Lead, Composite Winding Manufacturing Engineer

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Job Title: Lead, Composite Winding Manufacturing Engineer

Job Code: 33088

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

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Harris is excited to announce an opening for a Composite Filament Winding Manufacturing Engineer at our state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF) in Huntsville, AL. This facility focuses on fabrication and assembly of cutting-edge composite rocket motor hardware. Manufacturing Engineers lead process management activities and create associated documentation for their assigned processes.

• 60% - Plan, develop, initiate, and maintain processes for the fabrication of advanced composite parts, including those created through filament winding techniques. Write programs and create detailed work instructions, procedures, PFMEAs, and JSAs that meet design, process, quality, safety, and environmental requirements. Provide shop floor support for advanced composite manufacturing processes, ensuring expertise in filament winding is applied to optimize production and maintain high-quality standards.
• 30% - Provide technical guidance and/or training to shop floor, design and management teams. Analyze engineering drawings and specifications in support of developing robust and advanced part and tooling designs. Interface with all related support groups for processes to ensure accuracy, control and safety of personnel and quality of hardware.
• 5% - Perform investigations of nonconforming hardware and implement corrective actions to prevent future occurrences.
• 5% - Present fabrication processes at customer readiness reviews and present process changes to customers at change board meetings.
• Ability to obtain US Security Clearance.

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant engineering experience. A Graduate Degree requires a minimum of 7 years of prior related engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related engineering experience.
• 5+ years experience with filament winding, hand layup and curing of composite parts.
• Experience laying up composite parts and samples by hand.
• Programming and operation of 4 or 5 axis filament wind machines.
• Programming and operation of composite cure ovens.

• Programming and operation of composite cure ovens.
• Experience writing specifications for new pieces of equipment.
• Strong GD&T background supporting part validation.
• CAD modeling experience.
• Surface preparation for primary substrates to bond rubber or composite materials.
• Precision assembly of aerospace hardware.
• Experience with operation of robots, presses, ovens, winders, CNC machines, cutting tables and/or autoclaves.
• Knowledge of composite materials, including the behavior of different fibers (carbon, glass, aramid) and resin systems.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Adaptable to a changing work environment.

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