Lead, Mechanical Engineering

L3Harris • Fort Wayne, IN • 2h ago

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. 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.

Job Title: Lead, Mechanical Engineering

Job Code: 42062

Job Location: Fort Wayne, IN

Job Schedule: 9/80

Job Description:

L3Harris Technologies has an opening for a Lead, Mechanical Engineer to support a growing missile warning/missile defense business. The ideal candidate for this position has extensive knowledge of EO/IR payload design that can be implemented in low size, weight, and power (SWaP) space systems. Candidate will provide direct contributions and act as a technical lead in mechanical design, analysis, integration into flight hardware, IRAD development and future pursuits.

Essential Functions:

Provide technical leadership for team of mechanical engineers in the areas of payload mechanical architecture, Cryogenic optical design, Cryocooler implementation, mirrors and mounts and optical alignment/focus management.

Ensure that L3Harris mechanical engineering design standards and processes are followed.

Ensure that overhead budgets are met

Ensure that the mechanical designs of the group meet requirements and satisfy design for assembly and test needs.

Lead team on new proposal bids to guide concept, BOE and BOM development.

Develop our technology to push our designs forward for lower mass, lower cost, higher performance.

Collaborate across functions to minimize gaps in requirements, responsibilities and payload performance.

Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace or Mechanical engineering and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

5+ years of experience leading a technical team

Experience working with government contracts, requirements, and compliance

Experience with payload level design and development of mechanical architecture

Preferred Additional Skills:

DOD Secret Clearance preferred

Optical space payload design experience

Experience with functional management of a team of engineers

Creo design experience

Design of IR and cryogenic optics systems

Experience with budget allocation and management

Experience working with proposal management for government contracts

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