Associate Manager, Systems Engineer

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.; Mason (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies is seeking an Associate Manager Systems Engineering in Mason, OH. This role leads a team of engineers focused on infrared sensor systems, balancing functional management with individual technical contributions.

Responsibilities include technical planning, system integration, validation, and verification across development activities, with customer and supplier interfaces. A strong background in systems engineering and BOE/proposal support is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience; Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience; In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers and provide functional management for the Infrared sensors program.
• Lead technical planning, system integration, validation, and verification activities.
• Review BOEs and deliverables for technical quality and process adherence.
• Serve as Technical POC with customers and suppliers.
• Develop and evaluate options; implement cost-effective solutions.

Skills

People management

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Requirements analysis

BOEs & proposals

Customer interaction

Security clearance ability

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Graduate Degree

Job description

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing 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 is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title: Associate Manager Systems Engineering

Job Code: 45684

Job Location: Mason, OH – On Site

Job Schedule: 9/80 -Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

As a Systems Engineering Associate Manager for our Infrared (IR) sensors business area, you will lead a team of engineers that work to solve our customers’ most difficult technical challenges. Your role will include both functional management as well as individual technical contributor. You would be involved in planning activities to address development activity processes and procedures. You could be the technical lead of the program team, perform technical planning, design, analysis, implementation, system integration, validation and verification. Analyses are performed at all levels to include concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance, and disposal. This position supports the Advanced Effects (AE) Segment, a great team of talented professionals with world class technical expertise who take a collaborative approach to engineering and enjoy working together. We have a long history of innovative and exceptional performance; we have earned our place as a trusted provider to our customers.

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for determining staffing requirements and adjusting staffing levels as necessary to ensure that the department’s workface is appropriately staffed with qualified individuals.
• Requires strong knowledge of job area. Typically viewed as having a specialty within discipline. May have broad knowledge of project management.
• Review BOEs and other artifacts / deliverables for technical quality / process adherence
• Support / lead technical planning, system integration, validation, and verification activities in support of programs and development efforts.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate solution.
• Systems Analysis — Determine how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes / performance.
• Systems Evaluation — Identify measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance relative to the goals of the system.
• Customer Interaction – Technical Point of Contact to our customers and our suppliers.
• Demonstrated experience with designing, developing, testing, and delivering
• Demonstrated experience in architecture, specification, implementation, simulation, test, verification, validation, and debugging
• Demonstrated complex problem solving and decision making — Able to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions; able to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate solution
• Experience writing BOEs and supporting proposals
• System test and evaluation requirements development experience.
• Ability to obtain a US security clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Demonstrated experience leading a team or project within the IR (Infrared) field
• Demonstrated experience in a technical discipline supporting sensors products
• Experience writing BOEs and supporting proposals
• Demonstrated experience in architecture, specification, implementation, simulation, test, verification, validation, and debugging
• Demonstrated complex problem solving and decision making — Able to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions; able to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate solution
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work well within and outside of the organization including customers, vendors, and leadership with minimal oversight
• Knowledge of military specifications, design processes, and hardware test/verification procedures.

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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an 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.

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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