Specialist, Mechanical Engineer

Job Title

Specialist, Mechanical Engineer

37682

Ashaway, RI (on-site)

9/80 Regular (Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off)

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Harris is anticipating and rapidly responding to challenges with agile technology – creating a safer and more secure future. L3

Harris is seeking a dynamic Mechanical Engineer who will design and manufacture electronic data acquisition systems for use in Anti‑Submarine Warfare, ship self‑defense, acoustic ranges and geophysical exploration products. The role involves utilizing CAD software to create blueprints, performing simulations to ensure safety and efficiency, and overseeing production to meet project specifications.

• Implement assigned projects and project tasks to provide mechanical engineering solutions including mechanical design, parts selection, CAD and modeling, stress analysis, thermal analysis, environmental impacts, packaging and assembly, and test equipment design for assigned project.
• Extensive experience with CAD and FEA software for mechanical design and analysis is required.
• Ensure that assigned project tasks meet technical and schedule requirements, identify problems, and recommend work‑around plans and alternatives.
• Provide technical status updates, forecast technical needs, and recommend changes to meet objectives.
• Prepare trade‑off models and candidate evaluations.
• Conduct thorough design analyses including interface design, models, equipment prototypes, and R&D test tools.
• Provide system test and evaluation support, including input to test plans and procedures.
• Prepare engineering drawings and documents.
• Direct and coordinate activities for product assembly/fabrication, equipment operation, and/or installation and repair of mechanical or electromechanical products and systems. Follow sound safety practices as documented in the company’s quality system manual.
• Implement checks and balances to monitor, review, and evaluate design activities, ensuring conformance with customer requirements, company standards, and sound engineering practices.
• Select materials necessary to support the design.
• Develop manufacturing and producibility analyses.
• Ensure design is fully compliant with customer specifications.
• Perform failure analyses and document results.
• Prepare design review material in support of PDR, CDR, FDR and technical audits for assigned designs.
• Develop, issue, and implement internal technical and engineering practices and procedures.
• Promote cordial relationships and foster a favorable business profile with customers, suppliers, co‑workers, industry and professional associations, government agencies, and the local community.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance.

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience; graduate degree and minimum 2 years of prior related experience; or in lieu of a degree, minimum 8 years of prior related experience.
• Minimum 2 years of hands‑on mechanical design experience, including CAD modeling, design analysis, and engineering drawing preparation.
• Proficiency in CAD software (Autodesk Inventor or comparable platforms such as Solid Works or CATIA) with demonstrated ability to produce engineering drawings, assembly models, and design documentation.
• Experience supporting fabrication, assembly, and/or production environments, including coordinating product build activities, troubleshooting mechanical issues, and ensuring designs meet customer and manufacturing specifications.

• Active Secret security clearance.
• Experience with Autodesk Inventor and ANSYS.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Project Management experience.
• Flexibility to adjust to changing requirements, schedules, and priorities.
• Detail‑oriented and highly organized.
• Highly motivated and eager to learn and acquire new skills.

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