Laboratory Engineer, Materials & Process Engineering

Laboratory Engineer, Materials & Process Engineering

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Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. 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.

The Aerojet Rocketdyne Business Segment of L3

Harris is seeking a Materials Laboratory Engineer to join our Huntsville, Alabama facility. This position will work in the Advanced Manufacturing Facility’s (AMF) Materials and Process Engineering (M&PE) Laboratory. The primary responsibility will be to perform and coordinate testing for material characterization/development, failure investigations, and other support of the M&PE team. This position will also support material recertification and in-process testing of materials as required.

This position will report to the Materials and Processes Engineering AMF Laboratory Manager in Huntsville, AL.

• Complete M&PE testing projects safely and on time by coordinating department resources and communicating with other enterprise teams.
• Present results of M&PE testing projects to internal customers.
• Coordinate project scope, timelines, and testing with the work requestor.
• Maintain current engineering project workload status. Present information in daily department tag-ups and periodically to engineering team.
• Provide mentorship to more junior engineers and technicians.
• Test non-metallic materials using a variety of measurement instruments and equipment such as balances, universal testing machines, ovens, hotplates, hydraulic presses, autoclaves, and SEM.
• Fabricate, cure, and inspect non-metallic materials (carbon/epoxy, glass/epoxy, carbon/phenolic and EPDM) test panels as needed.
• Conduct testing according to ASTM/MIL/ISO standards, standard work documents, and custom work requests.
• Generate lab reports according to material specification requirements, performing calculations as required.
• Contribute to overall lab operations and continuous improvement.
• Maintain laboratory readiness and cleanliness through 5S+1.

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior Material Process Engineer
  - Lab experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior Material Process Engineer
  - Lab experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior Material Process Engineer
  - Lab experience.
• 4 years’ experience in a laboratory environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or appropriate discipline is preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of non-metallic materials properties is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with mechanical testing of non-metallic materials is preferred.
• Experience with any of the following test equipment:
• Instron Universal Testing Frame
• Moving Die Rheometer and Mooney Viscometer
• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Hydraulic Press and Autoclave
• Understanding of composite and polymeric materials concepts.

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