Senior Composite Manufacturing Engineer

3 days ago


Huntsville, Alabama, United States L3Harris Full time
Job Title: Principal, Manufacturing Engineer – Composites

Job Code: 15145

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:

Aerojet's headquarters in Huntsville, AL is expanding its Advanced Manufacturing Facilities for inert components to accommodate an increase in rocket motor production. Our team utilizes advanced composite manufacturing techniques, including pre-preg tape wrap, wet tape wrap, compression molding, injection molding, and hand layup composite manufacturing techniques, to manufacture components and structures for solid rocket motors and aerospace structures.

This position will support all programs in composite manufacturing, requiring a strong knowledge of tape wrap composite techniques and additional knowledge of composite molding techniques. The selected individual will demonstrate professional judgment and apply basic principles, theories, and concepts of manufacturing composite structures, including an understanding of various manufacturing techniques involved with composites.

The selected individual will participate in all work stops, production bottleneck reviews, and failure investigations pertaining to composite manufacturing. They will be self-motivated and accurately report problems, solutions, and results in concise written and oral communications.

Essential Functions:
  • Evaluate and implement tractable solutions to technical problems involving tape wrapped composite pressure vessels
  • Interprets engineering drawings and specifications, standard operating procedures, quality requirements (both customer and company), and applicable safety requirements for handling composite material
  • Prepares comprehensive analyses, procedures, reports, and presentations for customer reviews (both internal and external)
  • Knowledge of composite manufacturing techniques

Travel: 25% Some travel may be required to our energetics manufacturing site in Camden, AR depending upon issues found during manufacturing and required site visits to help resolve work stoppage or failure investigations

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 12 years of prior composite processing experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior composite processing experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior composite processing experience.
  • 5 years tape wrap composite experience

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.



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