Senior Specialist, Manufacturing Engineer- Composites

About the role

L3Harris is seeking a Senior Specialist, Manufacturing Engineer to join our team at the new state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF-South) in Huntsville, AL. This role will be responsible for managing large, complex, and high-visibility manufacturing projects, leading process development, optimization, and troubleshooting, and driving significant improvements in manufacturing systems, workflows, and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Manages large, complex, and high-visibility manufacturing projects with minimal oversight, often involving cross-functional teams and tight customer or program constraints.
• Leads process development, optimization, and troubleshooting for advanced fabrication methods, composite layup, curing, machining, and assembly.
• Drives significant improvements in manufacturing systems, workflows, and technologies; may also contribute to the creation of new tools, fixtures, methods, or production concepts.
• Communicates effectively across engineering, operations, suppliers, customers, and leadership, influencing others to adopt new approaches and process changes.
• Performs complex root cause analysis, develops corrective/preventive actions, and implements robust long-term solutions involving multiple functional areas.
• Develops and executes operational plans for the manufacturing engineering function with short-term measurable impact on program and business performance.
• Provides guidance, coaching, and technical leadership to engineers and technicians across the company, supporting skill development within the manufacturing engineering discipline.
• Ensures compliance with industry standards, customer requirements, and internal quality systems; contributes to audit readiness and manufacturing risk reduction.
• May require occasional off-shift work to support manufacturing schedules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 6 years Manufacturing Engineering experience, or Graduate Degree with 4 years Manufacturing Engineering experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior Manufacturing Engineering experience.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Surface preparation for bonding rubber, insulation, metallic, and composite substrates.
• Experience in composite tape wrapping, including process development and machine programming.
• Experience writing specifications and supporting procurement for new manufacturing equipment.
• Experience with composite rocket motor nozzle fabrication.
• Programming, operation, and qualification of composite cure ovens and/or autoclaves.
• Precision assembly of aerospace hardware.
• Strong GD&T background supporting part validation and tooling/fixture development.
• CAD modeling experience.
• Experience with tape wrap lathes, robotic systems, presses, ovens, winders, CNC machines, cutting tables, and/or autoclaves.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
• Adaptable to a changing work environment.