Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer Lead
Job Code: 19693
Job Location: Londonderry, NH
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off
Job Description:

We believe manufacturing is important not only for what it makes, but for what it makes possible for the future.  

Our L3Harris Integrated Vision Solutions (IVS) sector has an availability for a Manufacturing Engineer Lead to join the team and lead the development of manufacturing assembly strategies for new products, including process design and development. This role will collaborate across teams of talented engineers and technicians and be responsible for providing our manufacturing operations with the vision, technology, and expertise they need through the entire production process, from discovery and design to manufacturing and fulfillment.

Essential Functions: 

•    Plan and support the build and modification of mechanical and electronics systems including procurement support, assembly method/work instruction generation, tooling design support, material/process development, facilities/equipment planning, implementation of design changes, and resolution of manufacturing, quality, and reliability issues

•    Lead the root cause and corrective action process, leveraging strong program management skills to drive robust solutions

•    Provide technical support for launching new equipment to automate and/or enhance production on complex optics or electronics assemblies

•    Participate in general factory support activities: Lean Huddles, continuous improvement initiatives, failure investigations, and audits

•    Support divisional and Operations financial and productivity metrics and improvement goals

•    Provide design for manufacturability balanced between theoretical electrical and mechanical applications and real-world situations.

•    Improve the manufacturing environment driving cost leadership, world class quality and customer satisfaction through lean principles, process technology, and automation

•    Partner with the Engineering, Quality and Continuous Improvement (e3) to integrate process integrity methods such as xFMEAs and Statistical Process Control (SPC) as a daily way of life.

Qualifications:

•    Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience
•    Minimum 3 years’ experience leading root cause and corrective action investigations and/or process improvement initiatives 

Preferred Additional Skills:

•    Experience with electro-optical systems products
•    High-volume manufacturing experience in the assembly and test of complex electronics, optics and/or electro-mechanical assemblies
•    Experience reading engineering documents (e.g., engineering drawings and test plans) and writing manufacturing work instructions.
•    Experience deploying new manufacturing technologies, and assisting with new product development / design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA)
•    LabVIEW, CAD, automation experience
•    Demonstrated track record working in cross-functional teams and influencing organizational change.
•    Demonstrated experience / certification in Lean principles, Six Sigma, mistake proofing, etc.
•    Demonstrates the highest levels of integrity, openness, compliance, and honesty in all business interactions.
•    IPC Training and Certification