Engineering Technician, Advanced

Job Title: Engineering Technician

Job Code: 16242

Job Location: Ft. Wayne

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking an experienced engineering technician to provide support for the Operations Test Group. Individual would work with a diverse team to perform assembly, integration and testing for highly reliable space hardware assemblies of low to high complexity. Candidate is required to have a competent knowledge of basic engineering concepts, principles, theories and techniques needed to deliver thoroughly tested spaceflight products, equipment and systems.

Essential Functions:

• Works independently under general guidance and direction on larger, moderately complex projects or assignments.
• Adhere to strict spaceflight test standards and execute procedures, document results, generate test reports, and create/manage electronic test data.
• Ability to train test technicians in safe and proper testing protocols.
• Support Clean Room, test and assembly area periodic preventative maintenance and cleaning activities.
• Support equipment performance verifications (validations, proof loads, etc.).
• Support the transport of equipment to/from storage facilities in Fort Wayne, and other Harris or customer sites.
• Support critical movements of flight hardware in support of test activities.
• Support mid to high complexity testing of electrical sub-assemblies and components, including electrical boxes, optical assemblies and cables at a sub-system, system and payload.
• Contribute to process development, continuous improvement efforts and problem resolution.
• Travel as needed between L3Harris sites and Customer locations for post-delivery support and integration activities.
• Work non-standard shifts as required during specific activities and overtime may be required.
• Overtime may be required frequently to support customer product testing.
• Overtime will be required frequently to support customer product TVAC testing.
• Work non-standard shifts or on-call support as required during specific test activities.

Qualifications:

• Requires developing job knowledge/skills. Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/Associates Degree with 2 years of prior related experience.
• Ability to obtain work in confined spaces or a clean room environment for long periods of time (> 2 hours).
• Ability to work holidays, weekends, and occasional overnight travel; work may include shift work.
• Ability to travel up to 30% as required to support customer product testing.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance. This is typically based on having U.S. citizenship and successful completion and disposition of an extensive background investigation.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Embodies strong professinal work ethic, self-motivation, and a high attention to details.
• Experience working with a variety of electrical and/or mechanical assemblies and equipment within the Space or Aerospace industry.
• Hands-on experience using a variety of hand tools including use of specialized tools. e.g. torque wrenches, micrometers, and calipers.
• Experience with written process and procedure protocol.
• Experience with bench-top testing of electrical/mechanical assemblies.
• Experience with ESD safeguards and contamination control.
• Experience working in a clean room environment.
• Experience working with computer systems and their use with test equipment operation; DVM, O'scope, DSA, Power Supplies etc.
• Experience with Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) with certification.