainment engineering to support current needs and future opportunities.

This is a working managerial position requiring the candidate to perform technical tasks approximately 75% of the time and provide leadership direction and oversight to a team of approximately 815 engineers and technical personnel approximately 25% of the time. The candidate and team will be accountable for technical product roadmaps lifecycle planning sustainment engineering and resolution of customer-facing technical challenges across the TDL product portfolio. The manager will also ensure activities are appropriately staffed resourced and prioritized to support program commitments customer needs and long-term product objectives.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on systems engineering and leadership skills experience supporting products throughout their lifecycle and the ability to translate customer needs into actionable technical priorities. This role requires close collaboration with Design & Development Engineering Project Engineers Program Managers Business Development and Production and Depot Operations to align product strategy sustainment activities and future capabilities with business objectives.

Essential Functions:

The Product Strategy & Lifecycle Engineering Managers duties include but are not limited to:

• Perform hands-on technical work approximately 75% of the time and provide management leadership and oversight approximately 25% of the time for a team of approximately 815 engineers and technical personnel.
• Lead product-line technical direction and develop and maintain long-term product roadmaps that align customer needs sustainment requirements technology evolution and future business opportunities.
• Apply systems engineering expertise and knowledge of electronic communications and Tactical Data Link (TDL) technologies to product planning technical assessments and lifecycle support.
• Oversee and coordinate customer-facing sustainment engineering including technical inquiries troubleshooting platform integration support and resolution of field production and depot issues.
• Translate customer feedback operational needs and product performance trends into prioritized technical requirements product improvements and lifecycle initiatives.
• Collaborate with Engineering Leadership Program Management and Business Development to align product priorities develop technical proposals and estimates and establish achievable budgets and schedules.
• Ensure the group is appropriately staffed and resourced to meet program milestones customer commitments and long-term product objectives.
• Manage technical schedule and cost performance for assigned product strategy and lifecycle engineering efforts including proposal reviews cost estimates and risk mitigation.
• Attract hire retain and develop top talent while fostering a culture of innovation execution transparency accountability and collaboration.
• Provide mentorship technical guidance performance feedback and professional growth opportunities for team members.
• Work closely with Design & Development Engineering Production and Depot Operations to support product transitions sustainment improvements obsolescence management and configuration changes using established company processes.
• Oversee the maintenance of technical documentation including interface control documents operating and maintenance documentation and lifecycle support information.
• Communicate technical priorities product plans risks and recommendations effectively to customers engineering teams program leadership and other stakeholders.
• Ability to travel approximately 510% of the time.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree with 9 years prior systems engineering experience Graduate Degree with 7 years prior systems engineering lieu of a degree minimum of 13 years of prior related systems engineering experience.
• Active US Secret security clearance.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Comprehensive systems engineering experience with high-reliability electronic communications products including Tactical Data Link (TDL) systems product integration and lifecycle sustainment.
• Experience developing technical product roadmaps translating customer requirements into systems solutions and prioritizing product improvements within technical schedule and cost constraints.
• Demonstrated management and leadership experience directing experienced technical professionals establishing operational plans managing staffing and resources and developing talent.
• Experience supporting customer-facing sustainment engineering including technical issue resolution root-cause analysis and coordination with development engineering production and depot operations.

• Extensive experience in the defense industry supporting government and/or DoD customers particularly with Tactical Data Link (TDL) systems and military communications products.
• Experience developing product-line strategies technical roadmaps and lifecycle plans that balance current customer commitments with future capability and business opportunities.
• Experience leading engineers and technical personnel while assessing current and future workloads to ensure appropriate staffing skills and equipment are available.
• Hands-on experience with communications electronics integration testing operation maintenance and troubleshooting including familiarity with standard electronic test and measurement equipment.
• Experience supporting production depot and field sustainment activities including obsolescence management configuration management and product improvements.
• Ability to translate customer feedback and operational challenges into actionable engineering priorities through collaboration with Engineering Program Management Business Development and Operations.
• Strong ownership accountability and follow-through with a proactive collaborative customer-focused approach and a sense of urgency in resolving technical issues.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements the salary range for this role in California is $127500 - $236500. 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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