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Systems Engineering Manager (Relocation Available)

CAES Systems LLC
$157,388.19 - $243,600.83 annually. E
tuition reimbursement
United States, Pennsylvania, Lansdale
305 Richardson Road (Show on map)
Aug 13, 2025
Delivering mission-critical, electronic solutions that protect lives. Use your creativity and critical thinking to take our products from concept to customer. At CAES by Honeywell, we engineer solutions for the world's most critical missions. We serve customers in the defense and aerospace markets. Seeking a career that offers challenging, diverse projects and opportunities? Looking for a position with a company that offers long-term professional advancement? Searching for a place that values a diverse, team-based environment? One that values YOU. Consider CAES by Honeywell. The most important thing we build is TRUST #CustomerFocus #Values #Leader #TogetherWePioneer Overview Is your Superpower in the "wizardry" of System Design and Management? Our world-class Lansdale Systems Engineering team needs your skills! Our Systems Engineering Manager role will manage a group of engineers that applies broad technical knowledge and skills in various scientific/technical disciplines. They design, analyze, plan, and develop major subsystems and small-scale systems. Systems are primarily in the RF Electronic Warfare (EW) business area that includes Radar Warning (RW), Situational Awareness, Interferometry/Direction Finding (DF), Electronic Attack (EA), as well as Self-Protect RF Counter Measures (RFCM) including on-/off-board systems. The candidates will provide leadership for key project segments and take responsibility for achievement of schedule and technical performance by all department personnel. The ideal candidate is a leader with a strong systems engineering background who takes a structured approach to development for project design, estimation, execution, and performance tracking. The individual must have a propensity to create designs and provide technical insight to ensure that designs achieve "best value" goals of meeting performance and life cycle requirements within allocated budget and schedule constraints. The team generates circuit analysis for system-level specifications or RF components based on performance, schedule, cost, reliability, and manufacturability goals. This could include any combination of technical research, test, documentation, and presentation. This role works closely with other engineering disciplines to help drive a strong engineering organization that delivers quality products on-time and on-budget. Responsibilities YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES As part of our dynamic engineering team, you will apply broad technical knowledge and skills for the management, design, development, analysis, verification, and release of subsystems. This individual is expected to draw upon ingenuity and engineering principles to help deliver leading-edge architectures into subsystems for the air, on land, and at sea. The Manager will be accountable for the work within the department. Must be capable of evaluating trade-based studies on performance, schedule, cost, reliability, and manufacturability goals. This could include any combination of technical research, test, documentation, and presentation. The Manager works closely with other engineering disciplines and provides technical insight and leadership to ensure that designs achieve "best value" goals of meeting performance and life cycle requirements within allocated constraints. Principal responsibilities include: Define and deploy the strategic vision for the Systems Engineering group Manage the department resources across a wide variety of programs and IR&D activities Assure technical, cost, and schedule goals are met for each development effort Provide technical input and support for digital and mixed signal opportunities; including capture strategy, work breakdown structures, architecture, and costing. Drive the development & implementation of best practices for rapid design, development, integration, and verification Provide engineering expertise and leadership to achieve high customer satisfaction and performance objectives Manage talent, including recruitment, mentoring, training, and performance evaluation for proper resource availability and career progression Work with cross-functional engineering resources to ensure teams meet the product, business, and time-to-market requirements defined by the company Establish the budget for labor, capital, and maintenance for the group Contribute to corporate technology roadmap definition and IRAD strategies Proactively develop successors for organizational positions and work with team to ensure a robust talent pipeline and career development Foster effective relationships at all levels, to enhance and support a culture of learning, empowerment, and collaboration Qualifications Key Requirements (Manager must have experience in the following): Define top-level system architectures using functional elements of a system; RF amplification, antenna, power, mechanical, digital/analog, I/O, SW/FW Requirements development/management including derivation/decomposition Generate block/flow diagrams, interconnection drawings (ICDs), wire lists Conduct trade analysis, architectural studies, and performance modeling Generate models or simulations aiding in predicted performance for compliance Recommend, plan, lead, review, and identify risks for R&D efforts Integrate and test modules or subsystems in various laboratory or field environments Propose technical (re-) solutions and their impact on cost, schedule and risk Generate technical content for submission and/or briefing to internal/external stakeholders Innovate designs/processes to improve offerings thru participation or leading of customer funded projects or research and development (R&D) Differentiators: Familiarity with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) methodology (e.g. CATIA) Designed to and/or specified requirements for EW, radar, or communication systems Laboratory experience with test equipment (e.g. network analyzer, signal generator, oscilloscope, etc.) Minimum: Three (3) years' experience as a Manager or technical leader of a large program Successfully held responsibility for budget & schedule allocation/tracking of a team or multiple large projects Five (5) years' experience with requirements development/management including derivation/decomposition Twelve (12) years' experience serving in an Engineering contributor role (e.g. RF or Systems Engineering) defining architectures using functional elements of a system; RF amplification, antenna, power, mechanical, digital/analog, I/O, and/or SW/FW Occasional domestic travel to support government/industry sponsored activities; industry-days, CONOP exercises, technical interchanges This position requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by US export laws. In order to be eligible for this position, you must be a "US Person" under US export laws (or eligible for approval under a U.S. Government export license) Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance Preferred: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Physics or similar degree from a four-year college or university Worked in the defense industry design Electronic Warfare systems Familiar with Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) Familiar with MS Project, earned value, and resource allocation Conducted trade analysis, architectural studies, and performance modeling Proposed technical (re-) solutions and their impact on cost, schedule and risk Integrated and tested modules or subsystems in various laboratory or field environments Generated technical content for submission and/or briefing to internal/external stakeholders Participated in customer funded projects or research and development (R&D) that innovated designs/processes to improve offerings Ability to develop/derive requirements for software/firmware from higher-level system specifications. Derived digital signal processing (DSP) requirements or algorithms for signal detection or classification Experience interfacing with and parameters of RF components; switches, amps, attenuators, TDUs, etc. Tracking of department key performance indicators/metrics Salary Range: Systems Engineering Manager: $157,388.19 - $243,600.83 annually. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Applicable pay within the posted range may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, geographical location, job function of the position, education, and experience of the successful candidate. EMPLOYMENT TRANSPARENCY BENEFITS We take care of our people and provide competitive health, wealth and wellbeing benefits - from day one. You'll also discover learning and development opportunities so you can take your career to the next level - and beyond. Other benefits include: Comprehensive PTO, Paid Holiday and Paid Family Leave Programs. Student Loan Repayment Program & Tuition Reimbursement 9/80 Alternate Work Week Schedule Tailored Management/Leadership Training Innovative Medical Programs, Including Family Forming ABOUT CAES CAES is the largest provider of analog and radiation hardened technology for the United States aerospace and defense industry. From human spaceflight and space exploration, to missile defense and electronic warfare, to healthcare solutions addressing COVID-19, our talented team develop high performing electronic solutions that work the first time, every time. WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER At CAES we welcome differences and celebrate new ideas. We believe the diversity of our people inspires our creativity and drives our innovation. Everyone is welcome here, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability for any part of the employment process, please email CAEScareers@caes.com.