Specialist, Mechanical Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 2, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 16, 2026. L3Harris Technologies scores A on the Alion truth index.
Job Title: Specialist, Mechanical Engineer (Mechanisms)
Job Code: 46233
Job Location: Carlsbad, CA; Palm Bay, Florida; Chantilly, VA (Onsite at any of these locations)
Job Schedule: 9/80 Regular - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked (Every Other Friday Off)
Job Description:
During its 120-year history, L3Harris has transformed communications and information technology. L3Harris is a proven leader in tactical communications, geospatial systems and services, air traffic management, environmental solutions, avionics and electronic warfare, and space and intelligence. From ocean to orbit and everywhere in between, we provide mission-critical solutions to connect, inform and protect the world.
On the L3Harris team, your job is to secure the world. We don't work here just for the advanced technology and equipment: we work here because we know what - and who - we're protecting! From families to the intelligence community, and from our climate to our men and women in uniform - we're making the world a safer place!
Design and qualify the precision mechanisms behind mission systems used in complex, high-consequence environments. You’ll own major components and sub-systems from early concepts through integration and test, helping L3Harris deliver dependable capability for customers executing their most challenging missions.
This is an on-site role because the work includes direct lab, prototype, integration, and hardware-test activity at one of the following sites: Palm Bay, Florida; Chantilly, Virginia; or Carlsbad, California.
Essential Functions:
- Lead mechanical design, analysis, prototype integration, and qualification testing for precision mechanisms and electro-mechanical hardware.
- Develop 3D models, drawings, technical data packages, and assembly documentation.
- Evaluate material selections and design trades; improve designs for performance, size, weight, power, manufacturability, and reliability.
- Plan and execute component and system-level tests; analyze results and drive design improvements.
- Present designs and results at internal and customer reviews, including peer reviews, PDRs, and CDRs.
- Partner with manufacturing, quality, configuration management, suppliers, technicians, and the program test team to transition designs into production.
- Support field-test or demonstration activities as needed.
- Ability to work on-site in a mix of office and laboratory environments.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
- Active Top Secret or Top Secret/SCI clearance is required (Active within the last two years will be considered).
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Hands-on experience designing, developing, integrating, and testing complex mechanical hardware.
- Experience with 3D mechanical CAD, engineering drawings, and tolerance analysis/GD&T.
- Experience in design or development of precision mechanisms, mechatronic systems, and/or packaging of modules and electronics with considerations of thermal and structural loading and for optimizations of size, weight, and power.
- Proficiency in CAD tools such as Creo and understanding of ASME Y14.5 Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing standards.
- Experience in additive manufacturing, part optimization, and design for manufacture and assembly a plus.
- Experience with any of the following: actuators, custom gear trains, electro-optical systems, materials testing, and manufacturing processes.
- Favorable polygraph.
In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C, Denver, or NYC areas is $88,500 MIN - $164,500 MAX. The salary range for this role in Colorado state, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, Cleveland Ohio, and Vermont is $76,500 MIN - $142,500 MAX. 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.