Manager Software Engineering 1 at L3Harris
Nashville, TN
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Jul 16, 2026
Nashville, TN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A working engineering manager role overseeing a team of roughly 15 software engineers, responsible for hands-on contributions to development and testing alongside broader duties such as staffing, budgeting, talent development, and tracking project health via Agile lifecycle toolchains. The position suits an experienced engineering leader with a background in software development, DoD-adjacent work, and formal people management who can also contribute technically day to day.
Senior level · 9+ years · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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This is a people-management role with ~15 direct reports, hiring/budget ownership, and formal management responsibilities — classified as Computer and Information Systems Managers (11-3021). The alt SOC (15-1252) reflects the 'working manager' expectation of hands-on software development contributions.
The JD states 'Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, or other relevant degree and a minimum of 9 years relevant work experience' as the primary path, but also accepts a Graduate Degree with 7 years, or 13 years of experience in lieu of any degree. Because a degree-only path exists without an explicit 'or equivalent experience' escape, Bachelors is set as the minimum formal degree requirement.
Security clearance: the JD requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD clearance, with the Preferred section specifying a minimum SECRET level. Treated as a hard gate at the Secret level.
The role is contingent upon program award, which may affect actual hiring timing.
The 9/80 schedule (every other Friday off) is noted as the work schedule.
Digital.ai Agility, SpiraTest, and Jama are listed together as interchangeable lifecycle toolchain examples in the required qualifications; Visual Studio appears only in the Preferred section.
DoD/C-UAS domain experience appears only under Preferred Additional Skills.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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