About the role
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 is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. 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 Location: Rochester, NY/Lyhnchburg, VA
Job Schedule: 9/80 Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours working- and have every other Friday off
Job Description
The Engineering Manager Level 5 will lead a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for sustaining engineering execution, manufacturing support, technical issue resolution, and cross functional coordination across development and production environments.
This role requires a strong technical leader capable of driving execution through teams, improving organizational processes, partnering closely with Operations and Program Management, and balancing short term factory needs with long term engineering strategy.
The ideal candidate combines technical depth, operational awareness, leadership maturity, and strong communication skills to lead complex initiatives across engineering and manufacturing organizations.
Essential Functions
Lead and develop engineering teams supporting production, sustaining, and development activities
Drive execution of technical priorities across manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program management organizations
Establish scalable processes for issue resolution, root cause analysis, testing, validation, and corrective actions
Support manufacturing yield improvement initiatives and operational efficiency efforts
Coordinate technical investigations and drive closure of complex field and factory issues
Manage engineering resourc…