Specialist, Integration and Test Engineering

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. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Code: 45098 | Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, prepare, manage, and execute environmental testing projects designed to take L3Harris products to the limit of their functional and structural design.
• Operate climatic chambers designed to replicate: freezing temperatures of the earth's poles, scorching temperatures of deserts, humidity of jungles, altitudes of the skies, frigid vacuum of space.
• Operate electrodynamic shakers to reproduce harsh vibration environments and test products for survivability under conditions such as: transportation, gunfire, aircraft-carrier arrests, rocket launch conditions.
• Work in a team-oriented environment in a laboratory that operates year-round.
• Provide weekend support as needed, with paid overtime.
• Plan, document, coordinate, and execute environmental exposure tests on high-technology, high-value hardware produced for the defense industry.
• Support the documentation and investigation of anomalies and failures.
• Advise new programs on their qualification test planning.
• Occasional weekends, off-shift, and overtime work required.
• On-the-job training will be given regardless of experience level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience.
• Graduate degree in engineering and 2 years of prior related experience.
• Ability to read and follow written procedures and processes and work with the engineering leadership team to resolve issues.
• Strong technical writing skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• People management/leadership skills.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Experience with avionics or space hardware test.
• Experience performing environmental testing per MIL-STD-810.
• Experience with environmental testing.
• Experience with software development (MATLAB, VBA, Python, etc.).

Schedule

Job Schedule: 9/80 (weekend support as needed with paid overtime).