Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering

L3Harris Technologies; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering in Salt Lake City to lead a multi-disciplinary design team responsible for RF, power, digital, and antenna hardware for complex communications systems.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate with program management and systems engineering, and ensure staffing aligns with performance, cost, and schedule goals while supporting business development and capture activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline with 12+ years of experience; alternate: graduate degree with 10+ years, or 16 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Strong communication skills, coaching/mentoring, and leadership experience in matrixed environments.
• Experience with defense, aerospace, SATCOM, wireless, EW, radar, or mission-critical RF systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary design team for RF, power, digital, and antenna hardware.
• Mentor engineers across disciplines and optimize resources, processes, and team culture.
• Partner with program management, systems engineering, and leaders to balance performance, cost, schedule and staffing.

Skills

Matrix environment

Communication

Team leadership

Defense aerospace

RF front-end

Antenna development

Power management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Graduate degree in Electrical Engineering

16 years of experience in lieu of degree

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: Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering

Job Code: 41635

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule: 9/80 Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours working- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The L3H organization is seeking a Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering to lead a multi-disciplinary design team responsible for Radio Frequency, power supply, digital, and antenna engineering development. This role will report to the Director of Hardware and Specialty Engineering.

Essential Functions:

• Lead and support the development of RF, power supply, digital, and antenna hardware for complex communications systems.
• Guide and mentor engineers across multiple disciplines, allocate resources, improve processes, and build a collaborative, high-performing team culture.
• Partner with program management, systems engineering, and functional leaders to balance technical performance, cost, schedule, and staffing priorities.
• Support business development, capture, and proposal activities, including technical inputs, and estimates.
• Manage hiring, employee development, performance reviews, and engagement for the engineering team
• Ensure teams meet commitments for performance, cost, and schedule.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance (Active U.S. Security Clearance Preferred)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline and a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience working closely with systems, software, mechanical, manufacturing, test, and program teams in a matrixed development environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with engineers and leadership.
• Strong coaching, mentoring, and team-building skills, with a track record of developing technical leaders.
• Experience with defense, aerospace, SATCOM, wireless communications, EW, radar, or other mission-critical RF systems.
• Strong familiarity with RF front-end design, antenna subsystem development, digital signal processing hardware, and power conversion / power management architectures.
• Minimum of 5 years of directly related experience in hardware development involving combinations of RF, analog, digital, power supply, antenna, or mixed-signal design.
• Minimum of 5 years of engineering leadership, functional management, integrated product team leadership, and/or personnel management experience.

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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