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Manager, Systems Engineering

Rochester, New York

Job ID 14882
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Overview

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.

  • Full Time
  • Level: Experienced
  • Location: On Site
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Flexible work schedule, paid overtime, cool technology, no micromanagement, nice campus, fun co-workers

Systems Engineer

L3Harris Work Perks

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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,  Networked Systems Engineering 
Job Code: 14882
Job Location: Rochester, NY
Job Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off


Job Description:
The Systems Engineering Manager will lead a team of networking engineers supporting programs and pursuits to develop and implement integrated network architectures in Tactical Communication Systems.  The candidate will be required to provide oversight of Networking experts and technical support to Business Development teams, Product Development teams, and Program Execution teams. Strong communication and interpersonal skills coupled with the ability work with varied a large engineering team are required. 


Essential Functions:
•    Serve as the primary technical point-of-contact for networked system solutions, relying on engineers from specific disciplines as required.
•    Preparing and conducting technical briefings.
•    Preparing for and participating in technical baseline reviews.
•    The ability to assess and report technical project status, risks and issues.
•    Provide cross-functional technical and process leadership in the execution of multiple Internal Research and Program funded projects.
•    Oversee product development technical activities, and system integration activities to assure designs are technically sound and meet system level requirements.
•    Provide oversight on systems requirements, design reviews and documentation per standard development processes.
•    The ability to provide short-term technical support to internal and external customers when necessary.
•    Engagement in project post-mortem reviews to assess future process improvements.
•    Establish strategic working relationships with engineering project managers as well as functional teams and technical leads.
•    Provide leadership in the development of technical staff through strategic hiring, mentoring, and training.


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:
•    Degree in Engineering or another STEM discipline
•    Previous experience supporting DoD/government customers a plus.
•    Experience with user requirements analysis and network systems design.
•    Experience in Enterprise Networks
•    DoD/Military network experience desired.
•    Experience writing specifications, design, and Interface Control Documents.
•    Experience working directly with customers onsite at their facility.
•    Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced, team-oriented environment.
•    Demonstrated self-starter - efficient in achieving goals and proactive in pursuing subsequent tasks.
•    Proven team leadership skills, providing the technical voice for a project, program, or pursuit.
•    Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills.  Excellent inter-personal and communication skills, ability to interact with a cross functional team and act as customer interface for technical aspects.

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.

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