Senior Manager, Software Engineering

L3Harris Technologies

. Lead software engineering teams in designing, developing, integrating, and testing software solutions for complex hardware and mission applications .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeGreenville • Texas • United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsJavaJavaScriptLinuxPerlPythonSDLCC++

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead software engineering teams in designing, developing, integrating, and testing software solutions for complex hardware and mission applications
Represent software engineering in engagements with program leadership and key stakeholders
Maintain communication across software and program leadership regarding issues, changes, bid activity, and execution impacts
Drive schedules, resolve issues, and coordinate work across teams to meet program milestones
Guide agile delivery, including work prioritization, Program Increment planning, team dependencies, and capacity needs
Lead estimates, forecasts, planning, and workforce allocation
Prepare and deliver execution updates, risk assessments, forecasts, and planning inputs for reviews, proposals, and leadership forums
Collaborate across engineering disciplines on requirements, interfaces, and technical approaches
Lead hiring, employee development, performance management, and succession planning
Advance software execution through process improvement, lessons learned, and effective engineering practices and technologies

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related STEM field with at least 12 years of prior related experience; or graduate degree with at least 10 years of prior related experience; or at least 16 years of prior related experience in lieu of a degree
Experience leading software-related work within a complex product development environment
Formal people leadership experience in a supervisor, manager, or similar role
Working knowledge of the software development life cycle, including requirements, design, implementation, integration, test, estimation, and technical documentation
Experience operating within cost, schedule, and technical constraints with program and engineering stakeholders
Experience communicating technical and execution matters clearly to senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders
Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance
Preferred: experience as Program Execution Lead, Product Owner, Scrum Master, section leader, or program manager on a software-intensive program
Preferred: active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance
Preferred: agile execution experience, including Program Increment planning, backlog prioritization, dependency coordination, and sprint delivery oversight
Preferred: experience with engineering forecasts, proposal activities, basis of estimate development, earned value management inputs, and leadership reviews
Preferred: experience developing subordinate leaders in a multi-team engineering organization
Preferred: experience leading teams supporting multiple products or subsystems with differing mission objectives, technical stacks, and operational users
Preferred: working knowledge of third-party software integration and sustainment in secure operational systems
Preferred: working knowledge of distributed systems supporting command and control messaging, streaming audio, file transfer, and data dissemination
Preferred: working knowledge of systems engineering, hardware engineering, configuration management, mission assurance, operations, or program management
Preferred: working knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows Server environments
Preferred: working knowledge of user interfaces, web applications, backend services, scripting, virtual machines, and containerized deployments
Preferred: working knowledge of C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Bash, Perl, and Python

Benefits

Comp & perks

9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off
First-shift schedule
Reasonable accommodation support for individuals with disabilities