Manager, Electrical Engineering

L3Harris•Lynchburg, VA

8h•$110,500 - $205,500

About The Position

The Engineering Manager Level 5 leads a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for sustaining engineering execution, manufacturing support, technical issue resolution, and cross-functional coordination across development and production environments. The role calls for a technical leader who drives execution through teams, improves organizational processes, partners with Operations and Program Management, and balances immediate factory needs with long-term engineering strategy. The position combines technical depth, operational awareness, leadership, and communication to lead complex initiatives across engineering and manufacturing organizations. The role supports production, sustaining, and development activities; advances technical priorities across manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program management; and works with Operations leadership to balance production needs, quality objectives, and engineering capacity. The manager also guides engineering resources across concurrent programs, leads technical reviews and investigations, and develops engineers and first-line leaders. The position is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, with a 9/80 schedule: employees work nine days in each 14-day period, totaling 80 hours, and have every other Friday off. The posted salary range for New York and Virginia is $110,500–$205,500. Final compensation may vary based on factors including experience and geographic location. Benefits include health and disability insurance, a 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, an employee assistance program, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. Benefit availability may depend on hire date, schedule type, and applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior related experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
Excellent communication and organizational leadership skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities in fast-paced environments.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Engineering or Business.
Experience leading managers or technical leads.
Experience with regulated or high-reliability products.
Familiarity with requirements management, validation workflows, and configuration-controlled environments.
Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, RCCA, or continuous improvement methodologies.
Experience working with contract manufacturers or global production sites.
Experience using data and metrics to drive operational improvement.
Experience supporting manufacturing, sustaining engineering, or production environments.
Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop engineering teams supporting production, sustaining, and development activities.
Drive execution of technical priorities across manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program management organizations.
Establish scalable processes for issue resolution, root cause analysis, testing, validation, and corrective actions.
Support manufacturing yield improvement initiatives and operational efficiency efforts.
Coordinate technical investigations and drive closure of complex field and factory issues.
Manage engineering resource allocation, prioritization, and execution across multiple concurrent programs.
Partner with Operations leadership to balance production needs, quality objectives, and engineering capacity.
Lead cross-functional reviews and communicate technical status, risks, and mitigation plans to leadership.
Improve standardization of engineering workflows, documentation, testing methodologies, and requirements traceability.
Mentor engineers and first-line leaders while fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Support organizational growth through process development, metrics, and scalable leadership practices.
Operate with ownership and accountability, build collaborative cross-functional relationships, and drive clarity during ambiguity.
Balance technical depth with execution urgency, develop scalable teams and processes, communicate across organizational levels, and lead through influence, structure, and prioritization.