Job Title: Lead, Mechanical EngineeringJob Code: 42062Job Location: Fort Wayne, IN Job Schedule: 9/80 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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