Aerospace Systems Engineering Director

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.; Waco (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Director of Aeronautical Systems Engineering in Waco, TX.

This senior leader will guide a 700+ engineer organization across multiple sites, driving strategy, governance, and capability growth while ensuring technical excellence and program alignment. You will partner with stakeholders to advance modernization, digital engineering, and affordability, delivering mission-critical aerospace solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership of a multi-site organization of 700+ engineers.
• Develop, integrate, and sustain aeronautical systems.
• Drive workforce strategy, governance, and capability growth.
• Ensure compliance with airworthiness, safety, security, and quality requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multi-site Aeronautical Systems Engineering organization of 700+ engineers through subordinate leaders and technical authorities.
• Establish the function’s strategic vision, priorities, and operating model in alignment with sector and enterprise objectives.
• Direct workforce planning, staffing, succession planning, leadership development, and talent pipeline growth to meet current and future business needs.
• Foster a culture of inclusion, engagement, accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Own engineering governance, policies, processes, and standards to ensure consistent execution and compliance with requirements.
• Lead engineering contributions to capture and proposal efforts, including basis of estimate development, labor forecasting, and scope definition.
• Develop and execute technology roadmaps, multi-year capital plans, and engineering investment strategies.
• Manage engineering overhead, budgets, resource allocation, and productivity initiatives.
• Champion digital engineering, model-based systems engineering, and data-driven decision-making.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to integrate engineering execution across development, test, production, and sustainment.
• Represent engineering in executive reviews, customer engagements, and strategic planning forums.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

People management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree + 15 years experience

Graduate Degree + 13 years experience

19 years experience alternative

Tools

CAD

PLM

MBSE tools

Job description

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Director of Aeronautical Systems Engineering in Waco, TX.

This senior leader will guide a 700+ engineer organization across multiple sites, driving strategy, governance, and capability growth while ensuring technical excellence and program alignment. You will partner with stakeholders to advance modernization, digital engineering, and affordability, delivering mission-critical aerospace solutions in a fast-paced environment.