Lead, Responsible Engineering Authority HSV

Job Title: Lead Responsible Engineering Authority

Job Code: 35313

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:

L3Harris is seeking experienced Lead Responsible Engineer Authority for our new state-of-the-art Production Facility located near the Huntsville International Airport in Huntsville AL. This is an exciting opportunity to be a key contributor in establishing and ramping up new manufacturing lines that will expand our business and support critical defense programs. The selected candidate(s) will play a pivotal role in setting up optimizing and sustaining advanced production capabilities while supporting one or more of our key defense programs.

The Lead Responsible Engineer Authority will represent the Engineering Center of Excellence (COE) in evaluating and resolving production program product non-conformances and will be instrumental in the design implementation and continuous improvement of new manufacturing processes. This individual must possess comprehensive knowledge of all design and performance aspects of their assigned program enabling them to accurately address non-conforming hardware and drive process excellence from the ground up. Responsibilities include close collaboration with a cross-functional team including the assigned Chief Engineer Project Engineer Design Engineer Quality Engineer Manufacturing Engineer and Product Manager.

Essential Functions:

• Serve as a technical leader in the setup launch and optimization of new manufacturing lines including equipment selection process layout and workflow design.
• Under general direction determine approaches to objectives demonstrating a complete understanding and application of principles concepts and practices.
• Real-time WIP NC prioritization repair scrap evaluation and functional coordination.
• Real-time process optimization and yield improvement support minimize waste and optimize resource utilization. TDP Integration DFMEA/PFMEA risk management/updates KC updates/classification MRL improvements supporting AOP.
• Provide factory-specific technical inputs enabling root cause and corrective action and sector systemic learning.
• Assist in designing and testing new equipment processes procedures and systems with a focus on scalability and manufacturability.
• Work on site in Huntsville supporting critical production programs and the establishment of new production capabilities.
• Maintain comprehensive knowledge of all design and manufacturing aspects of assigned programs.
• Assess non-conformances to determine immediate action (UAI rework scrap etc.) to keep production moving.
• Serve as Engineering Responsible Authority on root cause and effective corrective actions (RCCA) closely partnering with the Quality organization.
• Manage required engineering analysis support to inform Design Engineering dispositions.
• Represent the AL Material Review Board processes.
• Understand pertinent codes rules and regulations related to areas of engineering assignments.
• Use engineering test equipment CAD and computer applications with various office and engineering software.
• Adhere to Systems Engineering principles in requirements and risk & opportunity management.
• Familiarity with standard engineering tools and practices.
• Understand theories principles and practices of engineering and project management methods.
• Understand rocket propulsion components and theory of operation.
• Understand safety regulations principles and practices of work safety.
• Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant Project Engineering experience; OR Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related Project Engineering experience; OR In lieu of a degree minimum of 13 years of prior related Project Engineering experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in setting up launching or scaling new manufacturing lines or facilities.
• Proficient in CAD GD&T analysis or materials.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office software.
• Ability to quickly assess complex problems make decisions and drive closure.
• Previous experience working root cause and non-conformances.
• Previous experience in project materials process manufacturing and/or integration/test engineering.
• Previous experience designing and testing new equipment processes procedures and systems.
• Six-Sigma Certification.
• Use of AI: Experience utilizing artificial intelligence tools and techniques to rapidly analyze data model processes predict outcomes identify patterns and support the disposition of hardware. For example applying AI-driven analytics to detect trends in production data forecast equipment performance or automate the evaluation and resolution of non-conforming hardwareespecially in the context of new line setup and process optimization.