Job Title: Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Code: 20937

Job Location: Cincinnati, OH

Job Schedule: 4/10 (M.-Th.)

Job Description:

Applies mechanical engineering principles to support, and maintain, L3Harris FOS product lines during design, development, and production.  This role supports design, development, and testing of new products; interacting with a multidisciplinary design team and working within established design guidelines to ensure products meet or exceed customer specifications.  In addition, this role supports production of existing products, working with manufacturing and quality to troubleshoot issues, document changes, and adhere to AS9100 and ISO9001 quality standards.

Essential Functions:

• Act as lead mechanical engineer on various programs holding the responsibility for ensuring the designs and product performance meet customer specifications
• Apply mechanical engineering principles to generate new designs, or modify existing designs, in accordance with company design guidelines and procedures
• Apply configuration management principles to design documentation and technical data packages
• Generate, modify, and interpret engineering drawings, specifications, compliance matrices, etc. in accordance with industry, company, and customer requirements
• Collaborate with engineering analysts to conduct finite element analysis on new designs showing compliance to internal guidelines, DoD requirements and customers' specifications
• Participate in and/or lead failure investigations, where appropriate, related to design, production build processes, and customer returns
• Prepare materials for internal and customer design reviews, and effectively present material to design review teams
• Devise design verification test sequences to demonstrate compliance with specified performance environments (temperature, vibration, shock, acceleration, etc).   Prepare associated test plans, and test reports.
• Participate in and/or lead efforts to drive process improvements which increase efficiency
• Support active production, which includes but is not limited to test fixture and tooling designs, product trouble shooting, document and drawing updates, process control improvements, and product design improvements
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner that is cooperative and supportive of customers, co-workers and managers
• Ability & willingness to be adaptable and accept feedback as part of the design review process
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace or related engineering and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 5 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• 5+ years professional experience using CAD software such as Solid Edge, SolidWorks, NX etc
• 5+ years professional experience with GD&T application and interpretation
• 5+ years professional experience with dimensional stack-up/tolerance analysis
• Must be able to obtain a Security Clearance
• Must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Working knowledge of physics, engineering mechanics, fatigue, and mechanics of materials
• Working knowledge of thermodynamics and heat transfer as well as dynamics and vibration (time-domain and frequency domain)
• Working knowledge of manufacturing methods and design for manufacturability (DFMA)
• Knowledgeable in DoD and MIL standards/specifications or other highly regulated industry
• Experience with AS9100 and ISO 9001 quality standards
• Knowledgeable in engineering materials and 3D printing
• Familiarity with finite element analysis tools and methods
• Master of Science in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering