Senior Associate, Composite Manufacturing Engineer
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Huntsville • Alabama • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
Assembly
About the role
- Champion process improvement projects using Lean Manufacturing methodologies
- Support and lead facility transition efforts for inert product lines
- Plan, develop, initiate and maintain processes for the fabrication of advanced composite parts
- Create detailed work instructions, procedures, PFMEAs, and JSAs that meet design, process, quality, safety, and environmental requirements
- Provide technical guidance and/or training to shop floor, design and management teams
- Analyze engineering drawings and specifications in support of developing robust and advanced part and tooling designs
- Interface with all related support groups for processes to ensure accuracy, control and safety of the personnel and quality of the hardware
- Perform investigations of nonconforming hardware and implement corrective actions to prevent future occurrences
- Present fabrication processes at customer readiness reviews and present process changes to customers at change board meetings
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 2 years of prior relevant engineering experience
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 0 years of prior related engineering experience
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related engineering experience
- Surface preparation for primary substrates to bond rubber or composite is strongly desired
- Hand layup and cure of insulation, composite and/or other materials is preferred
- Experience writing specifications for new pieces of equipment is desired
- Experience with composite rocket motor nozzle fabrication is desired
- Structural bonding of metallic and composite substrates is desired
- Programming and operation of composite cure ovens is desired
- Precision assembly of aerospace hardware is desired
- Strong GD&T background supporting part validation
- CAD modeling experience is desired
- Experience with operation of robots, presses, ovens, winders, CNC machines, cutting tables and/or autoclaves is desired
- Strong cross-functional communication skills
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Adaptable to a changing work environment
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Lean Manufacturingfabrication of advanced composite partsPFMEAsJSAsengineering drawings analysisnonconforming hardware investigationsurface preparationhand layupCAD modelingGD&T
Soft skills
process improvementtechnical guidancecross-functional communicationproblem-solvingadaptability