Systems Engineering Manager — RF/EW Defense Programs

Honeywell Aerospace US LLC; Lansdale (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Disability coverage

401(k) match

Educational assistance

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Honeywell Aerospace US LLC in Lansdale seeks a Systems Engineering Manager to lead a team delivering advanced EW solutions across air, land, and maritime platforms. You will shape technical strategy, drive program execution, mentor engineers, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of high-impact defense technologies.

You will guide requirements, architecture, integration, and verification while partnering with cross‑functional teams to optimize performance, cost, and schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams or large technical programs.
• Experience managing program budgets, schedules, resources, and technical execution.
• 5+ years of systems engineering experience, including requirements development, decomposition, and management.
• 12+ years of engineering experience developing or integrating complex systems involving hardware, software, RF, digital, analog, or embedded technologies.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across organizations.
• Ability to travel occasionally in support of customer, industry, or program activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of systems engineers across multiple programs and technology efforts.
• Drive workforce planning, recruiting, mentoring, succession planning, and career development.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Establish department goals, performance metrics, and resource strategies to support business objectives.
• Ensure technical, schedule, cost, and quality objectives are achieved across development efforts.
• Guide systems engineering activities throughout the product lifecycle, including requirements development, architecture definition, integration, verification, and release.
• Support proposal and capture activities through technical planning, architecture development, cost estimation, and work breakdown structure creation.
• Lead trade studies and technical decision‑making to balance performance, cost, schedule, reliability, and manufacturability objectives.
• Collaborate with engineering, program management, business development, and operations teams to ensure successful program execution.
• Define and execute the strategic vision for the Systems Engineering organization.

Skills

Leadership

Systems engineering

Requirements management

Budget management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline

Job description

Honeywell Aerospace US LLC in Lansdale seeks a Systems Engineering Manager to lead a team delivering advanced EW solutions across air, land, and maritime platforms. You will shape technical strategy, drive program execution, mentor engineers, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of high-impact defense technologies.

You will guide requirements, architecture, integration, and verification while partnering with cross‑functional teams to optimize performance, cost, and schedule.