Senior Manufacturing Engineer: Drive Efficient Production

L3Harris Technologies; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Specialist, Manufacturing Engineer in Salt Lake City to design, optimize, and sustain production processes that boost efficiency, quality, and cost performance.

You will collaborate with engineering project teams to support new product releases, develop tooling, and manage manufacturing costs and standards. Strong CAD/3D modeling, Lean/Sigma, PFMEA, and documentation skills are required to drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 6+ years of relevant experience; graduate degree with 4+ years; or 10+ years without degree.
• Strong CAD, mechanical fabrication, and 3D modeling skills; 3D printing experience a plus.
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, value stream mapping, and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of PFMEA, control plans, work instructions, and process validation.

Responsibilities

• Design, optimize, and maintain manufacturing processes to improve efficiency, quality, and cost performance.
• Develop manufacturing strategies for assigned products and production processes.
• Partner with engineering project and cross-functional teams to coordinate and support new and existing products.
• Estimate and monitor manufacturing costs and production time standards.
• Recommend tooling, equipment, and process requirements for new and existing product lines; produce in-house tooling when possible.
• Maintain manufacturing records, documentation, and reporting systems.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations.
• Evaluate and define manufacturing processes using drawings, military specifications and documentation used in the fabrication and production of military electro/mechanical products.
• Plan, develop and facilitate the implementation of processes and procedures required to assemble complex assemblies and systems to reduce cost and improve quality.

Skills

CAD skills

3D modeling

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma / Kaizen

Process validation

PFMEA

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Graduate degree

Tools

SAP

MES

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Specialist, Manufacturing Engineer in Salt Lake City to design, optimize, and sustain production processes that boost efficiency, quality, and cost performance.

You will collaborate with engineering project teams to support new product releases, develop tooling, and manage manufacturing costs and standards. Strong CAD/3D modeling, Lean/Sigma, PFMEA, and documentation skills are required to drive continuous improvement.