Electrical Engineering Manager — Lead Production & Innovation

L3Harris Technologies; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 111,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, NY is seeking an Engineering Manager Level 5 to lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for sustaining engineering, manufacturing support, and cross-functional coordination across development and production environments.

The ideal candidate combines technical depth with leadership maturity to drive execution, improve processes, and balance short-term factory needs with long-term engineering strategy; strong communication and collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience
• Master's degree preferred with emphasis on engineering or business is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop engineering teams supporting production, sustaining, and development activities
• Drive execution of technical priorities across manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program management organizations
• Establish scalable processes for issue resolution, root cause analysis, testing, validation, and corrective actions
• Support manufacturing yield improvement initiatives and operational efficiency efforts
• Coordinate technical investigations and drive closure of complex field and factory issues
• Manage engineering resource allocation, prioritization, and execution across multiple concurrent programs
• Partner with Operations leadership to balance production needs, quality objectives, and engineering capacity
• Lead cross functional reviews and communicate technical status, risks, and mitigation plans to leadership
• Improve standardization of engineering workflows, documentation, testing methodologies, and requirements traceability
• Mentor engineers and first line leaders while fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Support organizational growth through process development, metrics, and scalable leadership practices

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Root cause analysis

Communication

Program management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's degree

Job description

L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, NY is seeking an Engineering Manager Level 5 to lead a multidisciplinary team responsible for sustaining engineering, manufacturing support, and cross-functional coordination across development and production environments.

The ideal candidate combines technical depth with leadership maturity to drive execution, improve processes, and balance short-term factory needs with long-term engineering strategy; strong communication and collaboration are essential.