Associate Manager, Systems Engineering
Camden, New Jersey
Job ID 15493Overview
On the L3Harris team, your job is to secure the world. We don’t work here just for the advanced technology and equipment: We work here because we know what – and who – we’re protecting. From families to the intelligence community, and from our climate to our men and women in uniform – we’re making the world a safer place. Working with the L3Harris's engineering team, you'll join our team of qualified, diverse individuals and work in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, global scope, and a collaborative team setting.
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L3Harris Work Perks
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Health
- Medical with a High Deductible and traditional PPO plan options, as well as, vision and a full array of supplemental health benefits
- A doctors' service to help with referrals and second opinions for you, your family, and parents
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Family
- 4 weeks of paid parental leave for moms and dads
- Fertility treatment
- Subsidized backup childcare and eldercare
- Adoption assistance - $5,000 per adoption/$15,000 per employee
- Pet insurance
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Well-Being
- No cap to your PTO time (for exempt employees)
- Dress for your day - wear what works for you at work
- Legal plan for you, your family, and parents
- Discount platform
Job Description
L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Job Title: Associate Manager, Systems Engineering
Job Code: 15493
Job Location: Camden, NJ. (100% On-site)
Schedule: 9/80
An active Secret Security Clearance (DOD Secret) is required to start
Job Description:
L3Harris Surface & C5 Systems - Camden is a worldwide leader in the engineering, development, manufacture and integration of high assurance encryption systems for defense and governmental applications. The company’s encryption solutions can be found in a wide range of demanding military environments around the world. Join our dynamic team!
This role is responsible for managing the two main areas of Systems Engineering: System Architecture/Design and Integration and Test (I&T). The role facilitates the technical success of the product, from an overall systems perspective, managing interfaces within the system areas and between non-system engineering functional areas. These interfaces are defined and managed via procedures/process and strong relationship building. With inputs and coordination from other functional areas, this role develops and drives the strategic vision for the systems engineering organization to continually strive for better system engineering and overall engineering execution across all programs.
Essential Functions:
- Supervise areas of system engineering execution of the Product Development Process (PDP) and applicable processes and procedures across various programs.
- Set the strategic vision of system engineering and drive tactical initiatives via other department managers/supervisors and key individual contributors.
- Bridge inter-system engineering areas and develop seamless interfaces with non-system engineering functions.
- Define and manage overall department metrics to determine and drive continuous improvement activities within Systems Engineering and overall Engineering Department as applicable.
- Hire, train, and develop system engineering resources to meet program demands.
- Deliver improvements in engineering quality through application of best practices in Systems Engineering: System Architecture/Design, Integration & Testing.
- As necessary, lead overall systems engineering activities (e.g., key programs, red programs) and have tangible impact on program executions. Goal for this role is to charge direct program work for at least 50% of the time.
- Evaluate overall systems project risks and facilitate risk mitigation planning and execution with program and functional leadership.
- Drive out of the box thinking to meet difficult engineering schedule milestone goals.
- Introduce and drive new technologies and tools such as MBSE and Digital Engineering. Be MBSE SME in front of the customer and gain efficiencies in executions using this approach.
- Prepare definition of task scope and job cost estimation for system engineering activities in project proposals. Ability to provide solid justifications from appropriate actuals for all bids related to systems engineering.
- Candidate must have working knowledge of any standard system engineering process including MIL-STD-499, EIA-632, IEEE 1220 or IEEE/ISO/IEC 15288.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or equivalent technical discipline and minimum 9 years of prior related experience, or Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
- Experience with all aspects of SEIT and product development best practices and their applications given program needs.
- Experience in identifying and driving continuous improvement activities within the system engineering domain and applications given program needs.
- Experience in managing technical programs and facilitating team activities.
- Experience in integrated product teams.
- Experience in creating and successfully executing against the SE BoEs.
- An active Secret Security Clearance (DOD Secret)
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Security+ or CISSP certification. Vulnerability analysis using cyber security tools.
- Familiarity with the military/defense contracting environment.
- Proposal management experience.
- Proven ability to develop and foster relationships with other organizational leaders that drive a culture of continuous improvement.
- Exceptional track record in technical team management, developing organizational capability and recruiting/growing key talents.
- Ability to analyze the assigned project, break down work into functional disciplines and plan out a means for the work to be accomplished.
- Outstanding written communication skills.
- Excellent verbal communication skills for internal and customer presentation.
- Solid practical organization, facilitation, and arbitration skills.
- Experience with NSA TSRD, IASRD, FSDA, and SERD requirements and processes.
- Experience with development of NSA Security Evaluation Document (SED) CDRLs. Multiple programs is highly desirable.
- Understanding of Key Management Systems including Electronic Key Management System (EKMS) and Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) as they impact the design of End Cryptographic Units (ECUs)
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
By submitting your résumé for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your résumé, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.
L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.