Engineering Technician B

Job Title: Engineering Technician B

Job Code: 45901

Job Location: Palm Bay, Florida

Job Schedule: 9/80, 1st shift

Job Description:

This opportunity is for an Engineering Technician position with the L3Harris Environmental Test Laboratory. Candidate will set up and execute environmental testing projects designed to take L3Harris products to the limit of their functional and structural design. Candidate will learn to operate climatic chambers designed to replicate the freezing temperatures of earth poles, the scorching temperatures of the deserts, the humidity of the jungles, the altitudes of the skies, and the frigid vacuum of space. Similarly, the candidate will learn to operate electrodynamic shakers where harsh vibration environments are reproduced to test products for their survivability to transportation, gun fire, aircraft-carrier arrests, and rocket launch conditions. Candidate will be working in a team orientated environment in a laboratory that runs year-round.

Activities include (but are not limited to) the handling and manipulation of extreme high value hardware, installation of instrumentation such as thermocouples and accelerometers, programming of test chamber computer control systems, monitoring of data acquisition systems, monitoring/controlling chamber/shaker performance.

This position is for 1stshift (7am-4:30pm) with the occasional need for overtime to support customer demands.

Essential Functions:

• Set up, operate, and execute environmental exposure tests in accordance with approved procedures and test requirements on high-technology, high-value defense hardware.
• Continuously monitor active test events to verify compliance with established operating parameters, safety requirements, and test limits.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and respond to test anomalies or out-of-limit conditions to stabilize ongoing test activities and minimize impact to hardware, schedule, and data integrity.
• Support failure reporting, anomaly documentation, and investigative activities by capturing relevant test data, observations, and event details.
• Collaborate with engineering, quality, and test personnel to ensure accurate test execution, issue resolution, and completion of required documentation.

• This position may require overtime work depending on critical milestones.
• On-the-job training will be given regardless of experience level.

Qualifications:

• Requires developing job knowledge/skills. Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 4 years of prior relevant Aerospace experience or 2 years post-Secondary/Associates Degree with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Soft skills (I.E. Proficient in MS Office, Strong communication…)
• Experience operating thermal chambers, vibration shakers, or thermal-vacuum systems to evaluate product performance.
• Experience conducting MIL-STD-810 testing.
• Active Security Clearance is a plus
• Experience working with people in either a customer service role or a role that required strong communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.