Senior Specialist, Mechanical Engineering

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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.

• Personally support and able to lead a team responsible for completion of design tasks that generate electro-mechanical and mechanical design components and their higher-level systems for high pressure/power and extreme environment applications.
• Interpret engineering models and drawings and perform tolerance studies.
• Evaluate technical input from hardware suppliers and work with cross functional teams on producibility improvements and cost savings.
• Candidate will participate in trade studies and preliminary designs using 3D CAD modeling software tools (Creo/NX). 
• Candidate will also support independent peer review of work performed by others on an as-needed basis.
• Work is guided by individual annual goals and objectives with minimal oversight or direction. 
• Interacts with manufacturing to ensure hardware is producible.  Actively seeks out and communicates opportunities for manufacturability improvements in hardware designs and manufacturing processes.
• Responsible for generation of engineering drawings with associated geometric dimensioning and tolerancing in accordance with ASME Y14.5 standards.
• Actively leads team meetings to assure design content for new or modified engineering designs.
• Prepare and deliver presentations for internal and external customers.
• Responsible for preparing and/or peer reviewing engineering reports to support tolerance studies, engineering analyses, or failure investigations, including technical close-out reports.
• May travel 10% out of the year
• Ability to obtain Secret Clearance

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior mechanical engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior mechanical engineering  experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior mechanical engineering experience.

• Working knowledge of ASME Y14.5
• Experience using Creo and NX CAD geometry-based modeling. 
• Experience using the Windchill product lifecycle management system.
• Well-developed understanding of manufacturing processes (welding, brazing, machining, heat treating).
• Strong mechanical engineering background with knowledge and understanding of fluid flow principles.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Well-developed component and system level knowledge of chemical and electric rocket propulsion hardware is desirable.

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Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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