Manager Software Engineering 1

About the role

The Software Engineering Manager (EM) at L3Harris ForceX is a pivotal role that combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical expertise to lead a cross-functional engineering team. The EM is responsible for managing a team of approximately 15 engineers, ensuring the successful delivery of products, programs, and engineering initiatives. This role involves recruiting and developing high-quality talent, maintaining high technical standards, and ensuring projects are staffed and executed within budget constraints. The EM will track project health using lifecycle tools, review work products, and provide regular performance feedback. In addition to leadership responsibilities, the EM is expected to be a working manager, contributing directly to engineering tasks and projects alongside the team.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of approximately 15 engineers, including recruiting, developing, and retaining high-quality talent.
• Ensure projects are staffed and executed within budget constraints, and that all team members are effectively onboarded and trained.
• Track project health using lifecycle tools, review work products, and provide regular performance feedback to direct reports.
• Contribute directly to engineering tasks and projects as a working manager, including software development, testing, and problem-solving.
• Implement short- and long-term strategic engineering initiatives to ensure organizational goals are met.
• Use judgment and logic in decision-making, considering relative costs and benefits of potential actions.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate risks across engineering functions.
• Ensure technical standards are met and maintained across multiple engineering functions.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with peers, stakeholders, leaders, and direct reports.
• Develop growth plans, talent development, and succession planning for the team.
• Engage employees to promote a spirit of teamwork and cooperation within the team and organization.
• Work with lifecycle tool chains such as Digital.ai Agility, SpiraTest, Jama, and others.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant degree and a minimum of 9 years of relevant work experience.
• Graduate degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in a formal management role leading diverse groups of technical resources.
• 7 years of experience in engineering roles with a focus on leadership and management.
• 7 years of experience in recruiting, sourcing, interviewing, and hiring high-quality talent.
• 7 years of experience leading high-performing engineering teams.
• 7 years of experience with Agile processes and principles supporting iterative design, development, and test.
• 7 years of experience in software development and test principles, practices, and processes.
• 7 years of experience working with both existing and emerging technologies.
• Advanced knowledge of relevant technologies and software development methodologies.
• 7 years of experience with lifecycle tool chains such as Digital.ai Agility, SpiraTest, Jama, and others.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong collaboration skills to work across functional and cross-functional teams.
• Effective communication skills to work with team members on technical issues and find creative solutions.
• Experience working with Department of Defense customers and solutions, including Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS).
• Ability to adapt quickly to emerging technologies and seek ways to use new technology to gain efficiency.
• Ability to understand complex problems in an integrated system of systems environment.
• Working knowledge of digital tools such as Agility, SpiraTest tools, and Visual Studio.
• Ability to obtain a security clearance, minimum SECRET.