Title:  Specialist, Mechanical Engineer (Tool Design)

Job Title: Specialist, Mechanical Engineer (Tool Design)

Job Code: 29011

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

L3Harris is seeking a Specialist, Tool Design Engineer to join our team at our growing AMF facility in Huntsville, AL.  Tool engineers are responsible to define manual and semi-automated tooling such as jigs, fixtures, molds, mandrels, and lifting devices are all required in the fabrication and assembly of solid fuel rocket motors. The role of a Tool Engineer is mixture of design, structural analysis, project management and hands on manufacturing.  In this role, the selected individual will be responsible for:

Essential Functions:

• Working with cross-functional teams define tool requirements.
• Designing using PTC Creo and Windchill in accordance with principles of Design for Manufacturability
• Conducting design reviews with cross functional teams to obtain approval of tool designs.
• Oversee procurement/fabrication of tooling.
• Working with manufacturing engineers to perform functional evaluations and acceptance of the tooling.
• Performing liaison support for tool maintenance by identification of tool problems, design of repairs and implementation of modifications.
• Use finite element analysis (FEA) methods and tools to perform structural analysis of tools in order to predict internal stresses and resolve structural instabilities.
• Apply GD&T and complex system tolerance analysis. 
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to obtain a US security clearance.
• Travel: 5%.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior mechanical engineering design experience; or a Graduate Degree, and a minimum of 2 years prior mechanical engineering design experience; or in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior mechanical engineering design experience.
• 2 years of prior experience specifically in design of tooling, ground support equipment, or special test equipment.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with Siemens NX is preferred.
• Experience with ANSYS is preferred.
• Fabrication experience is preferred.
• Comp1osite Wind tool design and/or fabrication experience is preferred.
• Compression Mold tool design and/or fabrication experience is preferred.
• Experience working in the defense industry is desired.
• Active US Secret Clearance is desired.

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