Sr. Mgr., Systems Engineering - Acoustics & Imaging Systems Division Functional Engineering

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Northampton (MA); Hybrid; USD 153,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Education assistance

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Northampton, MA is seeking a Sr. Manager for Acoustics & Imaging Systems Functional Engineering. Lead cross-discipline teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities, drive program execution, and raise technical performance across a portfolio.

This role involves building scalable teams, partnering with senior leaders, and applying Agile and fast prototyping while maintaining safety and verification standards. Travel up to 25% and ability to obtain required U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or graduate degree with extensive related experience.
• 5+ years of management and cross-functional leadership.
• 4+ years leading multi-discipline engineering teams.
• 2+ years EVMS/CAM responsibilities and proposals.
• 4+ years with program execution frameworks and risk planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-discipline teams and manage staff planning and development.
• Own scope, schedule, budget, and technical quality across programs.
• Implement and scale an integrated operating model with clear ownership.
• Establish repeatable processes and shared metrics for interoperability.
• Drive Agile delivery, rapid prototyping, and safety/compliance.
• Partner on proposals, cost estimates, and manpower planning.
• Travel up to 25% and obtain required security clearances.

Skills

Senior leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Program execution

Workforce planning

EVMS/CAM experience

Personnel development

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Graduate 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: Sr. Mgr., Systems Engineering - Acoustics & Imaging Systems Division Functional Engineering Job Code: 45136 Job Location: Millersville-MD or Northampton-MA (on-site) Job Schedule: 9/80 Regular (Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off)

Job Description:

Step into a visible, high-impact leadership role where your decisions directly shape engineering outcomes across an entire business area. The Senior Manager, Acoustics & Imaging Systems Functional Engineering leads cross-discipline teams to deliver mission-critical capabilities, accelerate program execution, and raise technical performance across a portfolio of programs.

This role offers the opportunity to build and scale exceptional teams, influence strategy with senior leaders, and drive meaningful change through modern engineering practices, clear accountability, and a strong culture of ownership. If you are energized by complex challenges, leadership at scale, and the chance to make a lasting impact, this is a role where you can lead from the front and deliver results that matter.

The Senior Manager, Acoustic & Imaging Systems Functional Engineering holds uncompromised, division-level accountability for program execution and technical delivery. This leader maintains a strategic dotted-line reporting relationship to the Division Chief Engineer, who carries ultimate responsibility for overall Engineering Execution in the Division. Operating within this framework, the Senior Manager aligns people, processes, and tools to drive divisional milestones while enforcing segment-wide interoperability. The role requires shifting organizational culture to an 'Above the Line' ownership mindset, ensuring teams actively reject legacy excuses for program delays. By treating engineering rigor as the primary vehicle for schedule velocity, the Senior Manager eliminates downstream scrap, rework, and re-testing to enable teams to hit critical commitments on time. Additionally, this leader fosters high-stakes innovation through Agile and 'Fail-Fast' prototyping without ever compromising baseline safety or verification standards..

Essential Functions:

• 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).

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 12 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.
• At least 5 years of management and cross-functional leadership experience, including leadership of experienced professionals and/or leaders of leaders.
• At least 4 years of experience driving execution across multi-discipline engineering teams in a matrixed environment.
• At least 4 years of experience with workforce planning, staffing strategy, recruiting, and talent development.
• At least 2 years of experience wtih EVMS/CAM responsibilities and proposal development (including BOE generation).
• Minimum of 4 years of experience with program execution frameworks, schedule/cost performance, and risk-driven technical planning.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Secret clearance preferred.
• Prior leadership across two or more engineering disciplines (e.g., systems, software, electrical, mechanical, test, specialty engineering).
• Experience working in mission-critical or safety-critical development environments.
• Experience leading organizational change and scaling teams through growth or realignment.
• Familiarity with Agile-at-scale operating models and digital engineering/toolchain modernization.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $153,000.00 - $284,000.00. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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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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