Associate Manager, Software Engineer

About the role

L3Harris Space Mission Systems is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead development of mission-critical software, supporting communications and service-based systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day technical and task leadership for a team of software engineers, ensuring delivery of high-quality software on cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Lead development of RESTful APIs and service-based architectures and supporting Java enterprise applications deployed as WAR files on JBoss or similar application servers.
• Guide software deployment and sustainment on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems and supporting RPM-based software packaging and distribution.
• Participate in and lead code reviews, design reviews, and architecture discussions for service-based, VoIP, and application-level software systems.
• Collaborate closely with systems engineering, electrical engineering, cybersecurity, and program leadership to ensure successful end-to-end system integration.
• Mentor and coach engineers on technical growth, career development, and performance expectations.
• Support performance management activities, including providing input to performance reviews and goal setting.
• Aid in recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, and tasking of software engineers.
• Maintain hands-on technical involvement as required to support development, integration, troubleshooting, and sustainment activities.
• Provide technical input to proposal efforts, including rough-order-of-magnitude estimates, task definition, and engineering assumptions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum 6 years prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Experience in a senior engineering, technical lead, or informal leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience designing, developing, or integrating RESTful services in a production environment.
• Ability to obtain DoD Secret security clearance.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across disciplines and programs.
• Exposure to proposal development, cost estimation, or EVMS-driven program environments.
• Experience working in an Agile or hybrid Agile development environment.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Hands-on experience deploying or sustaining applications in OpenShift, MicroShift, or Kubernetes-based environments.
• Experience with DevOps practices and tools, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and configuration management.
• Experience with Linux-based development, specifically Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Experience building, deploying, or sustaining software packaged as RPMs.
• Experience with Java enterprise applications, including WAR-based deployments.
• Familiarity with JBoss or similar Java application servers.
• Experience or exposure to VoIP systems, SIP-based call control, or real-time media applications.
• Familiarity with PJSIP / PJMEDIA or similar VoIP/media frameworks.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $132,000-$189,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.

Schedule

Full-time position.

Benefits

L3Harris offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays.