Deputy Engineering Manager, Systems Integration & Test Engineer

L3Harris Technologies • Palm Bay, FL

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About The Position

L3Harris is seeking an experienced System Integration & Test (SI&T) Senior Manager for a Deputy Engineering Management (DEM) role leading the Intel & Cyber (I&C) Sector SI&T organization. The position combines people leadership with technical execution, with time divided between organizational management responsibilities and direct support of SI&T technical activities.

The role leads multidisciplinary teams of engineers and technicians and serves as a key delegate to the Engineering Manager. It helps drive execution excellence, staffing strategy, employee development, process improvement, and technical rigor across the SI&T function. The successful candidate is expected to operate at both strategic and tactical levels, ensuring the organization is staffed, aligned, and executing effectively in support of program and sector objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 12 years of prior related experience; or a graduate degree and at least 10 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, at least 16 years of prior related experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
• Demonstrated expertise in system integration and test engineering across complex networks, systems, and products.
• Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams of engineers and technicians.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience leading SI&T efforts for complex systems, networks, or mission-focused products.
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation communication skills, including experience briefing senior leadership and customers.
• Experience managing large, technically diverse teams in a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a Control Account Manager (CAM) with responsibility for cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Understanding of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) principles, including development and maintenance of control accounts, BOEs, work authorization documentation, budgets, schedules, and performance metrics.
• Experience balancing functional management responsibilities with direct technical contributions.
• Ability to influence across engineering disciplines and drive alignment between functional and program teams.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage SI&T engineers and technicians, including staffing, workload planning, performance management, employee development, and day-to-day functional oversight.
• Serve as the primary delegate for the Engineering Manager, helping ensure continuity of operations, decision-making, and communication across the organization.
• Lead proposal support activities, including review and approval of Basis of Estimate (BOE) inputs, staffing plans, and technical resource planning.
• Drive effective communication across the organization and alignment among leadership, functional teams, and program execution teams.
• Apply SI&T engineering standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques to integrating and testing complex systems, networks, and products.
• Recommend and implement improvements to products, processes, policies, standards, and operating plans in support of organizational and functional strategy.
• Support technical SI&T activities, including test planning, test procedure development and execution, data review and analysis, requirements verification and validation, and coordination with systems, software, hardware, network, and program engineering teams.
• Partner with program and functional leadership to identify risks, resolve technical and execution challenges, and ensure successful delivery of SI&T scope.
• Promote accountability, technical excellence, continuous improvement, and collaboration across the SI&T organization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior