Associate Manager, Communications Systems Engin...

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing 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. L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. Job Title: Associate Manager, Communications Systems Engineering Job Code: 29518 Job Location: Rochester, NY Job Schedule: 9/80; Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off Job Description: The international systems program execution team is looking for an experienced people manager / individual contributor hybrid role within our team. The position will have direct reports that they will be responsible for managing as they perform work executing programs, working proposals, completing factory acceptance tests and conducting customer demonstrations. The manager will handle work requests of their team and determine how to staff it. They need to oversee the work being done by the team including reviewing work products and providing feedback. They will work with internal customers and other managers to ensure that a variety of work is getting staffed and completed on time and within budget. In the managers remaining cycles, they'll personally work on proposals, execute programs, improve processes and/or train their team members. Which work areas will depend on the previous expertise of the candidate and what they can best grow into based on their strengths. The ideal candidate will be a good communicator, has management experience, has product/program execution experience and brings a “can do” attitude to their work. If you're looking to join a team with a wide range of work opportunities, a positive work culture and a focus on creating important solutions for our military customers, then this is the position for you. Essential Functions: Manage 6-8 direct report Systems Engineers at levels 1-3. Responsibilities include holding team meetings, 1x1 meetings, and managing career development. Assigning direct reports to programs, proposals, demos, customer acceptance tests. Monitor and manage their loading levels as work fluctuates. Work with 3-5 other managers ensuring work responsibilities are covered. Interface with internal customers to scope work needs, schedule and budget to get small and medium tasks staffed. Review the work products created by their team for completeness and quality. This could include design documents from program execution (statements of work, requirements documents, design content, test procedures, family tree, BOMs, and interconnect diagrams) or proposals (technical baseline content, labor and cost estimates). Conduct manager tasks such as flowing down information, approving timecards, approving expense reports, ensuring required training is completed, enforcing company policies, and handling HR situations. Must be able to exercise good judgement in safeguarding and sharing sensitive information and informing the correct stakeholders when problems arise. Understanding the INCOSE systems engineering “V” with the ability to oversee work products and coach reports through the stages of work - requirements capture, system design tasks (interconnect creation, cable designs, part selection, integration into mechancial structures), build, test. Identify and execute small improvement projects with the team such as process improvements, creating “how to” documents, and creating job specific training materials. Act as a part-time individual contributor executing programs (small project lead, SME, team member), proposals (proposal manager, proposal contributor), or factory acceptance tests (event lead, contributor). Applicant should have previous individual contributor experience in at least one of these areas. International Travel (generally

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