Manager, Systems Engineering

L3Harris

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$153,000–$284,000 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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This role $218k
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This role pays more than 79% of similar roles. Most pay $152,000–$210,125 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $218k versus about $181k for comparable roles.

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About L3Harris

L3Harris Technologies is a US aerospace and defense technology company providing space and airborne systems, communications, electronic warfare, and missile propulsion solutions for government and commercial customers.

L3Harris currently has 470 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $106,500–$197,500 across 185 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Manager, Systems Engineering

Manager, Systems Engineering leads a multidisciplinary team of ten to twelve reports supporting the capture, development, integration, verification, production, and sustainment of T&RF products for space and defense missions. The role is responsible for technical planning, requirements definition, architecture development, interface management, and system verification across product lines including secure communications payloads, satellite command and control, mission radio frequency data links, high power amplifiers, and tactical satellite communications terminals. Key responsibilities include driving the adoption of model-based systems engineering and digital engineering methods using SysML-based modeling to improve requirements traceability. The manager will utilize tools such as Cameo, MagicDraw, Rhapsody, Capella, DOORS, or Jama. This role addresses complex technical challenges in aerospace and defense environments involving information assurance, communications security solutions, specialized waveforms, and integrated broadcast service receivers for government and commercial space opportunities.

What you'll do

  • Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary systems engineering team of 10 to 12 direct reports.
  • Manage system requirements decomposition, architecture definition, interface control, and technical baseline management.
  • Drive the adoption of model-based systems engineering and digital engineering methods using SysML tools.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams to achieve cost, schedule, and technical objectives for space and defense missions.
  • Support customer engagements, design reviews, and proposal activities for Department of Defense and intelligence customers.
  • Manage team staffing, priorities, budgets, and development plans across multiple product lines.
  • Ensure all systems engineering artifacts comply with contract requirements and military aerospace standards.
  • Lead technical trade studies and risk management for mission radio frequency links and satellite communications.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree with 12 years of experience, Master's with 10 years, or 16 years of experience without a degree.
  • Active Secret Security Clearance.
  • Experience leading systems engineering for radio frequency communications, satellite payloads, or complex aerospace and defense systems (preferred).
  • Knowledge of the systems engineering lifecycle including requirements management, architecture development, and verification (preferred).
  • Ability to incorporate model-based systems engineering into product development or program execution (preferred).
  • Advanced degree in a related technical field or prior formal engineering management experience (preferred).
  • Experience with specific hardware like high power amplifiers, satellite command and control, or software-defined radio frequency payloads (preferred).
  • U.S. citizens.

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