# Lead, Mechanical Engineer (Tool Design)

Job Title: Lead, Tool Design Engineer Job Code: 46635 Job Location: Huntsville, AL - AMF South or AMF North Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week Job Description: L3Harris is seeking a Lead Tool Design Engineer to join our team at our growing AMF facility in Huntsville, AL. Manual and semi-automated tooling such as jigs, fixtures, molds, mandrels, and lifting devices are all required in the fabrication and assembly of solid fuel rocket motors. Tool Engineers are responsible to define all of these items. The role of Tool Engineering is mixture of design, structural analysis, project management and hands on manufacturing. Essential Functions: Work with cross functional teams define tool requirements. Design using PTC Creo and Windchill in accordance with principles of Design for Manufacturability. Use finite element analysis (FEA) methods and tools to perform structural. analysis of tools in order to predict internal stresses and resolve structural instabilities. Conduct design reviews with cross functional teams to obtain approval of tool designs. Oversee procurement and fabrication of tooling. Work with Manufacturing Engineers to perform functional evaluat

- **Id**: 4048682
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/l3harris-technologies-lead-mechanical-engineer-tool-design>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Huntsville, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 13
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-11T00:58:28Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T00:58:28Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2308
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: C4ISR, Military Satellites, Military Communication, Electronic Warfare

## Company

- **Id**: 177017
- **Name**: L3Harris Technologies
- **Domain**: l3harris.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/l3harris-technologies>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 98
- **Open postings**: 53
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.038
- **Repost share**: 0.038
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 22
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **ANSYS** — Optional: no
- **GD&T** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 13
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T00:58:28Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 5; Filings 12m: 5

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 22
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T02:28:37Z

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