Lead, Composite Winding Manufacturing Engineer

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Job Title: Lead, Composite Winding Manufacturing Engineer

Job Code: 30362

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:

The Aerojet Rocketdyne Segment of L3Harris is excited to announce an opening for a Composite Filament Winding Manufacturing Engineer at our state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF) in Huntsville, AL. This facility is at the forefront of innovation, specializing in the fabrication and assembly of cutting-edge composite rocket motor hardware. Manufacturing Engineers lead process management activities and create associated documentation for their assigned processes.

Why Join Us?

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  Pioneering Projects: Be a key player in specifying, developing, and transitioning manufacturing processes from development to production for industry-leading aerospace hardware.

• Dynamic Team Environment: Join a motivated, self-starting team where your hands-on experience and innovative ideas will drive success.

• Career Growth: Lead critical process management activities and create essential documentation for advanced, man-rated, and high-value aerospace components.

• Impactful Work: Ensure our products meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and performance, contributing to state-of-the-art aerospace technology.

What We Offer:

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  Challenging and Rewarding Work: Tackle complex engineering challenges that will keep you engaged and intellectually stimulated.

• Professional Development: Benefit from ongoing learning opportunities and career growth within a leading aerospace and defense company.

• Collaborative Culture: Work in an environment that values teamwork and innovation, where your contributions are recognized and rewarded.

If you are a skilled Manufacturing Engineer with a passion for engineering and a knack for composite filament winding, we want to hear from you. Join us at L3Harris and take your career to new heights!

Essential Functions:

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  60% - Plan, develop, initiate, and maintain processes for the fabrication of advanced composite parts, including those created through filament winding techniques. Write programs and create detailed work instructions, procedures, PFMEAs, and JSAs that meet design, process, quality, safety, and environmental requirements. Provide shop floor support for advanced composite manufacturing processes, ensuring expertise in filament winding is applied to optimize production and maintain high-quality standards.

• 30% - Provide technical guidance and/or training to shop floor, design and management teams. Analyze engineering drawings and specifications in support of developing robust and advanced part and tooling designs. Interface with all of the related support groups for processes to ensure accuracy, control and safety of the personnel and quality of the hardware.

• 5% - Perform investigations of nonconforming hardware and implement corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.

• 5% - Present fabrication processes at customer readiness reviews and present process changes to customers at change board meeting

• Ability to obtain US Security Clearence.

Qualifications:

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  Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related engineering experience.

• 5 years experience with filament winding, hand layup and curing of composite parts.

  • Experience laying up composite parts and samples by hand.

  • Programming and operation of 4 or 5 axis filament wind machines.

  • Programming and operation of composite cure ovens.

Preferred Additional Skills:

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  Programming and operation of composite cure ovens.

• Experience writing specifications for new pieces of equipment.

• Strong GD&T background supporting part validation.

• CAD modeling experience.

• Surface preparation for primary substrates to bond rubber or composite materials.

• Precision assembly of aerospace hardware.

• Experience with operation of robots, presses, ovens, winders, CNC machines, cutting tables and/or autoclaves.

• Knowledge of composite materials, including the behavior of different fibers (carbon, glass, aramid) and resin systems.

• Strong cross-functional communication skills.

• Strong problem-solving skills.

• Adaptable to a changing work environment.

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