Specialist, Mechanical Design Engineer

About the role

L3Harris FOS, a division of L3Harris, is seeking a Specialist, Mechanical Design Engineer to support and maintain product lines during design, development, and production. This role supports the design, development, and testing of new products, interacts with a multidisciplinary design team, and works within established design guidelines to ensure products meet or exceed customer specifications.

Responsibilities

• Act as lead mechanical engineer on various programs, ensuring 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 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.
• Support active production, including 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.
• Able and willing to be adaptable and accept feedback as part of the design review process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or other related Engineering field and a minimum of 4 years of prior relevant work experience. A minimum of 8 years of prior relevant work experience if a graduate degree is not obtained.
• Professional experience with CAD software such as Solid Edge, SolidWorks, NX, etc.
• Professional experience with GD&T application and interpretation.
• Professional experience with dimensional stack-up/tolerance analysis.
• Professional experience with manufacturing methods and design for manufacturability (DFMA).

Preferred Additional Skills

• Proficient knowledge of physics, engineering mechanics, fatigue, and mechanics of materials.
• Proficient knowledge of thermodynamics and heat transfer.
• Proficient knowledge of dynamics and vibration (time and frequency domains).
• 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.
• Knowledgeable in statistical analysis.
• Master of Science in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering.

Benefits

Flexible work schedule (4/10)

Pay

Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications

Schedule

4/10 - Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week