Senior Manager, Systems Engineering

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: Senior Manager, System Engineering Job Code: 44686 Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT Job Schedule: 9/80-employees work 9 out of 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off   Job Description: L3Harris Spectrum Superiority (S2) is seeking a Senior Manager, Systems Engineering to lead systems engineering teams and technical execution for Electronic Warfare (EW) and the Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) program. This leader will guide technical direction, people leadership, and life-cycle execution of complex development and production efforts from concept development through fielding and sustainment. The Senior Manager, Systems Engineering will serve as a key technical and organizational leader for the NGJ program, partnering closely with Program Management, Business Development, Chief Engineers, customers, and functional engineering teams. The role includes leadership of EW system architecture, customer engagement, requirements management, technical planning, design and development oversight, integration and test execution, risk management, and technical staffing and mentoring. This position also supports capture and growth activities for EW and NGJ mission opportunities.   Essential Functions: Lead and develop systems engineering teams supporting the EW and NGJ program, including assignment of resources, prioritization of work, employee development, and performance management. Partner with Program Management, customer stakeholders, and Chief Engineers to ensure NGJ technical execution aligns with program objectives, EW mission needs, schedule, budget, and contractual requirements. Provide technical leadership across the full EW system life cycle, including concept development, architecture, requirements analysis, design synthesis, integration, verification, validation, qualification, deployment, and operational support. Lead the development of system architectures and technical roadmaps for EW, electronic attack, RF, and airborne mission-system capabilities, including NGJ growth and modernization strategies. Oversee requirements decomposition, allocation, traceability, and verification planning across RF hardware, software, firmware, networking, and subsystem interfaces. Ensure development of high-quality technical artifacts including specifications, interface control documents, test plans, procedures, verification cross-reference matrices, and other customer deliverables. Lead internal and external technical reviews, customer briefings, milestone assessments, and NGJ program status reviews as the responsible systems engineering leader. Drive technical risk identification, mitigation planning, issue resolution, and opportunity management across NGJ development and production efforts. Coordinate cross-functional engineering execution among systems, RF, electrical, software, mechanical, test, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams. Support proposal strategy, basis-of-estimate development, technical volume creation, technical interchange meetings, and customer demonstrations for EW, NGJ, and related classified mission pursuits. Establish and enforce disciplined systems engineering processes, tools, and metrics to ensure technical quality, configuration control, and