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Manager, Software Engineer

L3Harris


Job Location:

Waco, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 3 September 2026 (3 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 1 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Manager Software Engineering (Linux Cyber Security)

Job Code: 43364

Job Location: Waco TX

Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking a dedicated Software Engineering Manager to join our innovative technology team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in developing and enhancing software solutions that contribute to the strategic objectives of our organization. This position involves working collaboratively within a dynamic environment to design develop and maintain software applications that are critical to our operations and customer satisfaction.

Essential Functions:

  • Manage and lead a team (6 to 14) responsible for the design development integration test and sustainment of software products.
  • Establish team priorities allocate resources and ensure execution to cost schedule and technical objectives.
  • Provide employee leadership including hiring coaching performance management and development.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams and program leadership to deliver compliant high-quality software solutions.
  • Manage risks staffing technical issues and process improvement activities across the software lifecycle.
  • Ensure adherence to engineering processes customer requirements and applicable standards.
  • Perform Control Account Manager (CAM) duties on program by participating in detail planning monitoring and providing progress status explaining variances and ensuring the team delivers first time quality deliverables within budget and schedule.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelors Degree(Computer Science or Software Engineering) and minimum 9 years prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
  • Experience supporting Department of Defense aerospace or other government customers.
  • Requires management and leadership knowledge in job area.
  • Familiarity with Agile development methods DevSecOps practices CI/CD pipelines and modern software toolchains.
  • Experience supporting proposals basis of estimates strategic staffing and resource forecasting.
  • Be able to obtain and keep a security clearance. i.e. a TS//SCI

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Knowledge of Windows and UNIX based platforms (examples CENTOS/ROCKY/RHEL 8)
  • Familiarity with software patterns and modern design methodology (UML)
  • Proficient at JavaFX/Java C# C or another programming language
  • Knowledge of software control mechanisms (examples BitBucket Git)
  • Knowledge of task/problem tracking systems (example JIRA)
  • Knowledge of continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines (examples Jenkins GitHub).
  • Experience with NIST 800-53 standards and cross domain solutions.
  • Expert at Linux cyber security practices notably in SELinux (MAC) and other areas (DAC configuration auditing integrity monitoring (fapolicyd) iptables systemd services (e.g. seccomp).

Required Experience:

Manager


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At L3Harris, we anticipate and mitigate risk with agile end-to-end solutions that meet our customers' mission-critical needs across all domains.

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