Team Leader Mechanical Engineering

Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. Job Title: Lead, Mechanical Engineer (Designer) During its 120-year history, L3Harris has transformed communications and information technology. L3Harris is a proven leader in tactical communications, geospatial systems and services, air traffic management, environmental solutions, avionics and electronic warfare, and space and intelligence. We don't work here just for the advanced technology and equipment: we work here because we know what - and who - we're protecting! From families to the intelligence community, and from our climate to our men and women in uniform - we're making the world a safer place! Design and qualify the precision mechanisms behind mission systems used in complex, high-consequence environments. You'll own major components and sub-systems from early concepts through integration and test, helping L3Harris deliver dependable capability for customers executing their most challenging missions. This is an on-site role because the work includes direct lab, prototype, integration, and hardware-test activity at one of the following sites: Lead mechanical design, analysis, prototype integration, and qualification testing for precision mechanisms and electro-mechanical hardware. * Develop 3D models, drawings, technical data packages, and assembly documentation. * Evaluate material selections and design trades; improve designs for performance, size, weight, power, manufacturability, and reliability. * Present designs and results at internal and customer reviews, including peer reviews, PDRs, and CDRs. * Partner with manufacturing, quality, configuration management, suppliers, technicians, and the program test team to transition designs into production. * Support field-test or demonstration activities as needed. * Subject matter expert with comprehensive knowledge of job area and in-depth knowledge of project management. Manages large, complex project initiatives of substantial importance to the organization with minimal oversight or direction. Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. * Active Top Secret or Top Secret/SCI clearance is required. (Hands-on experience designing, developing, integrating, and testing complex mechanical hardware. * Experience with 3D mechanical CAD, engineering drawings, and tolerance analysis/GD&T. * Ability to work on-site in a mis of office and laboratory environments * Experience in design or development of precision mechanisms, mechatronic systems, and/or packaging of modules and electronics with considerations of thermal and structural loading and for optimizations of size, weight, and power. * Proficiency in CAD tools such as Creo and understanding of ASME Y14.Experience in additive manufacturing, part optimization, and design for manufacture and assembly a plus. * Experience with any of the following: actuators, custom gear trains, electro-optical systems, materials testing, and manufacturing processes * L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions. Please click here for the E-Verify Poster in English or Spanish . For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here for English or Spanish .