Manager, Systems Engineering
John C Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
Job ID 14549Overview
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: Manager, Systems Engineering
Job Code: 14549
Job Location: Stennis Space Center, MS
Job Schedule: 4/10
Job Description:
The Aerojet Rocketdyne Segment of L3Harris Technologies, responsible for the design, manufacture and operation of a number of critical US space and defense products, is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Systems Development and Verification discipline at our Stennis Space Center, Mississippi location.
This Systems Engineering Management role provides leadership support and is accountable for the technical engineering management of our liquid propulsion engine programs that require development, verification, qualification and acceptance. This position requires knowledge and experience with space propulsion rocket engines used in launch vehicle applications.
Essential Functions:
- Provide leadership and direct technical support of Aerojet Rocketdyne products and services to achieve the design, development and production of systems or hardware for the Company’s development and operational / production programs within budgetary and schedule constraints. These programs include propulsion systems, such as the RS-25, for use on current and future launch vehicles. Additional duties include development, verification and qualification planning, requirements verification, inspection, testing and execution; systems integration; test equipment & facility coordination; support of product assembly; anomaly investigations; and test readiness review process and test risk assessment.
- Perform functional management responsibilities, including program staffing and performance, employee skill and career development, employee motivation, performance evaluations, salary planning, work prioritization and technical oversight of employee work product.
- Be responsible for and direct the development and implementation of Systems Engineering methods, standards, practices, and procedures; act as liaison between Systems Development &Verification (SD&V) and other engineering disciplines and functional organizations.
- Provide leadership for the design, development and implementation of product and process improvement and affordability activities. Routine reporting and communication with Systems Engineering Analysis, Verification and Product Support (SEAV&PS) Senior Manager and peer engineering managers is also expected.
- Responsible for department financial performance and mitigation to ensure department reporting metrics are in-line with established goals and plans.
- Serve as the Engineering organization liason to the AR SSC Site. This may include EH&S coordination, site wide continuous improvement activities, and site managerial boards and committees.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Experience in liquid rocket engine development, systems integration, engine assembly, requirements verification, engine system and subsystem testing. Strong technical and team-working skills required.
- Effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills are essential.
- Demonstrated technical leadership on programs assigned.
- Previous supervisory and/or IPT leadership experience a plus.
- Knowledge of test facility and/or engine control systems
- Experience with the RS-25 engine design and/or operation
- Knowledge of cryogenic test facilities
- General familiarity with budget and scheduling processes or tools
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.
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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.