Systems Eng Manager

Honeywell Aerospace•Lansdale, PA

12h

About The Position

Honeywell Aerospace is seeking a Systems Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary engineering team developing advanced Electronic Warfare (EW) solutions for defense missions across air, land, and maritime platforms. The role provides technical and organizational leadership across development programs and independent research initiatives, shaping technical strategy, driving program execution, mentoring engineering talent, and delivering innovative technologies. The Systems Engineering organization designs, analyzes, plans, and develops major subsystems and small-scale systems, primarily in RF Electronic Warfare. Work includes Radar Warning, Situational Awareness, Interferometry and Direction Finding, Electronic Attack, and self-protect RF Countermeasures, including on- and off-board systems. The manager leads key project segments and is responsible for achieving schedule and technical performance across department personnel. The position requires a structured approach to development, including design, estimation, execution, and performance tracking. The manager provides technical insight to help ensure designs meet performance and life-cycle requirements within budget and schedule constraints. The team performs circuit analysis for system-level specifications or RF components, considering performance, schedule, cost, reliability, and manufacturability. Work may include technical research, testing, documentation, and presentations, in collaboration with other engineering disciplines. The successful candidate will lead and develop systems engineers, set organizational goals and resource strategies, and guide systems engineering through requirements development, architecture, integration, verification, and release. The role also supports proposals and capture, contributes to technology roadmaps and IRAD investment strategies, promotes engineering best practices, and engages customers to help shape future products and solutions. This position requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance in accordance with 32 CFR Part 117 (NISPOM). Non-U.S. citizens are not eligible for clearance processing for this role. Occasional travel may be required for customer, industry, or program activities.

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 travel occasionally in support of customer, industry, or program activities.
U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance; non-U.S. citizens are not eligible for clearance processing.

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 a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Establish department goals, performance metrics, and resource strategies to 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 decision-making to balance performance, cost, schedule, reliability, and manufacturability.
Collaborate with engineering, program management, business development, and operations teams to ensure successful 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.
Take responsibility for achieving schedule and technical performance across department personnel.