# Scientist, Optical Engineering (Technical Manager)

Job Title: Scientist, Optical Engineering (Technical Manager) Job Code: 47598 Job Location: Rochester, New York Job Schedule: 9/80 (Every Other Friday Off!) Job Description: We are seeking an Optical Engineering Technical Manager to lead and develop optical engineers who support optical components, subassemblies, systems, and payloads for the Space Systems sector. You will help the team translate mission requirements into practical engineering solutions and guide work from architecture studies through design, manufacture, integration, test and sell-off of space-based EO/IR systems. This role combines people leadership with direct technical contributions to assigned programs and proposals. Working with the Discipline Leader and program teams, you will align staffing, resources, and individual contributions to the priorities of the Space Systems sector with cost and schedule commitments in mind. You will bring technical depth in the optical field and draw on specialists across the organization to address broader business portfolio needs, capabilities, and operational priorities. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in space-based optical systems, demonstrated success leading mul

- **Id**: 4005634
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/l3harris-technologies-scientist-optical-engineering-technical-manager>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Rochester, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 16
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T06:56:30Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T06:56:30Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8425
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Education assistance, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Military Satellites, Military Communication, Electronic Warfare

## Company

- **Id**: 177017
- **Name**: L3Harris Technologies
- **Domain**: l3harris.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/l3harris-technologies>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 98
- **Open postings**: 53
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.038
- **Repost share**: 0.038
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 22
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 140500
- **Max**: 261500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 261500

## Technologies

- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SLI/SLO/SLA** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 16
- **Management years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T06:56:30Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 5; Filings 12m: 5

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 22
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T08:47:25Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 261500
- **Is top pay**: yes

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