Senior Manager, Systems Engineer (Full-time ) Waco, TX - DK
About The Position
This role involves leading and mentoring a diverse team of technical engineers supporting multiple business areas. The Senior Manager will recommend tactics and strategies to achieve business results, forecast Systems Engineering manpower needs, and determine hiring requirements. Key responsibilities include facilitating interaction between engineers, program management, and customers, supporting proposal development, establishing training requirements for professional development, and managing the department overhead budget. The role requires strong problem-solving, leadership, strategic thinking, communication, and critical thinking skills. The Senior Manager will also review program budgets and schedules, prepare and deliver presentations, represent the company to customers, and oversee the translation of customer requirements into system-level requirements, including leading the systems engineering trade study process.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in an appropriate engineering discipline (Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, Software, Physics, etc.) and minimum 12 years of prior relevant experience or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.
- Capable of Problem Solving, Team Leadership, Strategic Thinking / Planning, Communication, IPT / Cross Functional Behavior, Accountability, and Critical Thinking.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in systems engineering activities is a plus: Analysis of customer requirements, including system and sub-system trade studies
- Analysis of detailed hardware and software specifications for systems, subsystems, and key components
- Leadership - Task or IPT Leader and/or Functional Management
- Entire Program/Engineering Life Cycle Phases and Activities
- IRAD and Technical Baseline development/management
- Requirements Management
- Communications
- Proposal Development
- Secret Clearance
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a diverse team of technical engineers in support of multiple business areas
- Recommend tactics and strategies that will directly impact the achievement of overall business or functional results
- Forecast Systems Engineering Manpower needs based on Program and Potential demand forecast
- Determine hiring needs and conduct searches to onboard needed System Engineers
- Facilitate effective interaction between project engineers, program management and customers
- Support proposal development activities including labor estimation (BOE creation and review) and technical response development
- Establish training requirements for continued professional development of the team to meet business goals
- Establish and manage department overhead budget and ensure staff has the tools and equipment needed to effectively conduct their roles
- Review program budgets and schedules with SE program teams
- Prepare and deliver effective presentations to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical professionals, including senior level management
- Represent L3H during interactions with military and commercial customers
- Author/review physical architectures incorporating vendor equipment into airborne systems for military and commercial customers
- Ensure programs translate customer requirements into unique verifiable system level requirements
- Lead/Review the systems engineering trade study process
- Evaluate trade studies for accuracy and completeness
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
