Sr. Manager, Electrical Engineering (Hardware)

L3Harris; Greenville (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris is seeking a Senior Manager for Hardware Engineering to lead RF and digital hardware teams in support of military aircraft programs. The role requires DoD experience, DoD security clearance eligibility, and strong leadership across multi-disciplinary groups including RF, FPGA, packaging, and test labs.

On-site in Greenville, TX with a 9/80 schedule and travel up to 15%. Responsibilities include budgeting, process standardization, staffing, and delivering robust hardware solutions under

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years leading RF and digital hardware design in a DoW/DoD environment.
• Graduate degree with 10+ years leading RF and digital hardware design in a DoW/DoD environment.
• In lieu of a degree, at least 16 years of RF/digital hardware leadership in a DoD setting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and/or review hardware engineering bids.
• Forecast staff vs demand and develop hiring plans to meet business needs.
• Oversee pilot assembly activities.
• Oversee the environmental lab and testing activities.
• Champion continuous improvement and cost reduction with leadership.
• Define and endorse capital allocation to maximize test capability.
• Develop and deploy hardware engineering standards for quality, schedule and cost.
• Plan and manage department budgets.
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders including leadership and other engineering disciplines.
• Draft management-level reports.
• Lead RCCA investigations using structured problem-solving methods.
• Ability to travel 10-15%.
• Must be able to acquire and maintain a DoD secret security clearance.
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Skills

RF hardware design

Digital hardware design

FPGA

Leadership

Budgeting

DoD experience

MIL-STD-461 knowledge

RTCA DO-160 knowledge

RF testing

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Graduate Degree

16+ years DoD RF hardware leadership

Tools

SAP MRP/ERP

MS Office

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: Sr. Manager, Electrical Engineering (Hardware)

Job Code: 47020

Job Location: Greenville, TX (On-Site)

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

Job Description:

Space & Mission Systems segment is seeking a Senior Manager for Hardware Engineering. The candidate will lead Radio Frequency (RF)/Wireless engineers (RF design, Electromagnetic Effects (EME)), Electrical engineers (digital, mixed signal, FPGA) and Mechanical engineers (electronic packaging, pilot assembly, environmental testing). The candidate should have design experience developing/testing RF/Digital LRU's (Line Replaceable Units) for airborne requirements. The candidate should have knowledge of MIL-STD-461 and RTCA DO-160 regarding EME testing and delivery of military aircraft. This position is responsible for managing the activities of Hardware Engineering in support of the delivery of military aircraft under contract. In addition, they will plan and administer procedures and budgets, lead staff hiring and development, and make capital & non-capital budgetary recommendations.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and/or review and approve Hardware engineering bids.

• Forecast staff vs demand and develop hiring plans to maintain staffing levels to meet current and future business needs, inclusive of quantity / skills / experience.

• Oversee pilot assembly activities.

• Oversee the environmental lab and testing activities.

• Champion continuous improvement and cost reduction with sector / segment leadership.

• Define and endorse allocation of capital to maximize test capability and productivity.

• Develop and deploy Hardware Engineering process standards, enabling best in class execution, inclusive of quality, schedule and cost performance.

• Plan and manage department level budgets.

• Collaborate and communicate effectively with a diverse group of stakeholders to include leadership, program management, and other engineering disciplines.

• Drafting and submittal of management-level reports.

• Lead root cause / corrective action (RCCA) investigations using disciplined problem-solving methods and statistical analysis. (5 Whys, fishbone, etc.)

• Ability to travel 10-15%.

• Must be able to acquire and maintain a DoD secret security clearance.

• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

  Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree with 12 years of experience leading RF and digital hardware design teams within a DoW/DoD environment.

• Graduate Degree with 10 years of experience leading RF and digital hardware design teams within a DoW/DoD environment.

• In Lieu of a degree, a minimum of 16 years of experience leading RF and digital hardware design teams within a DoW/DoD environment.

  Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience working across multi-functional teams (program office / project engineering, system engineering, software engineering, supply chain, quality, vendors, and customers).

• Effective leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills from executive to front line levels, with an ability to collaborate with others.

• Ability to motivate, manage, and develop a highly diverse team with excellent consultative, influencing, and conflict management skills.

• Experience working in a DoD environment.

• Designing RF and digital hardware.

• Implementing signal processing algorithms in FPGA designs

• Familiarity with MIL-STD-461 and RTCA DO-160 related to EME testing of LRU's and military aircraft.

• Familiarity with MIL-STD-810 and RTCA DO-160 related to environmental testing of LRU's.

• Experience using SAP MRP/ERP software for product work planning.

• Proficiency in MS Office tools such as Project, Excel, Word.

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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.

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