Composite Technician B - 2nd Shift

L3Harris•Huntsville, AL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

L3Harris is seeking a Composite Manufacturing Technician to work at its Advanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF) North in Huntsville, Alabama. The facility fabricates and assembles small, medium, and large case composite rocket motor hardware. This position produces composite parts, components, and final assemblies through fabrication, molding, metalworking, modification, inspection, rework, testing, and assembly processes, following detailed work instructions and technical documentation. The technician prepares components for lay-up, filament winding, cure, and post-cure; performs vacuum bagging and structural bonding; builds complex layups; insulates mandrels and composite cases; and casts, cures, and machines sand mandrels. The role operates a range of manufacturing machinery and shop equipment, supports development hardware for research and development programs, troubleshoots production processes, and coordinates equipment setup and calibration with maintenance, supervisors, and engineers. The technician also supports training, preventive maintenance, workplace cleanliness, safety initiatives, and 5S+1 standards. The schedule is a second-shift 4/10 schedule: 10-hour days, four days a week.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent and at least 4 years of relevant prior experience; or an associate degree/post-secondary education and 0 to 2 years of relevant prior experience.
Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

Produce parts, components, and final assemblies using composite fabrication, compression molding, metal fabrication, modification, checkout, rework, quality testing, and assembly processes.
Follow detailed work instructions, schematics, diagrams, layouts, and manufacturing test or diagnostic equipment.
Prepare components for lay-up, filament winding, curing, and post-curing using cured and uncured rubber materials and adhesives.
Operate manufacturing machinery and shop equipment, including ovens, autoclaves, lathes, milling centers, boring mills, presses, furnaces, mixers, grinders, swages, paint booths, fume hoods, and automated welding equipment.
Fabricate and assemble piece parts into completed subassemblies using assembly tools.
Perform vacuum bagging and related processes for fabricating and curing composite parts.
Complete structural bonding operations using film adhesives, core materials, and adhesives.
Build complex layups individually and in small groups.
Insulate mandrels and composite cases.
Cast, cure, and machine sand mandrels.
Facilitate and conduct on-the-job training of technicians as required.
Work with management and supervision to meet critical deadlines.
Produce development hardware in support of research and development programs.
Troubleshoot processes and identify, modify, or escalate out-of-control processes and production escapes.
Coordinate with maintenance, supervision, and/or engineers to set up and calibrate equipment.
Participate in preventive maintenance activities.
Clean machines, equipment, and the work area according to Standard Operating Procedures.
Support safety initiatives and adhere to 5S+1 standards.