Title:  Lead, Mechanical Engineering

Job Title: Lead, Mechanical Engineering

Job Code: 37144

Job Location: Fort Wayne, IN

Job Schedule: 9/80 (Every other Friday off!)

Relocation: Relocation assistance is available to qualified applicants

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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