Sr Technical Manager, Space Hardware (Space Optical Systems) : Sign-on bonus ($50K max)

About the role

Join L3Harris Space Systems and help shape the future of space innovation. In this role, you’ll lead the hardware development of advanced space-based ISR and remote sensing technologies that support critical government, civil, and commercial missions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the design of high-precision spaceflight hardware, including opto-mechanical structures, mechanisms, tooling, and fixtures
• Provide technical leadership across requirements, concept development, design trades, detailed design, analysis, documentation, integration, and test
• Guide and mentor engineers, allocate resources, improve processes, and support strategic planning
• Lead technical reviews, present designs to customers and reviewers, and coordinate with suppliers and cross-functional teams
• Support manufacturing and production with tooling, fixturing, test equipment, and shop aids
• Contribute to proposals, estimates, schedules, and engineering change activities
• Manage hiring, employee development, performance, and team engagement
• Ensure projects meet customer commitments for cost, schedule, and technical performance

Requirements

• Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from an ABET-accredited program and 12+ years of relevant experience, or graduate degree and 10+ years, or 16+ years of related experience without a degree
• Professional experience in mechanical design for military developmental programs
• Professional experience leading engineering functional teams through design, analysis, test, hardware build, delivery, and launch
• Professional experience in guiding/incorporating thermal or structural modeling and design methods, tools and results into a mechanical design
• Professional experience in 3D computer aided design tools
• Professional experience with project management including budget, schedule, and risk management
• Able to obtain and maintain a security clearance
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with optical systems
• Experience with space structures, mechanisms, and high-reliability hardware
• Familiarity with the 3D CAD tool CREO
• Knowledge of GD&T, tolerance analysis
• Experience executing root cause analyses and corrective action plans
• Experience executing within quality systems such as AS9100
• Experience with developmental programs within the Space industry

Qualifications

• Active security clearance is desired

Skills

• Technical leadership
• Team development
• Project management
• Thermal or structural modeling
• 3D CAD tools
• GD&T, tolerance analysis
• Proposals, estimates, schedules, engineering change activities
• Hiring, employee development, performance, and team engagement
• Ensuring project commitments for cost, schedule, and technical performance

Benefits

• Health and disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• Education assistance
• Paid time off
• Company-paid holidays

Pay

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C., Denver, or NYC areas is $146,000.00 - $271,000.00. 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

9/80 (Every other Friday off!)