Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineer

L3Harris Technologies; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 92,500 - 171,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and disability insurance

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Education assistance

Parental leave

Paid time off

Company-paid holidays

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, NY is seeking a Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineer to join a team supporting military communication products throughout their lifecycle. You will investigate analog, digital, and RF issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities include improving yields, mitigating obsolescence, and guiding junior staff, with opportunities to grow as new products launch into production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s EE Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree preferred for advanced roles.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily factory yields and investigate failures to drive corrective actions.
• Mitigate component shortages by selecting alternatives or redesigning circuits/sub-assemblies.
• Lead small technical design or troubleshooting teams to meet yields and shipments.
• Collaborate across engineering and manufacturing to support new product launches.

Skills

Hardware troubleshooting

Circuit analysis

Lab equipment proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s EE Degree

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

LabVIEW

Jira

Job description

Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineer

Job Code: 40874

Job Location: Rochester, NY

Job Schedule: 5/8 – Employees work 8 hours per day, 5 days a week

Job Description

The successful candidate will join a team of dedicated professionals who are responsible for supporting military communication products throughout their lifecycle. As a Product Support Engineer you will investigate a variety of problems related to Analog, Digital, and RF. Candidates with experience in any of these areas will be considered. Working from our lab adjacent to manufacturing you will collaborate across multifunctional teams to diagnose problems to component level, determine solutions via experimentation and simulation, and implement corrective actions. As an extension of design engineering, you will have the opportunity to learn and grow while providing electrical engineering support to technicians and junior engineers. As new products are launched you will interface across engineering, assisting with root‑cause analysis, troubleshooting of prototypes, and ensuring a successful launch into full‑rate production.

Typical tasks include:

• Monitoring daily factory yields, investigating failures, and determining corrective actions.
• Mitigating component shortages through selecting and qualifying alternatives or redesigning circuits and sub‑assemblies.
• Determining design, process, and test improvements to increase test yields and product quality.
• Working as part of a cross‑functional team to meet manufacturability, testability and other DFx requirements for volume production.
• Working with other engineering teams to make necessary circuit changes prior to and during the launch of new products.
• Working to mitigate component obsolescence throughout the product lifecycle.
• Providing guidance to junior staff by providing assistance as they investigate problems.
• Leading investigations, coordinating tasks, and directing junior staff as required.
• Collaborating with Quality and Supply Chain to address material discrepancies.
• Troubleshooting unit, modules, and boards to the component level.
• Supporting digital and related analog hardware designs.
• Performing detailed analysis of analog, digital and/or RF circuitry.

Essential Functions:

• Hardware troubleshooting ability to component level for analog and digital circuits.
• Ability to work independently and within a team setting.
• Ability to design and conduct engineering experiments and act upon test results.
• Design and analysis of circuits and components utilizing various simulation tools.
• Experience in leading small technical design or troubleshooting teams, providing direction and prioritizing tasks to meet target yields and shipments.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment interfacing with multiple teams across the organization.
• Proficiency with typical lab equipment: Oscilloscope, DMM, Spectrum & Network analyzers, logic analyzers, and signal generators.
• A driven person that wants to learn and is a proven problem‑solver.
• Able to analyze designs and communicate technical information to support staff.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s EE Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience in Electrical Engineering.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with tactical radios.
• Experience reading schematics and datasheets, probing circuits, and understanding proper circuit operation.
• Troubleshooting circuit assemblies to component level.
• Ability to select alternate electronic components and know what testing is required to qualify them.
• Working knowledge of LabVIEW and Jira.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New York State is $92,500 - $171,500. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company‑paid holidays.

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.