Associate Manager, Integration and Test Engineering

L3Harris Technologies • Fort Wayne, IN

7d • Onsite

About The Position

This hands-on test operations leadership role supports aerospace integration and test activities across submodule, module, instrument, and/or space vehicle operations. The Associate Manager provides front-line leadership for technician execution and supports technical test engineering responsibilities as needed. The role is primarily focused on afternoon/night shifts and 24/7 test operations, while requiring flexibility to support day-shift activities, weekends, overtime, travel, and schedule changes based on workload, staffing, and business needs. Travel of up to 25% may be required to support customer product testing. The position is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 6 years of prior relevant experience; or a graduate degree and at least 4 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, at least 10 years of prior related experience.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% as required.
• Flexibility to support afternoon/night and day shifts, weekends, overtime, schedule changes, and 24/7 test operations as business needs require.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in aerospace integration, test, manufacturing, production operations, or other high-reliability technical environments.
• Experience leading, supervising, mentoring, or coordinating technicians, operators, engineers, or cross-functional work teams.
• Experience supporting space-qualified hardware, flight hardware, or other high-reliability products.
• Technical test experience, including troubleshooting, data review, requirements verification, procedure discipline, and coordination with engineering teams.
• Familiarity with cleanroom operations, ESD safeguards, contamination control, and controlled test or manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with hands-on electrical, mechanical, integration, or test operations, including bench-top test equipment, hand tools, torque tools, measurement tools, and specialized test equipment.
• Experience using Microsoft applications.

Responsibilities

• Drive compliance with safety, quality, test, and program requirements.
• Provide front-line leadership, supervision, coaching, and mentorship for approximately 15–20 engineering technicians supporting integration and test operations.
• Support daily test execution, technician coordination, schedule adherence, troubleshooting, issue escalation, and continuity across shifts.
• Support technical test engineering activities as needed, including test planning, procedure development and execution, data review, requirements verification, and coordination with engineering teams.
• Work with test engineers, manufacturing, chamber operations, program teams, customers, and support organizations to resolve issues and maintain execution flow.
• Support development of and compliance with test processes, standard work, procedures, and work instructions.
• Support nonconformance documentation, troubleshooting, root-cause and corrective-action activities, and disposition coordination as required.
• Lead department initiatives to improve safety, quality, execution, standard work, and employee engagement.
• Conduct one-on-one career counseling, performance discussions, and mid-year and year-end performance reviews for assigned employees.
• Work with Human Resources to support employee relations and corrective-action measures.
• Support non-standard work schedules, including afternoon/night shift coverage, weekends, overtime, travel, and 24/7 test operations as business needs require.

Benefits

• A sign-on bonus of up to $25,000 may be included as part of an offer package for this level.
• 9/80 schedule: employees work 9 out of every 14 days, totaling 80 hours, and have every other Friday off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager