Senior Specialist, Manufacturing Engineer (Palm Bay, FL)

L3Harris•Palm Bay, FL

About The Position

The Manufacturing Engineer supports defense and space programs by translating product designs into scalable manufacturing solutions. The role optimizes workflows, resolves production issues, and drives continuous improvement across the factory in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment focused on operational excellence. The position designs, documents, and improves manufacturing processes; provides production-floor support; specifies, designs, procures, and validates tools, fixtures, and equipment; and maintains work instructions, routings, and process documentation. It also supports new product introduction, configuration control, quality compliance, safety improvements, production analysis, and training for operators and technicians. The schedule is 9/80, with every other Friday off.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience; or graduate degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

Nice To Haves

Background in manufacturing electronics for high-reliability, military, and government systems.
Experience generating electronic work authorization documentation using Aegis Fusion, Solumina, or an equivalent electronic manufacturing execution system.
Background in developing manufacturing processes.
Knowledge of MIL/IPC workmanship and performance standards related to electronic assemblies, such as IPC-610, IPC-620, and NASA-STD-8739.
Good communication skills, including delivering effective presentations to peers and management and working alongside the assembly team in the lab.
Demonstrated ability to find root causes of manufacturing-process problems, workmanship defects, and mechanical test failures.
Previous cable manufacturing assembly experience.
Work-instruction writing and technical-writing skills.

Responsibilities

Design, document, and improve manufacturing processes to ensure repeatability, efficiency, safety, and quality.
Provide daily production-floor support to resolve issues, reduce bottlenecks, and maintain flow.
Specify, design, procure, and validate tools, fixtures, and equipment.
Create and maintain work instructions, routings, and process documentation.
Lead continuous-improvement initiatives, including waste reduction, cycle-time improvements, and root-cause analysis.
Collaborate with Quality to ensure processes meet specifications, standards, and command media.
Analyze production data, yields, and defect trends to drive corrective actions.
Support new product introduction by developing build plans, assessing manufacturability, and assisting with pilot builds.
Maintain configuration control and ensure processes reflect correct part numbers, BOMs, and revisions.
Work cross-functionally with design engineering, planning, supply chain, quality, and operations.
Assess tasks for safety risks and implement ergonomic and safety improvements.
Train operators and technicians on processes, equipment, and best practices.