Specialist, Composite Manufacturing Engineer; Weekend 1st Shift
Listed on 2026-01-01
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Engineering
Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineer
Overview
Job Title:
Specialist, Composite Manufacturing Engineer (Weekend 1st Shift) at L3
Harris Technologies.
Location:
Huntsville, AL (AMF South).
Job Schedule:
3/12:
Employees work 12 hour days, 3 days a week (Friday-Sunday).
The Aerojet Rocketdyne Segment of L3
Harris is seeking a Specialist Manufacturing Engineer to work at our state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF) in Huntsville, AL, which will be our inert manufacturing facility for fabrication and assembly of composite rocket motor hardware.
- Plan, develop, initiate and maintain processes for the fabrication of advanced composite parts.
- Create detailed work instructions, procedures, PFMEAs, and JSAs that meet design, process, quality, safety, and environmental requirements.
- Provide shop floor support of advanced composite manufacturing processes.
- Provide technical guidance and/or training to shop floor, design and management teams.
- Analyze engineering drawings and specifications in support of developing robust and advanced part and tooling designs.
- Interface with related support groups for processes to ensure accuracy, control and safety of personnel and the quality of the hardware.
- Participate in investigations of nonconforming hardware and implement corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
- Present fabrication processes at customer readiness reviews and present process changes to customers at change board meetings.
- Less than 5% travel may be required to support suppliers or other manufacturing sites.
- Occasional off-shift and weekend work required to support manufacturing schedules.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Ability to obtain U.S. Security Clearance.
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant Engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related engineering experience.
- Hand layup and cure of insulation, composite and/or other materials is strongly desired.
- Strong GD&T background supporting part validation is desired.
- CAD modeling experience is desired.
- Surface preparation for primary substrates to bond rubber or composite materials is desired.
- Compression molding with rubber, molding compounds, and/or prepreg is desired.
- Composite tape-wrapping experience is desired.
- Experience with composite rocket motor nozzle fabrication is desired.
- Structural bonding of metallic and composite substrates is desired.
- Programming and operation of composite cure ovens is desired.
- Composite filament winding experience is desired (multi-axis filament wind machine operation experience is a plus).
- Precision assembly of aerospace hardware is desired.
- Experience with operation of robots, presses, ovens, winders, CNC machines, cutting tables and/or autoclaves is desired.
- Knowledge of composite materials, including the behavior of different fibers (carbon, glass, aramid) and resin systems is desired.
L3
Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3
Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. 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.
L3
Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.
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