Engineering Technician, Hardware Test

Job Title: Engineering Technician, Hardware Test

Job Code: 21017

Job Location: San Diego, CA

Job Schedule: On-site 9/80 Schedule (Every other Friday off!)

Job Description:

This is an hardware engineering technician position responsible for assisting in the design, construction, test and check-out of test equipment. Constructs, troubleshoots, adjusts, tests, diagnoses, and maintains equipment, components, devices, or systems. Works from schematics, engineering drawings and written or verbal instructions. May work with complex machines or computer systems. Operates related equipment; conducts tests and reports data in prescribed format. This team, located in San Diego, California designs, builds, and integrates specialty test equipment (STE) used on missions within our space and airborne segment, as a part of our Telemetry and RF Products division. For the past 60+ years, Telemetry and RF Products has been an industry-leading provider of highly reliable and secure RF communication products for Space and Airborne missions

Team members need general working knowledge of lab maintenance, cable build experience per IPC-620A standard, familiarity with commercial of the shelf test equipment. Familiarity with cable dressing and test rack sub assembly construction.

Essential Functions:

Works under limited supervision

Collaborate with STE Design team on the build and integration of new systems

Complete lab maintenance logs to maintain work area requirements

Perform maintenance functions on existing STE platforms

Assist the production team with general STE inquiries

Perform initial troubleshoot on failed STE systems

Support NRTL inspections of STE systems

Organize improvement initiatives to lab spaces

Coordinate use of lab spaces with group lead

Qualifications:

Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/Associates Degree with a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.

4+ years of electonics testing experience

Experience with various electronics (power requirements of COTS components; AC circuit loading)

Experience with the mechanical tooling used in the construction of test racks

Preferred Additional Skills:

IPC 620-A Certification

Microsoft Visio Professional experience

Ability to work with E-CAD tools

Ability to work with Microsoft tools including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.

Lab skills that include hands-on build and debug of equipment including root-cause analysis

Ability to work alone with little direction or as part of a team

Ability to develop requirements, design specifications, verification documents, and other technical documents as needed

Analog & Digital circuit test experience

RF circuit alignment and test experience

Ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $61,000.00-$113,000.00. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/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.