Lead Mechanical Engineering
L3Harris Technologies
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Canoga Park • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $119,500 - $222,500 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Develop concepts for mechanical systems to meet customer propulsion requirements.
- Perform preliminary design, component sizing, and propulsion hardware packaging to meet volume and mass constraints.
- Work mechanical solutions needed to integrate propulsion systems with vehicle and payload interfaces.
- Create mechanical components and their higher-level systems for high-pressure 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.
- Participate in trade studies and preliminary designs using Creo 3D CAD modeling software.
- Prepare engineering drawings with associated geometric dimensioning and tolerancing in accordance with ASME Y14.5 standards.
- Actively participates in team meetings to assure design content for new or modified engineering designs.
- Release drawings through Windchill PLM system.
- May lead the work of design staff or oversee the work of product definition designers.
- Prepare and deliver technical presentations for internal and external customers.
- Responsible for preparing engineering reports to support tolerance studies, engineering analyses, failure investigations, and/or technical close-out reports.
- May attend engineering review boards to support program-level technical decision making.
- Participate in development and qualification testing for new product development.
- Creates test integration hardware to support flow testing, vibration testing and hot-fire testing.
- May support hands-on work during test preparation.
- May participate with data reduction.
- Perform or coordinate thermal and/or structural analysis for predicting component and system-level performance in the design of products.
- Coordinate with manufacturing and quality engineering to ensure hardware is producible and inspectable.
- Must be able to obtain US security clearance.
- Must be able to work onsite in Canoga Park, CA.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience
- Experience in the design, development, and production of mechanical systems for the Aerospace and Defense industry
- Experience with liquid and gaseous pressurized systems and components such as tanks, fluid routing, sealing devices, valves, regulators, etc.
- Knowledge in liquid-fueled propulsion systems
- Understanding of additive manufacturing and/or traditional manufacturing processes such as machining, welding, brazing, heat treating, etc.
- Working knowledge of ASME Y14.5
- Experience with CAD software tools (CREO) and PLM systems (Windchill)
Benefits
- health and disability insurance
- 401(k) match
- flexible spending accounts
- EAP
- education assistance
- parental leave
- paid time off
- company-paid holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
mechanical systems designcomponent sizingpropulsion hardware packagingtolerance studiesthermal analysisstructural analysistest integration hardware creationengineering drawing preparationgeometric dimensioning and tolerancingliquid-fueled propulsion systems
Soft skills
team collaborationtechnical presentationcross-functional teamworkleadershipcommunication
Certifications
Bachelor's DegreeGraduate DegreeUS security clearance