Manager, Systems Engineering

L3Harris Technologies; Bristol Township (Bucks County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Bristol, PA seeks a Manager, Systems Engineering to lead a team delivering airborne telemetry, RF, secure communications, and embedded flight safety systems. You will drive requirements management, system integration, verification and validation, and technical reviews across programs to meet cost, schedule, and performance goals.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree with 9+ years related experience (or graduate degree with 7+ years), at least 4 years in engineering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with ≥9 years related experience, or equivalent.
• Minimum 4 years in engineering leadership.
• Minimum 5 years in aerospace/defense systems engineering.
• Minimum 4 years of requirements development, allocation, traceability, interface definition, configuration control, and V&V planning.
• Minimum 4 years of experience leading or supporting formal engineering reviews such as SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and manage a systems engineering team with staffing and performance management.
• Direct systems engineering activities across requirements development, decomposition, allocation, traceability, interface definition, and technical baseline management.
• Oversee system integration, verification, validation, qualification planning, risk management, and lifecycle engineering from development to delivery.
• Lead or support formal technical reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR).
• Promote disciplined engineering execution through standard work and documentation quality.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Program Management.
• Forecast workforce needs and resource planning across programs; provide BOE inputs.
• Communicate progress, risks, and performance to leadership using metrics and data analysis.
• Support MBSE adoption, digital engineering, and data visibility.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Formal reviews

MBSE

Jama/DOORS/PLM

Communication

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Graduate degree

Tools

Jama

DOORS

PLM systems

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: Manager, Systems Engineering

Job Code: 42717

Job Location: Bristol, Pennsylvania

Job Schedule: 9/80 (employees work 9 out of every 14 days, totaling 80 hours, with every other Friday off)

Job Description

The Manager, Systems Engineering leads a team of systems engineers supporting the development and delivery of airborne telemetry, radio frequency (RF), secure communications, and embedded flight safety systems at L3Harris TRF Bristol. This role is responsible for leading people, workforce planning, and disciplined execution of systems engineering activities to ensure products meet technical, schedule, cost, quality, cybersecurity, and customer requirements. The position works across engineering and program functions to strengthen requirements management, system integration, verification and validation, and technical review readiness. The successful candidate will join a collaborative engineering organization focused on delivering high-reliability solutions for United States and allied aerospace and defense platforms.

Essential Functions

• 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.
• Partner within Engineering, as well as Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Program Management to support integrated program execution.
• Support workforce forecasting, resource planning, staffing updates, and Basis of Estimate (BOE) inputs across multiple programs and priorities.
• Use metrics, status reporting, and data analysis to communicate technical progress, staffing needs, execution risks, and process performance to leadership and stakeholders.
• Support adoption of digital engineering practices, including model-based systems engineering (MBSE), requirements tools, and improved engineering data visibility.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a United States Secret security clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior related experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience; or in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in an engineering leadership role, such as engineering manager, team lead, functional lead, or integrated product team lead.
• Minimum 5 years of experience performing systems engineering activities for aerospace, defense, radio frequency (RF), telemetry, secure communications, embedded systems, or other hardware-based technical products.
• Minimum 4 years of experience with requirements development, requirements allocation, traceability, interface definition, configuration control, and verification and validation planning.
• Minimum 4 years of experience leading or supporting formal engineering reviews such as System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, or Test Readiness Review.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Secret security clearance.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Strong communication skills, including the ability to convey information effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Active US Secret or Top Secret (TS) security clearance.
• Familiarity with model-based systems engineering (MBSE), digital thread methods, and digital engineering tools.
• Experience with requirements and lifecycle management tools such as Jama, Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System (DOORS), or product lifecycle management (PLM) systems.
• Experience supporting qualification, environmental testing, and performance validation for airborne or ruggedized hardware.
• Experience supporting proposal efforts, basis of estimate development, technical planning, or customer review preparation.
• Familiarity with communications security hardware, information assurance systems, or NSA Type 1 cryptographic systems.
• INCOSE Associate Systems Engineering Professional, INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional, or Project Management Professional certification.

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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