Job Title: Hardware Engineering Manager - Electronic Warfare
Job Category: Engineering
Time Type: Full time Minimum Clearance Required to Start: None Employee Type: Regular Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%Type of Travel: Local* * *CACI's Mastodon Design provides cutting-edge Electronic Warfare (EW) and SIGINT solutions, designing and building hardware and software to meet our customers' next requirement. We focus on offering devices that can be fielded immediately to meet mission needs that lie directly ahead. Size, weight, power, and packaging are of paramount importance in everything we design and build. Our expertise spans specialized electronic and mechanical design, embedded and application-level software, reverse engineering and protocol analysis, and RF signals exploitation and communications systems. That system offering extends beyond the core hardware itself — peripherals and accessories are an integral part of how our solutions get fielded, and our engineering team plays a direct role in shaping, evaluating, and validating that accessory ecosystem alongside our core EW/SIGINT products.
The Opportunity:
CACI's Mastodon Design is hiring a Hardware Engineering Manager to lead our hardware engineering group in Rochester, NY. This group spans Power Supply, Digital, RF, along with General Support/Sustainment Engineering disciplines. You'll own the people side of the group — hiring, mentoring, and developing a multidisciplinary team — while partnering closely with engineering and business stakeholders to keep software development and test moving across our product lines.
What You'll Do:- Lead and manage a multidisciplinary hardware engineering group spanning Power Supply, Digital, RF, along with General Support/Sustainment Engineering.
- Hire, mentor, and develop engineering technicians and professionals across the hardware team.
- Set technical priorities and direction for hardware activities, including actively partnering with key stakeholders in Mechanical, Hardware, Systems Engineering, and Product Management
- Oversee sustaining engineering — obsolescence management, engineering change orders, and post-production support for fielded products
- Manage staffing and resource allocation across concurrent programs and product lines
- Partner with Project and Program Management, and Operations to align schedules, budgets, and deliverables with program needs
- Drive hardware design standards, design review processes, and continuous improvement across the group
- Partner with supply chain and procurement on component selection, vendor relationships, and long-lead item planning
- Support proposal efforts with hardware-focused technical write-ups, staffing plans, and basis of estimates (BoEs)
- Serve as an escalation point for complex technical hardware issues spanning power, digital, RF, and communications disciplines
- Champion a strong safety, quality, and test culture across the hardware engineering team
Required Qualifications:- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Minimum 10 years of hardware engineering experience, including experience leading or managing a team
- Minimum of 3 years of Management experience with direct reports
- Experience across one or more of: power supply design, digital hardware design, RF or communications hardware, or sustaining engineering
- Experience hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers and technicians
- Strong organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize a team's work across multiple concurrent programs
- Comfortable partnering with program management, systems engineering, and supply chain to keep hardware efforts on track
- Willingness to obtain a Secret clearance as a condition of continued employment
Nice to Have:- Experience with EW/SIGINT hardware, or ruggedized and embedded systems
- Familiarity with sustaining engineering and obsolescence management processes
- Experience managing vendor and supplier relationships for electronic components
- What You Can Expect
A culture of integrity. At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you'll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer's missions and driven by a higher purpose — to ensure the safety of our nation.
An environment of trust. CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers — every day. You'll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality. A focus on continuous growth. Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy.-What You Can Expect: A culture of integrity.
At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you'll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer's missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.
An environment of trust. CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You'll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality. A focus on continuous growth.
Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy.
Pay Range:
There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. The proposed salary range for this position is: $105,100-$231,100CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.
Department: Hardware Engineering
