Engineering Service Transition Manager - Columbia, MD

Location: Columbia, Maryland, USA; candidates must reside in the US. Ability to travel throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe up to 30%.

Total compensation: $120,000–$160,000 annually, including base salary, variable pay when applicable, and benefits.

Company

Rohde & Schwarz is a global technology company with approximately 14,000 employees and divisions focused on Test & Measurement, Technology Systems, and Networks & Cybersecurity.

What you will do

• Own the transition of system engineering projects, upgrades, and deployments into Service.
• Establish standardized transition plans, milestones, acceptance criteria, deliverables, and readiness governance.
• Coordinate Engineering, Service, Program Management, and Operations throughout the transition lifecycle.
• Lead Service Readiness Reviews and close technical, documentation, training, tooling, and operational gaps.
• Transfer system knowledge, configurations, technical documentation, maintenance procedures, open issues, and lessons learned.
• Define Engineering and Service ownership, escalation paths, readiness metrics, and continuous-improvement practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline; a master’s degree in Engineering or Operations Management is desired.
• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, project or program management, service delivery, or a related technical role.
• Experience transitioning complex technical systems into service organizations and managing system lifecycles.
• Experience with technical documentation, knowledge transfer, training, change management, and readiness or handover criteria.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication and the ability to create clear, audit-ready documentation.
• Must reside in the US and be a US citizen capable of receiving a US Government security clearance or Public Trust.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with project engineering, service, program management, and operations teams.
• Operate with considerable autonomy and minimal supervision.
• Support innovative technology projects across multiple sectors.
• Travel up to 30% across the United States, Canada, and Europe.