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Job Title: Engineering Technician

Job Code: 25904

Job Location: Ft. Wayne

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking an intermediate level 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 general knowledge of basic engineering concepts, principles, theories and techniques needed to deliver thoroughly tested spaceflight products, equipment and systems.

Essential Functions:

• Support equipment performance verifications (calibrations, validations, proof loads, etc.)
• Support critical movements of high value test equipment or flight hardware in support of product integration and test activities
• Support low complexity testing at a sub-system level or payload level of electrical sub-assemblies and components; including electrical boxes, optical assemblies and cables harnesses
• Support transport of equipment to/from storage facilities in Fort Wayne, and other L3Harris locations or customer sites
• Support Clean Room, test and assembly area periodic preventative maintenance and cleaning activities
• Contribute to process development, continuous improvement efforts and problem resolution
• Travel as required between L3Harris sites and Customer locations for post-delivery support integration and test activities
• Work non-standard shifts as required to support 24/7 campaigns during specific integration and test activities
• Overtime may be required frequently to support customer product testing

Qualifications: 

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 4 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/associate’s degree with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience.

• Preferred Additional Skills:

• Embodies strong professional work ethic, self-motivation, and high attention to detail
• 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
• Experience working with a variety of electrical and/or mechanical assemblies and equipment
• 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; Digital Voltmeter (DVM), Oscilloscope, Power Supplies etc.
• Experience with Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) and crane operation with certification

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