Senior Associate, Additive Manufacturing Engineer

About the role

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

Responsibilities

• Operate and support advanced LPBF additive manufacturing equipment and related production processes, including file preparation, printing, depowdering, post-processing, and machine cleanout.
• Drive daily execution of additive manufacturing operations to ensure safe, efficient production and consistent achievement of engineering, quality, customer, and schedule requirements.
• Establish, maintain, and improve manufacturing process flows, standard operating procedures, work instructions, checklists, process controls, and safety protocols to ensure repeatability, reliability, and compliance.
• Analyze data to identify trends, root causes, and opportunities for corrective action and continuous improvement.
• Lead and support process improvement initiatives to increase throughput, reduce variation, waste, cost, and lead time, and improve overall product quality and manufacturing efficiency.
• Support installation, commissioning, integration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of additive manufacturing equipment, including coordination with OEMs and internal support teams.
• Develop tooling, fixturing, and post-processing solutions to improve manufacturability, repeatability, and flow of printed hardware through downstream operations.
• Review technical data, drawings, customer requirements, internal procedures, and manufacturing documentation to ensure accuracy, compliance, data integrity, and alignment with production and quality standards.
• Maintain a safe working environment by identifying and implementing safety improvements for additive manufacturing processes, equipment, material handling, and surrounding work areas.
• Represent additive manufacturing processes to internal stakeholders and product teams, providing technical support for prototype, development, and production builds.
• Lead or own improvement projects and other individual tasks through completion while contributing effectively in a team-based manufacturing environment.
• Translate design requirements into manufacturable additive processes by evaluating part candidates for material selection, machine selection, manufacturability, design optimization, and business case viability.
• Collaborate with design, materials, quality, maintenance, production, and other cross-functional teams to refine part designs, support development of process parameters, new materials and equipment, and scalable production methods.
• Generate manufacturing estimates, including base timing, capacity, cost, schedule, ROI, and quoting support for internal and external customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related manufacturing experience.
• Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience with metal Additive Manufacturing.
• Minimum 1 year of experience with CAD Modeling software (i.e. Creo, SolidWorks, NX, etc.) and Microsoft Office suite (i.e. Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, & Excel).
• Strong knowledge of DfAM principles, with the ability to interpret engineering drawings, apply GD&T, and improve part manufacturability and process outcomes.
• Familiarity with additive post-processing and inspection methods, including heat treatment, support removal, EDM, machining, NDT, and structured light inspection.
• Experience supporting process development and industrialization, including material and machine selection, equipment commissioning, capability assessment, and workflow improvement.
• Experience in ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 manufacturing environments, applying quality systems, root cause analysis, and cross-functional collaboration to resolve production and process issues.

Benefits

• Health and disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• Education assistance
• Paid time off
• Company-paid holidays

Pay

The salary range for this role in the State of California is $73,000 - $136,000. 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.

Schedule

Shift: 2nd - 10% Shift Differential Pay