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Specialist, Manufacturing Engineering

Cincinnati, Ohio

Job ID 16059
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L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title: Specialist, Manufacturing Engineering

Job Code: 16059

Job Location: Cincinnati, OH (McMann)

Schedule: 4/10; Monday-Thursday

Job Description:

This position supports strategic programs essential to maintaining U.S. Armed Forces’ readiness.  The successful Manufacturing Engineer will contribute as a member of a project design team, providing technical expertise and guidance in product design and process development. Activities include development of production processes, procedures, and layouts for mechanical, electronic, and electro-mechanical assemblies. Manufacturing Engineers also support production through operator training, process issue resolution, and monitoring and evaluating existing operations for opportunities to improve efficiency, first pass yield, and scrap rates.

Essential Functions:

  • Analyze engineering design documents and develop the methods, processes, tools, jigs, fixtures, etc. required to fabricate the specified product
  • Develop and prepare work instructions, control plans, Process Failure Mode Effects Analyses (PFMEAs), and process validation plans
  • Lead the set-up and validation of new production lines
  • Analyze manufacturing production problems and implement corrective actions involving designs, materials, and processes
  • Provide technical expertise and support related to manufacturing
  • Incorporate new methods and processes to improve existing operations
  • Review product designs for manufacturability and completeness
  • Train production personnel in new or existing operations
  • Interface with equipment vendors and specify equipment through writing Statement of Requirements documents
  • Prepare capital equipment requests
  • Design layout of equipment and workspaces
  • Prepare reports and white papers summarizing information or trends related to manufacturing performance
  • Conduct capacity analyses, capability studies, and gage repeatability and reproducibility studies
  • Actively participate in Failure Review Board (FRB) investigations
  • Prepare tooling cost and engineering labor estimates for proposal responses

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience OR Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.  In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
  • Experience related to the fabrication or assembly of close tolerance mechanical, electronic, or electro-mechanical piece parts

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Bachelors degree in Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering
  • 4 or more years of proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, and Excel).
  • Must be a United States Citizen.
  • Must be able to obtain secret level clearance.
  • Demonstrated skills and experience in drawing practices, engineering analysis, DoD development programs, procurement, integration, assembly, and test of hardware
  • Experience in the defense or aerospace industry
  • Experience with pressing, staking, riveting, swaging, potting, electronics soldering, conformal coating, packaging, X-ray inspection, laser welding, robotics, and control systems
  • Experience with ANSI J-STD-001, AS9100, and ANSI Y14.5
  • Experience with SolidEdge and Minitab
  • Experience with 6sig, 8D, CostPoint, TipQAS

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

By submitting your résumé for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your résumé, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

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