Specialist, Mechanical Engineering

L3HHCM20 • Salt Lake City, UT

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Join the L3Harris Technologies, Spectrum Superiority, team as a Mechanical Engineering Specialist, focus on Design for Excellence for advanced communication equipment supporting defense applications. In this role, you will be responsible for the mechanical design and producibility of mission-critical hardware, throughout the lifecycle of the product.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SIEMENS Teamcenter and NX
• Experience with military standards, such as MIL-STD-810.
• Experience with Open System Standards, such as VITA and SOSA.
• Experience with SAE AS6500.
• Experience with ASME Y14.5.
• Experience Earned Value Management (EVM)

Responsibilities

• Develop optimized mechanical solutions for ruggedized defense communication equipment, including enclosures, chassis, thermal solutions, cable routing, and other hardware assemblies, with a focus on size, weight, and suitability for harsh military environments.
• Apply Design for Excellence (DfX) principles, including manufacturability, assembly, test, reliability, maintainability, and sustainment, to improve product robustness, environmental performance, and compliance with program requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including electrical, systems, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program management, to drive design solutions that balance cost, performance, and producibility.
• Create and maintain mechanical design documentation, including 3D models, engineering drawings, tolerance analyses, and engineering change packages.
• Partner with internal teams, suppliers, and manufacturing organizations to resolve producibility challenges and improve design maturity for production readiness.
• Support prototype builds, design verification and validation testing, root cause investigations, and corrective action implementation.
• Contribute to product qualification and risk-reduction efforts related to shock, vibration, thermal performance, and environmental requirements.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

What This Job Offers

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