Director, Aeronautical Systems Engineering

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.; Waco (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Director of Aeronautical Systems Engineering to lead a multi-site organization of 700+ engineers, overseeing development, integration, and sustainment of advanced aeronautical systems. The role emphasizes technical excellence, execution discipline, and alignment with enterprise objectives.

This senior leader will drive workforce strategy, governance, and capability growth, partnering with stakeholders across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 15 years of prior experience in air vehicle systems engineering or engineering integration.
• Graduate Degree with 13 years of prior experience in air vehicle systems engineering or engineering integration.
• In Lieu of a degree, a minimum of 19 years of prior experience in air vehicle systems engineering or engineering integration.
• Must have an active Secret clearance at the time of hire with the ability to obtain a Top-Secret with SCI.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multi-site Aeronautical Systems Engineering organization of 700+ engineers through subordinate leaders and technical authorities, ensuring strong organizational performance and execution.
• 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, technical rigor, and compliance with company, customer, contractual, regulatory, airworthiness, safety, security, and quality requirements.
• Lead engineering contributions to capture and proposal efforts, including basis of estimate development, labor forecasting, technical scope definition, risk assessment, and capability positioning.
• Develop and execute technology and capability roadmaps, multi-year capital plans, and engineering investment strategies to support modernization and long-term business and program needs.
• Manage engineering overhead, functional budgets, resource allocation, and productivity initiatives to improve affordability and operational efficiency.
• Champion digital engineering, model-based systems engineering, process modernization, 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, technical interchange meetings, gate reviews, and strategic planning forums.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree with 15 years of prior experience in air vehicle systems engineering or engineering integration.

Graduate Degree with 13 years of prior experience in air vehicle systems engineering or engineering integration.

In Lieu of a degree, a minimum of 19 years of prior experience in air vehicle systems engineering or engineering integration.

Must have an active Secret clearance at the time of hire with the ability to obtain a Top-Secret with SCI.

Job description

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Director of Aeronautical Systems Engineering to lead a multi-site organization of 700+ engineers, overseeing development, integration, and sustainment of advanced aeronautical systems. The role emphasizes technical excellence, execution discipline, and alignment with enterprise objectives.

This senior leader will drive workforce strategy, governance, and capability growth, partnering with stakeholders across programs.