Manager, Systems Engineering
Herndon, Virginia
Job ID 12057Overview
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: 12057
Job Location: Herndon, VA (Monroe Street)
Schedule: 9/80
Job Description:
L3Harris Technologies – Surface & C5 Systems is a recognized global leader in the design, development and production of navigation systems, control and automation solutions, integrated power and propulsion systems, secure communication, and Signals and Electronic Intelligence systems products supporting mission-critical space, ground, air, and naval operations. L3Harris is where employees have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our business and the world around us while thriving in an environment that continually fosters growth and career development. We are committed to providing best-in-class solutions to our customers with the highest level of integrity, excellence, and uncompromised quality in everything we do. Join our dynamic team!
The Systems Engineering (SE) Manager’s primary responsibility will be to support the maritime shipboard operations market segments. The Systems Engineering Manager will provide technical direction, planning, and staffing for direct reports. This position supports the Senior Manager of Systems Engineering ensuring resources for programs and proposal support are properly staffed, trained, and following the defined systems engineering process with a focus on continuous improvement. The Systems Engineering Manager will also assist in the formulation of the systems engineering approaches for tasks assigned to their direct reports by the Project Engineer on a program. This position is an onsite at the Herndon, VA facility.
Essential Functions:
- Leadership of direct reports to ensure continuing adherence to systems engineering processes and approaches on a program.
- Staff is trained, productive, and efficient in their work through technical reviews of their efforts.
- Responsible for career counseling for each individual with performance evaluations and career discussions throughout the year. Prepare and administer performance reviews for those individuals on their staff.
- Complete understanding of the systems engineering process from systems concept and synthesis through integration, evaluation, and test of machinery-control systems, ship-control systems, and integrated power and propulsion systems capabilities. Candidate must be adept at: Functional Analysis, Requirements Allocation & Traceability, Trade-off Studies in the areas of machinery-control systems, ship-control systems, and integrated power and propulsion systems.
- An understanding of working through customer requirements to technical requirements to product solutions. An understanding of Functional and Allocated baselines in addition to Top-Level and Detailed Level Design approaches is required.
- Candidate must have interest and demonstrated ability leading and developing people and processes and a working knowledge of any standard system engineering process including: MIL-STD-499, EIA-632, IEEE 1220 or IEEE/ISO/IEC 15288.
- Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills are required. Demonstrated teamwork with internal and external customers.
- Comfortable working in a fast paced and dynamic multi-disciplinary environment.
- 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.
- Demonstrated ability as a team player to build consensus among peers and build effective relationships with team members.
- Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering, Agile Methodologies, Automation techniques, and DevSecOps concepts.
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 degree, 13 years of prior related experience required.
- Experience in developing solutions for machinery-control systems, ship-control systems, and/or integrated power and propulsion systems.
- Minimum 9 years Systems Engineering experience.
- 5+ years leading teams of 5+ engineers, managing their efforts including budget and scheduling of activities
- An active Secret Security Clearance (DOD Secret) is highly desirable, ability to acquire clearance required, which requires US Citizenship
- 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.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Cost estimating, risk assessment.
- Familiarity with the military/defense contracting environment.
- Proposal management experience.
- Engineering Leadership experience
- DoD maritime systems engineering experience with Understanding of technological trends in the maritime sector.
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.