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Engineering Technician - Hardware Test

Rochester, New York

Job ID 14988
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L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

Job Title: Engineering Technician C, Hardware Engineering

Job Code: 14988

Job Location: Rochester, NY

Job Description:

This is an hardware engineering techinician position responsible for assisting in the design, construction, test and check-out of test equipment. Constructs, troubleshoots, adjusts, tests, diagnoses, and maintains equipment, components, devices, or systems. Works from schematics, engineering drawings and written or verbal instructions. May work with complex machines or computer systems. Operates related equipment; conducts tests and reports data in prescribed format. This team, located in Rochester, New York designs, builds, and integrates specialty test equipment (STE) used in missions spanning across the domains our SAS segment designs mission deliverable hardware. 

Team members need general working knowledge of lab maintenace , cable build expereince per IPC-620A standard, familarity with commercial of the shelf test equipment. Familiarity with cable dressing and test rack sub assembly construction.

Essential Functions:

  • Collaborate with STE Design team on the build and integration of new systems
  • Complete lab maintenance logs to maintain work area requirements
  • Perform maintance functions on existing STE platforms
  • Assist the production team with general STE inquiries
  • Perform initial troubleshoot on failed STE systems
  • Support NRTL inspections of STE systems
  • Organize improvement initiatives to lab spaces
  • Coordiante use of lab spaces with group lead

Qualifications:

  • Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/Associates Degree with a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
  • Experience working in a test lab setting
  • Experience troubleshooting electronics:power requirements of COTS components; AC circuit loading
  • Experience with mechanical tooling used in the construction of hardware test racks
  • Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • IPC 620-A Certification
  • Ability to work with E-CAD tools
  • Ability to work with Microsoft tools including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
  • Strong lab skills that include hands-on build and debug of equipment including root-cause analysis
  • Ability to clearly communicate ideas, concepts, and designs both written and verbal
  • Ability to work alone with little direction or as part of a team
  • Willingness to reach out to people to understand expectations or requirements
  • Ability to develop requirements, design specifications, verification documents, and other technical documents as needed
  • Ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance

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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