Lead Systems Engineering Manager, Aerospace & Defense

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Bristol Township (Bucks County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Manager, Systems Engineering in Bristol, PA. Lead a team delivering airborne telemetry, RF, secure communications, and embedded flight safety systems; manage requirements, integration, verification, and validation across programs.

You will drive workforce planning, technical reviews, and process improvements, with emphasis on MBSE and digital engineering practices. Valid US security clearance is required for consideration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 9+ years in related work, or 7+ years with graduate degree.
• Minimum 4 years in engineering leadership.
• Minimum 5 years in systems engineering for aerospace/defense hardware.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and manage a systems engineering team, including staffing, workload planning, performance management, coaching, and employee development.
• Direct systems engineering activities across requirements development, decomposition, allocation, traceability, interface definition, and technical baseline management.
• Oversee execution of system integration, verification, validation, qualification planning, risk management, and lifecycle engineering activities from development through delivery.
• Lead or support formal technical reviews, including System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, Test Readiness Review, and related engineering reviews.
• Promote disciplined engineering execution through standard work, configuration management, documentation quality, and compliance with established engineering processes.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Systems engineering

RF

Technical reviews

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Graduate degree

Tools

Jama

DOORS

PLM

Job description

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Manager, Systems Engineering in Bristol, PA. Lead a team delivering airborne telemetry, RF, secure communications, and embedded flight safety systems; manage requirements, integration, verification, and validation across programs.

You will drive workforce planning, technical reviews, and process improvements, with emphasis on MBSE and digital engineering practices. Valid US security clearance is required for consideration.