Electrical Systems Sr. Mgr
Textron
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Textron Systems in Wilmington, MA, seeks a Senior Manager of Electrical Systems Engineering to lead a cross-functional program across avionics, power systems and verification. You will direct design, integration and testing, while aligning with program management and customers to meet performance and safety goals.
The role requires deep leadership, a strong background in avionics and aerospace development lifecycles, and the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- 15+ years of aerospace or defense engineering experience with increasing technical leadership responsibility.
- Experience leading integrated electrical engineering teams through development, integration, and test phases.
- Strong background in avionics systems, electrical design, power systems, verification, integration, and electronics test equipment.
- Experience with aerospace development lifecycle processes and formal engineering reviews.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical teams in a complex development environment.
- Strong communication, organizational, and technical decision-making skills.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership and direction for all electrical engineering activities on the program.
- Establish and maintain the electrical engineering technical baseline across design, integration, verification, and test.
- Ensure electrical subsystem designs meet performance, reliability, safety, EMI/EMC, power, thermal, and environmental requirements.
- Lead technical decision-making, trade studies, design reviews, and engineering risk assessments.
- Drive timely resolution of complex technical issues affecting cost, schedule, performance, or integration.
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Textron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems. This role is in Textron System’s Weapon Systems business area. Visit TextronSystems.com & Lycoming.com to read more about who we are and the products we make!
The Electrical Systems Manager is responsible for directing and integrating all electrical engineering activities across a complex aerospace development program. This role serves as the senior electrical engineering authority for the program and provides technical leadership, execution oversight, and cross-functional coordination for electrical design, systems integration, verification, test, and electronics test equipment development. The Electrical Systems Manager ensures the electrical architecture, avionics hardware, power systems, interfaces, integration strategy, and verification approach collectively satisfy program requirements, technical performance objectives, and customer expectations. This role operates as a key member of the program’s engineering leadership team and works closely with program management, chief engineering, firmware engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and customer representatives.
- Provide overall leadership and direction for all electrical engineering activities on the program.
- Establish and maintain the electrical engineering technical baseline across design, integration, verification, and test.
- Ensure electrical subsystem designs meet performance, reliability, safety, EMI/EMC, power, thermal, and environmental requirements.
- Lead technical decision-making, trade studies, design reviews, and engineering risk assessments.
- Drive timely resolution of complex technical issues affecting cost, schedule, performance, or integration.
- Lead a multi-disciplinary electrical engineering organization composed of functional leads in design engineering, electrical systems engineering, electrical test, and test equipment development
- Align engineering priorities, staffing, and technical execution across integrated product teams.
- Mentor senior engineers and technical leads while fostering strong engineering rigor and accountability.
- Support staffing plans, organizational development, and engineering process improvement initiatives.
- Oversee development of avionics hardware, electrical architectures, power distribution systems, harnessing, interfaces, and embedded electronic assemblies.
- Ensure configuration control and disciplined change management throughout development.
- Coordinate interfaces between mechanical, electrical, firmware, manufacturing, and systems engineering teams.
- Ensure requirements traceability and verification planning are fully integrated into design activities.
- Oversee electrical verification and validation activities including bench testing, subsystem integration testing, environmental testing, EMI/EMC qualification, and system-level verification.
- Direct development of electronics test equipment, automated test systems, hardware-in-the-loop solutions, and laboratory integration capabilities required to support development and qualification activities.
- Review and approve test objectives, procedures, instrumentation plans, and anomaly resolution efforts.
- Ensure analytical predictions, laboratory data, and qualification test results are properly correlated and dispositioned.
- Support program planning, cost estimation, schedule development, and risk management activities.
- Track engineering execution against milestones and technical performance measures.
- Provide regular status updates to program leadership and customers regarding technical progress, risks, and mitigation strategies.
- Support major program reviews including SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and qualification reviews.
- Serve as a primary technical interface for electrical engineering matters with customers, suppliers, and partners.
- Support supplier technical oversight, design reviews, and issue resolution activities.
- Participate in customer briefings and technical interchange meetings.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- 15+ years of aerospace or defense engineering experience with increasing technical leadership responsibility.
- Experience leading integrated electrical engineering teams through development, integration, and test phases.
- Strong background in avionics systems, electrical design, power systems, verification, integration, and electronics test equipment.
- Experience with aerospace development lifecycle processes and formal engineering reviews.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical teams in a complex development environment.
- Strong communication, organizational, and technical decision-making skills.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline.
- Experience supporting spacecraft, launch systems, missiles, aircraft, propulsion systems, or other complex aerospace platforms.
- Familiarity with model-based systems engineering and digital engineering environments.
- Experience with EMI/EMC qualification testing, automated test equipment development, and hardware failure investigations.
- Experience managing engineering costs, schedule, staffing, and technical performance metrics.
- Active or previously held U.S. security clearance.
- Strong system-thinking mindset
- Technical credibility with senior engineering staff
- Ability to balance execution urgency with engineering rigor
- Collaborative leadership style across integrated teams
- Decisive problem-solving under schedule pressure
- Commitment to quality, safety, and mission success
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Education Assistance
- Career Development & Training Opportunities
- Wellness Program (including Fitness Reimbursement)
- Medical, Dental, Vision & 401(K) with Company Funding
- Paid Parental Leave
Textron's products and services are trusted everyday by those who protect our country. We are dedicated to hiring these Veterans and aim to translate their skills to make an impact on our Company. Textron's compensation package includes competitive base pay and provides eligible employees with benefit programs. Benefits may include health insurance and prescription plan coverage, dental insurance, family building benefits, vision insurance, mental health resources, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and programs that provide employees time away from work. The pay range should be used as a general guide only. Compensation is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. Textron is committed to providing Equal Opportunity in Employment, to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
US-Massachusetts-Wilmington
Full-time
Manager with Direct Reports
Experienced
Compressed Work Week (9x80)
Yes, 10 % of the Time
06/18/2026, 3:42:33 PM
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