Senior Specialist, Designer

Harris Geospatial Solutions; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Senior Specialist, Designer to develop and verify product definitions for design engineers. You will create CAD models and drawings in Creo, manage data in Windchill, and perform tolerance analyses per ASME Y14.5 to support missile solutions projects.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s in engineering with extensive drafting experience and can obtain a US Secret Clearance. Travel up to 10% and a 9/80 schedule are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent with strong drafting/design background.
• 6+ years of design/drafting experience or 10+ years if no degree.

Responsibilities

• Prepare product definition (CAD models and drawings) for engineering designs using Creo within Windchill.
• Perform verification of product definition against standards and specifications.
• Generate and validate tolerance stackups and GD&T per ASME Y14.5.
• Ensure CAD data aligns with drawings and PLM attributes.
• Communicate verification findings to design staff using digital markup tools.
• Possess ability to obtain a US Secret Security Clearance and travel ~10%.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

Creo CAD

Windchill

PLM tools

GD&T

ASME Y14.5

MS Office

Job description

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: Senior Specialist, Designer

Job Code: 44623

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 Product Definition team at the Missile Solutions segment of L3Harris is currently seeking an experienced highly motivated Product Definition specialist that will be responsible for generating and verifying product definition supporting the design engineers across MSSL sites.

Provide design support to engineers on technical projects and/or products, maintaining, organizing, compiling, and manipulating technical data. Prepares PTC Creo CAD models and associative engineering drawings (product definition) in a Windchill environment. Performs mathematical calculations and simple tolerance analysis per engineering specifications. Recommend alternative design solutions to problems and obstacles. Checks engineering product definition for compliance and conformity to established standards, specifications, and design directives.

Essential Functions:

Under general direction and following established procedures in accordance with contractual requirements and L3 Harris policy and procedures, this position performs engineering design assignments for preparation of engineering design documents. Typical responsibilities include:

• Prepare product definition (CAD models, drawings, EBOMs) for engineering designs using Creo integrated within the Windchill PLM System.
• Perform checking verification of Product Definition associated with models, drawings, and PLM attributes and relationships to industry, company, and program standards.
• Prepare and work from design layouts and/or preliminary conceptual design layouts.
• Generate or validate tolerance stack up calculations and resulting GD&T based on ASME Y14.5.
• Ensure adherence to model centric design philosophy via verification of CAD model data to drawing content.
• Utilizing proficient experience with digital markup tools to communicate PD verification findings and suggestions to design staff members.
• Ability to obtain a US Secret Security Clearance.
• Travel: 10%

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 6 years of prior design/drafting experience. Graduate Degree 4 years of prior design/drafting experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 years of prior design/drafting experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• 4 years of experience with Creo, along with experience using CAD database management and PLM tools (PTC Windchill preferred) is desired.
• 1 year of product definition in Aerospace or similar related industry is a plus.
• Familiar with ASME Y14.5and ability to read and interpret product definition and related specifications per ASME Y14.100.
• Knowledge of solid propulsion systems design and manufacturing methods is a plus.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

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