Senior Systems Engineering Manager- RF

Honeywell Aerospace • Lansdale, PA

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About The Position

Honeywell Aerospace is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary engineering team developing advanced RF Electronic Warfare solutions for defense missions across air, land, and maritime platforms. The organization designs, analyzes, plans, and develops major subsystems and small-scale systems, including Radar Warning, Situational Awareness, Interferometry and Direction Finding, Electronic Attack, and RF Countermeasure systems.

The role provides technical and organizational leadership across development programs and independent research initiatives. The manager leads project segments and is accountable for personnel’s contributions to schedule and technical performance. They guide engineering activities throughout the product lifecycle, help establish technical strategy, and ensure designs meet performance and lifecycle requirements within budget and schedule constraints. The work may include technical research, testing, documentation, presentations, and circuit analysis for system-level specifications or RF components. The manager works closely with other engineering disciplines and with program management, business development, and operations to deliver quality products on time and on budget.

The role also sets the strategic direction of the Systems Engineering organization, contributes to technology roadmaps and IRAD investment strategies, and drives engineering practices that improve efficiency, quality, and product delivery. Candidates must be U.S. persons as defined in the posting and be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance. Occasional travel is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 3 years of experience leading engineering teams or large technical programs.
• Experience managing program budgets, schedules, resources, and technical execution.
• At least 5 years of systems engineering experience, including requirements development, decomposition, and management.
• At least 12 years of engineering experience developing or integrating complex systems involving hardware, software, RF, digital, analog, mechanical, or embedded technologies.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, including the ability to influence and collaborate across organizations.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Ability to travel occasionally for customer, industry, or program activities.
• Must be a U.S. person: a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or person with protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the defense, aerospace, intelligence, or Electronic Warfare industries.
• Familiarity with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
• Experience with earned value management, resource planning, and project scheduling tools.
• Background in system architecture development, trade studies, and performance modeling.
• Experience developing or integrating RF systems and components.
• Understanding of software, firmware, digital signal processing (DSP), or embedded systems requirements.
• Experience supporting customer-funded development programs and research initiatives.
• Experience presenting technical solutions to customers, leadership teams, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop systems engineers across multiple programs and technology efforts.
• Drive workforce planning, recruiting, mentoring, succession planning, and career development.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Establish department goals, performance metrics, and resource strategies that support business objectives.
• Ensure technical, schedule, cost, and quality objectives are achieved across development efforts.
• Guide systems engineering throughout the product lifecycle, including requirements development, architecture definition, integration, verification, and release.
• Support proposal and capture activities through technical planning, architecture development, cost estimation, and work breakdown structure creation.
• Lead trade studies and technical decisions that balance performance, cost, schedule, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Collaborate with engineering, program management, business development, and operations teams to support program execution.
• Define and execute the strategic vision for the Systems Engineering organization.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps and Internal Research & Development (IRAD) investment strategies.
• Drive adoption of engineering best practices to improve efficiency, quality, and product delivery.
• Help shape future products and solutions through technical innovation and customer engagement.
• Provide leadership for key project segments and take responsibility for department personnel’s achievement of schedule and technical performance.
• Develop designs and provide technical insight to meet performance and lifecycle requirements within allocated budget and schedule constraints.
• Support technical research, testing, documentation, presentations, and circuit analysis for system-level specifications or RF components.
• Travel occasionally in support of customer, industry, or program activities.

Benefits

• Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts.
• Employee assistance program.
• Educational assistance.
• Parental leave.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Paid time off for vacation, personal, and sick time.

What This Job Offers

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