Systems Engineer Manager

L3Harris Technologies is a global leader in defense and aerospace solutions, committed to delivering innovative technology to support national security and critical missions. The Manager, Systems Engineering at L3Harris oversees a team responsible for designing, developing, integrating, and testing spacecraft buses, ensuring compliance with technical specifications and performance standards.

Responsibilities:

• Provide functional management to a team of spacecraft bus lead engineers, overseeing staffing, resource allocation, and performance evaluations
• Support organizational growth through recruitment, mentoring, and professional development initiatives
• Offer technical guidance on spacecraft bus design, development, and integration, ensuring compliance with mission and industry standards
• Coordinate with internal teams—including systems engineering, payload engineering, and mission operations—to facilitate seamless subsystem integration
• Manage relationships with external bus suppliers, reviewing development work, delivery schedules, and ensuring adherence to technical requirements
• Lead critical design reviews such as PDR, CDR, and TRR to validate design readiness for production and testing phases
• Oversee integration and environmental testing of spacecraft buses, including vibration, thermal vacuum, and EMC testing to validate performance and reliability
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for failure investigations related to spacecraft buses
• Identify and mitigate technical risks by developing contingency plans and ensuring risk management strategies are in place
• Prepare, review, and approve technical documentation, including specifications, interface control documents, and test reports
• Ensure the execution of programs aligns with engineering standards, quality, and schedule requirements, promoting engineering excellence
• Engage in continuous process improvement and innovation to enhance spacecraft bus engineering practices

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree with at least 9 years of relevant experience, or a Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years, or alternatively, 13+ years of experience in lieu of a degree
• Experience working directly with spacecraft bus suppliers and leading technical teams of five or more engineers
• Strong background in spacecraft bus systems, including power, thermal, structures, avionics, propulsion, GNC, C&DH, TT&C, and fault management
• Proficiency in hardware/software integration, testing, troubleshooting, and executing all phases of spacecraft bus programs
• Ability to obtain TS/SCI security clearance
• Excellent communication, leadership, and project management skills
• Familiarity with digital engineering tools
• Experience with MBSE
• Experience with spacecraft bus qualification testing