Senior Engineering Leader, Acoustics & Imaging Systems

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Millersville (MD); On-site; USD 146,000 - 271,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Employee assistance program

Education assistance

Parental leave

Paid time off

Company-paid holidays

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Sr. Manager, Engineering Management - Acoustics & Imaging Systems Division Functional Engineering in Millersville, MD.

This senior leadership role drives cross-disciplinary teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities and accelerate program execution. The incumbent will shape engineering outcomes, scale exceptional teams, and partner with senior leaders to enforce ownership, safety, and verification standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 12+ years of related experience, or graduate degree with 10+ years; in lieu of a degree, 16+ years of related experience.
• Experience leading multi-discipline engineering teams in a matrixed environment.
• Experience with workforce planning, staffing strategy, recruiting, and talent development.
• Experience with EVMS/CAM responsibilities and proposal development (including BOE generation).
• Experience with program execution frameworks, schedule/cost performance, and risk-driven technical planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead one or more cross-discipline engineering teams or a department, including planning, staffing, execution, and continuous improvement.
• Own functional execution for scope, schedule, budget, and technical quality across projects, pursuits, and programs.
• Implement and scale an integrated operating model with clear role ownership, decision rights, and accountability.
• Establish repeatable engineering processes, common tools, and shared metrics to enable segment-wide interoperability.
• Lead cross-functionally across a portfolio of programs to align priorities and deliver results.
• Build and maintain workforce and staffing plans to ensure the right talent capacity for current and future business needs.
• Own recruiting, hiring, performance management, coaching, succession planning, and development of high-performing teams.
• Drive disciplined engineering rigor and verification practices to improve first-time-right execution and reduce rework.
• Enable Agile delivery and rapid prototyping/simulation approaches while maintaining safety, compliance, and mission assurance requirements.
• Partner with Program Management, Chief Engineers, and functional peers on proposal activities, cost estimates, basis of estimate, and manpower planning.
• Communicate and influence effectively across internal and external stakeholders on matters of substantial importance.
• Ability to travel up to 25% (or as required by business needs).
• Ability to obtain and maintain required U.S. Government security clearances (minimum Secret).

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional

Program execution

Agile

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Graduate degree

Tools

EVMS/CAM

BOE generation

Job description

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Sr. Manager, Engineering Management - Acoustics & Imaging Systems Division Functional Engineering in Millersville, MD.

This senior leadership role drives cross-disciplinary teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities and accelerate program execution. The incumbent will shape engineering outcomes, scale exceptional teams, and partner with senior leaders to enforce ownership, safety, and verification standards.