Title:  Senior Associate, Mechanical Engineer (Palm Bay, FL)

Job Title: Senior Associate, Mechanical Engineer 
Job Code: 25402
Job Location: Palm Bay, FL
Job Description:

Designs components or portions of a functional system to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations. Conducts engineering investigations involving the creation or modification of a current design. Utilizes CAD equipment (Creo) to develop basic data and make preliminary layouts, sketches and notes necessary to present design proposals. Performs product development activities including drawing layout and interpretation/implementation of customer specifications and documentation requirements. Investigates and makes decisions regarding pertinent design factors such as; ease of manufacture, material properties, current equipment, interchangeability, replaceability, contractual specifications, schedule and cost. Ensures the design is documented and meets all requirements prior to use on the manufacturing floor.

Essential Functions:

·        Responsible for the design and development of parts, tooling and fixtures to support various manufacturing processes at L3Harris.

·        Generates innovative designs by working with internal Program groups, Research and Development Teams and other areas of Engineering and Operations, where products are designed for use in Space, Aerospace and Ground applications.

·        Conducts meetings and peer design reviews with Program and team members.

·        Ensures the design is documented and meets all requirements by creating, reviewing and approving; material selection, CAD parts and assemblies, detailed drawings, bills of materials, drawing release, part fabrication, part inspection, integration, proof loading and verification of product performance on the manufacturing floor.

·        Frequent communication required with both external suppliers and internal customers.

Qualifications:

·        Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 2 years, or a Graduate Degree and a minimum of 1 year of prior relevant work experience supporting a manufacturing environment

·        Security Clearance required for role:  Ability to Obtain

Preferred Additional Skills:

·        Knowledge of Industry and Military drafting standards and practices, specifically ASME Y14.5-2009 and ASME Y14.100

·        Previous Manufacturing and Machining experience

·        Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFM/DFMA) experience

·        Able to coordinate or perform hardware installation, tooling assembly, fit checks, verification

·        Able to coordinate procurement of tools and hardware

·        Knowledge of mechanical shop operations and technology including machining, sheet metal fabrication, welding, plating processes, and painting

·        Experience with additive manufacturing / rapid prototyping techniques and equipment. Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), Stereolithography (SLA), 3D Printing, etc.  Experience with CAD software:

o   PTC Creo 4.0 (2.0 or higher)

o   Windchill (11.0 preferred)

·        Intermediate experience in drawing creation, release and revision skills using a Product Data Management System

·        Intermediate understanding and application of Geometric Dimension and Tolerancing (GD&T)

·        Intermediate knowledge of materials; aluminum, stainless steels, plastics and additive manufacturing materials

·        Intermediate knowledge of fasteners and mechanical hardware

·        Strong sense of responsibility, ownership and follow-through

·        Excellent organizational, verbal and written communication skills

·        Ability to multitask, work with team members and independently research design solutions

·        Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)