Senior Manager, Software Engineer at L3Harris
Colorado Springs, CO
$140,500–$261,500from the description
Jul 10, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering management role overseeing a team of roughly 20–30 engineers spanning software development, systems integration, verification, validation, and test. The position carries responsibility for technical execution across the full product lifecycle — from architecture and design through deployment and sustainment — while also handling staffing, budgets, process improvement, and stakeholder communication. Suited to an experienced technical leader with a background in defense or complex systems development who can hold both hands-on engineering credibility and organizational accountability.
Senior level · 12+ years · Colorado Springs, CO · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $196,631 (middle half $161,086–$222,978). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
This is a people-management role leading 20–30 engineers across software development, integration, and test — with explicit hiring, staffing, performance appraisal, and budget responsibilities — making 11-3021 the primary SOC. The alt SOC (15-1252) reflects the JD's strong emphasis on hands-on technical contribution (architecture, code reviews, root cause analysis).
The title 'Senior Manager, Software Engineer' is treated as Senior advertised seniority; the actual scope (managing a 20–30 person multi-discipline team, interfacing with executive leadership and customers) is consistent with a Senior-band management role.
Degree requirement is set to None because the JD explicitly accepts 16 years of experience in lieu of any degree.
The salary range quoted ($140,500–$261,500) is the Colorado-state band; a higher range ($161,500–$300,500) applies to CA, MA, NJ, WA, and the Greater D.C./Denver/NYC areas.
The 12-year overall years minimum reflects the Bachelor's-degree path (minimum 12 years); the JD also accepts 10 years with a graduate degree or 16 years with no degree.
Management experience (3 years) and the 8-year engineering lifecycle requirement are role-level gates captured in the overall years minimum and notes rather than as named-technology skills.
C/C++, Java, UML, test automation, and Lean Six Sigma all appear under the 'Preferred Additional Skills' section and are marked accordingly.
Agile/Scrum/SAFe/Kanban/Waterfall are listed as interchangeable methodology options within a single 5-year requirement; TDD is listed alongside them in the same requirement clause and is emitted separately as it is a distinct practice.
Requires a TS/SCI 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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