Lead, Material Process Engineer

L3

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Job Title:
Lead, Materials & Process Engineering

Job Code: 44256

Job Location:
Huntsville, AL

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Missile Solutions Business Segment of L3

Harris is seeking a Lead, Materials & Process Engineer with non-metallic and metallic materials experience to support ongoing Engineering and Manufacturing Development programs, production programs and new product development. Desired experience with materials/materials systems is as follows: ceramic matrix composites such as Carbon/Silicon Carbide, Carbon-Carbon/Silicon Carbide and Carbon/Carbon materials; graphite and refractory metals - Molybdenum, Rhenium and Tungsten.

Essential Functions:

• Support design process by providing material selection recommendations, creating material specifications, reviewing design drawings, reviewing manufacturing planning, providing supplier technical support and supporting Engineering Review Boards, Process Change Boards, Failure Review Boards customer technical interchange meetings.
• Develop test plans in coordination with Design and Analysis disciplines and characterize non-metallic materials; analyze material properties and develop design allowables per industry standards; summarize material properties and design allowable methodology in a written report.
• Perform engineering analysis of non-conforming hardware including coordination of analysis for disposition of Material Review Board documents. Maintain interactions with customers on materials obsolescence. Conduct project progress reviews to ensure program control. Conduct failure analyses to determine root cause, document technical conclusions of failure investigations.
• Provide on-site support at L3
  
  Harris manufacturing facilities and supplier manufacturing facilities, as required, to assist in troubleshooting and problem solving production related issues.
• Collaborate with Design and Manufacturing Engineers to develop robust manufacturing processes for various solid rocket motor components requiring long term storage and understand the fundamentals of general corrosion protection and galvanic corrosion mitigation for metal components.
• Support Parts, Materials and Process (PMP) requirements from customers; complete and submit PMP documentation (ADPMPL, NSMAR, NSMPAR, variances, etc) and subcontractor delivery requirements documents as required; support customer PMP Control Board meetings.
• Travel: 15% - to support work at suppliers and other enterprise locations.
• Ability to obtain a US secret security clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior materials or chemical engine ring experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior materials or chemical engine ring experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior materials or chemical engine ring experience.
• 4 years experience with polymeric materials.

Preferred Additional

Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree in one of the following…