Job Title: Manager, Project Engineering Job Code: 11650 Job Location: Anaheim, CA - onsite Schedule: 9/80 L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. About L3Harris Technologies: L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers' mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries. Job Description: The Manager, Project Engineering is responsible for managing the Project Engineering (PE) team to facilitate the technical success of the project output within the constraints of the allocated budget and schedule. This position's role specifically is the management and coordination of Project Engineering resources to achieve compliance with the customer technical requirements in the field of AC and DC Power Conversion, Distribution and Protection products. Product maturity ranges from refreshes of fielded systems to new product introduction. The position operates primarily as a large team leader with occasional assignments as an individual contributor. Additionally, the Manager, Project Engineering is responsible for continually introducing and institutionalizing improvements to the engineering department. Typical day to day responsibilities would be overseeing the Project Engineers in the creation, review, and submittal of project artifacts such as plans, procedures, reports, design documents, and technical manuals. All major reviews are led by this position. This position will work intimately with Project Engineers to provide real-time support and guidance with respect to design, testing, or system requirements. To perform effectively, it is expected that this position be knowledgeable of system operations and understand end user needs. This position requires a person that is highly detail oriented, structured, well-organized, and can effectively communicate large amounts of data. Essential Functions: * Engineering Development * Develop and drive good development processes and engineering best practices.
* Develop and implement methodologies and tools provided to improve engineering excellence.
* Proposal Development
* Lead the proposal process for technical WBS definition, cost estimation, risk estimation, and technical schedule creation.
* Interpret RFP requirements and lead the creation of proposal technical approach and content.
* Project Management
* Guide Project Engineersin detailed technical WBS definition, cost estimation, risk estimation, and technical schedule creation
* Manage Project Engineersin their day to day technical aspects of the project, including cross-functional decision making, task/schedule management, issue resolution/escalation, communication, requirements management, and risk management activities. Activities overseen include software, digital, electrical power, mechanical, configuration management, and systems engineering. * Review the outputs of activities to define system architecture and associated technical requirements
* Chair, or co-chair with other engineering functional managers, design reviews to ensure that product elements meet requirements (e.g., ConDr, SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, SVR, peer reviews)
* Review the definition of technical development plans (e.g., HW Development Plan, SW Development Plan, Integration Test Plan)
* Guide Project Engineersin their efforts for unit testing, integration testing, verification testing, and pre-production (qualification) testing including efforts for defect tracking and correction
* Support Project Engineersin technical efforts for customer upgrade requests and change management for released products
* Work with functional management to obtain and manage proper engineering staffing
* Manage engineering budget and evaluate engineering Estimate to Complete. Identify to the General Manager any cost growth and reasons for growth.
* Coordinate hand off to Operations and Field Support efforts (in/out of house). Qualifications: * Broad based technical knowledge and experience in order to understand and evaluate design and development activity across the engineering functions. Preferred emphasis in Electrical Power Conversion Engineering and Systems Engineering experience highly desired. * Strong experience in the full life cycle of hardware/software products from concept to production including system architecture, design implementation, integration, and verification/validation.
* Lead good development engineering processes such as lean product development, Design for X (DFX), Six Sigma concepts, product life cycle management, Agile Product Development and Model Based Systems Engineering. * Ability to analyze the assigned project, break down work into functional disciplines and plan out a means for the work to be accomplished. * Prior experience with the military/defense contracting environment.
* Outstanding written communication skills. * Strong verbal communication skills for internal and customer presentations.
* Strong experience in leading integrated product teams.
* Strong practical organization, facilitation and arbitration skills. Education and Required Experience: * Bachelor's degree in related Engineering/Science field and a minimum of 9 years of prior engineering experience; Or, Master's degree in related Engineering/Science field and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience; Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related technical and project management experience
* Project Leadership - Successful execution of programs throughout the lifecycle from concept to postproduction sustainment.
* Earned Value Management System experience
* Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance, which requires US Citizenship Supervisory Responsibilities * Supervise, directly and indirectly, associates working within engineering.
* Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
* Responsibilities include:
* Interviewing, hiring, and training employees
* Planning, assigning, and directing work
* Appraising performance
* Rewarding and disciplining employees
* Addressing complaints and resolving problems
Preferred Additional Skills: * Specific experience in electronic power conversion equipment development preferred.
* MS Office Expert, including MS Project * Power BI experience * Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred. In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $122k - $227k. 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. L3Harris also 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. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.