Senior Associate, Manufacturing Engineer

L3Harris Technologies; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Salt Lake City, Utah is seeking a Manufacturing Process Engineer for cable harness production. You will develop, implement, and analyze manufacturing plans, and collaborate with design and supplier teams to ensure manufacturability and precise tooling.

Essential duties include reviewing design requirements, creating processes to meet workmanship standards, evaluating tooling, supporting first-time builds, and driving corrective actions from failure analyses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 2 years of related experience; graduate degree or equivalent acceptable with 0–2 years.
• In lieu of degree, minimum 6 years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Review design requirements, drawings, and parts lists for manufacturability.
• Create processes to meet design and workmanship requirements.
• Evaluate tooling needs and availability.
• Assist Cable manufacturing’s First Time Build team in building initial unit builds and prototype cable assemblies; updated processes as needed.
• Review problem reports; implement improvements and corrections to process as warranted.
• Provide input on Engineering Changes Requests; implement changes into processes.
• Determine root cause of failures and drive corrective actions.
• Collects and analyzes quality related data and offers corrective action(s) to help eliminate future defects.
• Participates in process improvement activities.
• Writes and updates workmanship standards.
• Provide input on engineering specifications.
• Support OT (nights, weekends, extended hours) as needed to meet schedule requirements.
• Ensure company financial goals are met through timely completion of processes, projects, and other initiatives.

Skills

Cable harness process engineering

Root cause analysis

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field

Tools

SAP ME

SAP ECC

Teamcenter

Job description

Job Title:

Manufacturing Process Engineer, Cable Harness

Job Code:

47172

Job Location:

Salt Lake City, Utah

Job Schedule:

9/80

Job Description:

The Manufacturing Engineer develops, implements, and analyzes manufacturing engineering plans and projects and communicates them to internal and external customers. Defines, develops, and transfers manufacturing and engineering tools, strategies, and systems. Develops manufacturing strategies for specific products and processes. Actively participates with engineering project teams to coordinate the release of new products. Estimates and tracks manufacturing costs, determines time standards, and makes recommendations for tooling and process requirements of new or existing product lines. Maintains records and reporting systems for coordination of manufacturing operations.

Essential Functions:

• Reviewing design requirements, drawings, and parts lists for manufacturability
• Create processes to meet design and workmanship requirements
• Evaluate tooling needs and availability
• Assists Cable manufacturing’s First Time Build team in building initial unit builds and prototype cable assemblies; updated processes as needed
• Reviews of problem reports; make improvements and corrections to process as warranted
• Provide input on Engineering Changes Requests; implement changes into processes
• Determine root cause of failures and drive corrective actions
• Collects and analyzes quality related data and offers corrective action(s) to help eliminate future defects from occurring
• Participates in process improvement activities
• Writes and updates workmanship standards
• Provide input on engineering specifications
• Support OT (nights, weekends, extended hours) as needed to meet schedule requirements
• Ensure company financial goals are met through timely completion of processes, projects, and other initiatives
• Works on-site in support of manufacturing team
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security clearance.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by management

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in cable/harness process engineering.
• Demonstrated knowledge of cable manufacturing techniques and IPC/WHMA-A-620, class 3 workmanship requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to comprehend schematics, wire lists, wire diagrams, and blueprints.
• Advanced technical and operational knowledge and experience of manufacturing highly technical devices.
• Strong technical SAP ME, SAP ECC and Teamcenter experience.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris 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. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

L3Harris Technologies is an E-Verify Employer.