Technical Manager Systems Engineering

Job Title: Technical Manager Systems Engineering
Job Code: 38532
Job Location: Rochester New York
Job Schedule: 9/80 (Every Other Friday Off!)

Job Description:
The Technical Manager - Systems Engineering provides technical and organizational leadership for the development integration and delivery of complex defense and aerospace systems. This role leads systems engineering activities across the full system lifecycle from concept development and requirements definition through integration verification validation production transition and sustainment support. The position is responsible for managing teams supporting mission-critical programs while ensuring alignment with customer needs contractual obligations airworthiness or mission assurance expectations and organizational objectives.
The ideal candidate brings strong people leadership deep systems thinking and demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary engineering efforts in a highly regulated defense or aerospace environment.

Essential Functions:
Lead mentor and develop a team of systems engineers supporting defense and aerospace programs platforms or technology initiatives.
Direct systems engineering execution across the program lifecycle including concept of operations requirements analysis system architecture interface definition integration verification validation and operational support.
Ensure technical execution aligns with customer requirements program cost and schedule constraints mission performance objectives and contract deliverables.
Oversee development and maintenance of system requirements interface control documentation verification traceability and technical baselines.
Contribute directly to program performance leveraging technical expertise and experience to system architecture design implementation test integration and sustainment.
Lead root cause corrective action investigations provides independent review team perspective participate in non-advocate reviews.
Lead technical planning risk management trade studies design decision support and system-level problem resolution.
Support major program reviews and customer reviews including SRR PDR CDR TRR PRR and related milestone events.
Collaborate with program management chief engineers software hardware test manufacturing quality supply chain and field support teams to ensure integrated program execution.
Drive compliance with defense aerospace safety quality airworthiness cybersecurity and mission assurance requirements as applicable.
Manage staffing workload planning performance management employee development and succession planning within the systems engineering organization.
Provide technical leadership for integration and test planning requirements verification anomaly resolution and qualification activities.
Support proposal efforts technical volume development basis of estimate preparation technology roadmaps and capture activities for new business opportunities.
Identify and mitigate technical programmatic and integration risks across complex system-of-systems environments.
Promote continuous improvement in systems engineering processes digital engineering practices MBSE adoption and technical rigor.
Serve as a key interface to customers suppliers subcontractors and senior leadership on program status technical issues and strategic engineering matters.

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.
9 years of progressive engineering experience including significant systems engineering experience in 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.
Ability to obtain and a secret security clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:
Masters degree in Systems Engineering Aerospace Engineering Engineering Management or a related discipline.
Active security clearance.
Experience supporting airborne space maritime ground or integrated mission systems programs.
Familiarity with model-based systems engineering tools and methods.
Experience with requirements and lifecycle management tools such as DOORS or similar platforms.
Knowledge of digital engineering simulation system modeling and mission-level analysis approaches.
Experience with military standards aerospace standards mission assurance practices and airworthiness or certification processes as applicable.
INCOSE certification PMP certification or other relevant engineering leadership credentials.
Experience supporting competitive captures proposal strategy technical solution development and customer briefings.
Understanding of cybersecurity system safety reliability maintainability and human systems integration considerations in defense systems.
Demonstrated success leading teams through complex integration test and fielding activities.
Ability to balance strategic technical leadership with day-to-day execution in a fast-paced high-consequence environment.
Demonstrated experience applying systems engineering processes across the full lifecycle of complex aerospace or defense systems.
Experience with requirements decomposition functional analysis architecture development interface management integration verification validation and configuration control.
Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams in a matrixed program environment.
Strong knowledge of DoD aerospace or other regulated development frameworks technical review processes and program execution disciplines.
Experience with technical risk management failure analysis root cause investigation and corrective action planning.
Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage effectively with customers program leadership and executive stakeholders.
Familiarity with classified or export-controlled environments and the ability to work within those constraints.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements the salary range for this role in New York is $110500 - $205500. 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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