What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Material & Process Engineer position at Harris Corporation?
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Job Title: Lead, Material & Process Engineering
Job Code: 37741
Job Location: Culpeper, VA
Job Schedule: 9/80 - work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
Under general direction, the Lead Material & Process Engineer determines approaches to objectives demonstrating an in-depth understanding and application of principles, concepts, and practices for energetic compositions, processing, and testing. The qualified employee works in the area of new technology to advance energetic applications, develops innovative approaches and testing, and communicates findings as part of an integrated product team.
Essential Functions:
Qualifications:
Preferred Additional Skills:
L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.
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L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.
Job Title: Lead, Material & Process Engineering
Job Code: 37741
Job Location: Culpeper, VA
Job Schedule: 9/80 - work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
Under general direction, the Lead Material & Process Engineer determines approaches to objectives demonstrating an in-depth understanding and application of principles, concepts, and practices for energetic compositions, processing, and testing. The qualified employee works in the area of new technology to advance energetic applications, develops innovative approaches and testing, and communicates findings as part of an integrated product team.
Essential Functions:
- Provides safe, thorough, and practicable solutions to a wide range of technical problems involving the conventional utilization of chemical analysis techniques
- Has full technical responsibility for planning, organizing, and conducting technical projects involving energetic materials within a broad range of chemical tests, analyses or syntheses
- Conducts independent investigations involving the application of advanced principles of chemistry
- Performs testing using advanced methods and analytical instrumentation
- Consolidates results and prepares findings and recommendation documents
- Travel requirements with up to 5% of travel expected
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in the physical sciences (Chemistry, Physics, Materials) and minimum 9 years of prior relevant Energetics and Propulsion 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.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Strong skills in mathematics
- Experience in the use of multi-physics programs such as Comsol is a plus
- Strong understanding of thermodynamics desired
L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.
L3Harris Technologies is an E-Verify Employer. Please click here for the E-Verify Poster in English or Spanish . For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here for English or Spanish .