Lead, PCB Supply Chain Engineer
Carlsbad, Californie; Salt Lake City, Utah
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Job Title: Lead, Manufacturing Engineering, PCB
Job Code: 23564
Job Location: Salt Lake City, Utah or Carlsbad, CA
Job Schedule: 9/80 - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
L-3Harris Technologies, is currently seeking a PCB Supply Chain Engineer. The PCB Engineer will be responsible for the life-cycle support of the all PCB component commodities; resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, transistors, integrated circuits and connectors through Procurement from conceptual development through product phase-out. This includes assisting buyers in proposal support, requirements analysis and management, task planning, technical documentation (including generation of Statements of Work and specifications), design oversight participation, design synthesis in a multi-functional engineering environment, build and test support, subcontract control, risk management input, and system deployment and in-house technical support during the operational life-cycle of the system.
Essential Functions:
- Provides PCB Engineering support to both internal engineering / program teams and suppliers where necessary. Ensures technical performance, quality, and adherence to schedule.
- Assists in management of releasing technical specifications, interface control documents, test plans and procedures, evaluation of configuration and processing solutions and tests conformance to specifications to eliminate conflicting requirements and ensure a complete flow down of customer requirements
- Knowledgeable in 2D and 3D modeling, NX, AutoCad, Solid Edge, Lattice3D or equivalent.
- Provide support to Source Selection Evaluation Teams in evaluating the acceptability and completeness of supplier technical proposals.
- Support new supplier reviews, vendor capabilities, vendor activation activities and manufacturing support throughout the production lifecycle.
- Provide expert guidance to suppliers, when needed, to resolve supplier corrective actions requests (SCARs)
- Work in partnership with engineering, program management, and operations teams and leaders to identify opportunities to include specification improvements, design to cost targets and design for manufacturability considerations.
- Analyze and develop effective solutions to key operational problems.
- Working knowledge of subcontract strategies, complex terms and conditions, FAR/DFAR and project management.
- Work in partnership with key suppliers, internal programs and quality teams to resolve specification conflicts, supplier non-conformances and supplier test and design issues.
- Provide analysis of Supplier Basis of Estimates (BOEs) and Bill of Materials (BOMs) for cost reasonableness
- Develop engineering should cost estimates to support the execution of sole source requirements when necessary.
- Provide guidance and govern Make/Buy decisions in light of internal core competencies and the division’s business development strategy.
- Assists in the capture and/or management of customer and derived requirements, decomposition and assignment of requirements to appropriate functional areas of responsibility, ensuring traceability from a verification test matrix back to original customer and system level derived requirements.
- Recommends new or improved design solutions and processes; reviews literature, patents and current industry practices of relevance to assigned project
- Follows processes in conformance with established policies and procedures.
- Primary technical support for assigned IPT teams.
- Routinely participate in technical and management reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, TIMs, etc.). Evaluate the adequacy of supplier technical reviews to ensure mitigation of risk and completeness of designs.
- Model, Drawing and EBOM reviews and hardware part approval management.
- ECR / SIR / PIR / CIR management
- Ability to obtain a DoD Security Clearance, as required
- Ability, willingness to travel when required to support customer installation, demonstrations and general field support (up to 25%)
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant (engienering) experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Experience in product development a plus (preferably in military application environment)
- Understanding of engineering architecture and design concepts.
- Presentation and communication skills (verbal/written/visual)
- Problem solving skills and the ability to meet critical deadlines
- Understanding in coordination of project(s) and efforts of technical support personnel
- Ability to productively contribute work, ideas and collaboration as part of a team
- Thorough understanding of physical layouts of electronic circuits on a printed circuit board.
- Understanding of electrical schematic diagrams.
- Understanding of component placement, trace routing.
- Understanding how a PCB meets electrical, mechanical and manufacturing requirements
In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Seattle, Washington D.C., Maryland Greater Washington D.C. area, the city of Denver, Washington State and New York City, the salary range for this role is $114.000 - $212,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an 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.
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.
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