Me Specialist

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

**About L3HARRIS WESCAM**

As a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies and within the Integrated Mission Systems Segment, the WESCAM division develops the most advanced optical sensor and targeting systems for global defense and military sectors, National Security, Search & Rescue and Airborne law enforcement agencies. From long-range covert surveillance missions to search and rescue operations, our MX-series systems, and the mission systems solutions they are a part of, produce stabilized high-magnification electro-optical and infrared images from airborne, marine and ground based platforms, enabling our customers to see first and act first.

**Responsibilities**

This role is a primary Manufacturing Engineering contact person to a production cell team, focused on quality and reliability within the cell, in addition to on time delivery. This person is integral to the daily success of the shop floor team and is responsible for using root cause analysis tools to resolve production issues quickly and completely.
- Act as a point of contact to Manufacturing team for assistance in troubleshooting and resolving mechanical, electro-mechanical and electro optical manufacturing issues.
- Create and maintain documentation to support manufacturing changes, including assembly procedures, Work Instructions and Manufacturing Execution System (MES) authoring.
- Attend and provide responses to daily cell standup meetings.
- Participate in daily cell MRB meetings, including supporting closure of NCRs and disposition of non-conforming material.
- Responsible for the development of manufacturing processes and procedures for WESCAM products. This includes the creation of PFMEA, SPC, First Pass Approval (FPA), control plans, tooling and test procedures.
- Reviewing change requests generated by engineering and production staff for impact to process, product flow, product quality and documentation, and implement changes as required.
- Present manufacturing engineering activities at cell sustaining update meeting on monthly basis.
- Conduct 8D root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Support translation of product specifications from Engineering to Manufacturing procedures.
- Leadership and support for continuous improvement initiatives and projects.
- Support any other business priorities as required by Operations Engineering leadership
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Skills Required**
- Manufacturing Engineering experience in a high tech assembly environment.
- Excellent knowledge of Systems, Electro-Mechanical Manufacturing and Process Engineering.
- Technical communication skills both verbal and written.
- Good knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles.
- Able to troubleshoot and “real-time" problem solve manufacturing issues.
- Must be well organized, goal oriented and able to give attention to detail.
- Able to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across the organization.
- Able to read and understand Mechanical drawings and Electrical schematics.
- AS9100 knowledge and experience an asset, but not required.
- Experience using SolidWorks, Composer and AutoCAD an asset, but not required.**Experience & Education Requirements**
- Must have a well-rounded mechanical background with manufacturing engineering experience in a high tech environment.
- University degree; or 3-year College diploma coupled with relevant work experience in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering.
- Minimum of 1-3 years of work experience in a manufacturing engineering capacity.
- Green Belt Certification or equivalent industry lean experience an asset, but not required.

Our work environment is both challenging and dynamic - our physical environment is state of the art. Here’s what you can expect as an L3Harris WESCAM employee:

- Brand new, custom-built 330,000 sq ft Engineering and Production facility atop the Waterdown escarpment in Hamilton
- Close to hiking paths along the Bruce trail
- Every other Friday off (paid - with our rare 9/80 work schedule)
- 18000 sq ft subsidized Café including 12 mini
- Café areas throughout the complex
- Free