Lead, Operations Project Engineer

Job Title: Lead, Operations Project Engineer

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Code: 33528

Job Schedule: 9/80- Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

The Operations Project Engineer (OPE) is the technical bridge between Operations and Design Engineering whose charter is to solve Design/Manufacturing/Test issues that have Business level significance to reduce manufacturing/test risk and improve on-time delivery. The OPE accomplishes this through 2 primary avenues. The 1st is to assist in the design, development, & transition to production of new hardware. This is primarily accomplished by assessing design and manufacturing risk, capability/capacity analysis, Manufacturing Readiness Assessments (MRA) or Manufacturing Readiness Reviews (MRR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR) and participating in prototype and/or pilot line production. The 2nd is to provide life cycle engineering support to Products/Programs via improved manufacturability, increased yields, rework reduction, DMS and obsolescence mitigation, and/or new capability/technology introduction.

Essential Functions: 

• Manage interface between Operations Program Management, Design Engineering, and Operations to assess risk and provide solutions.


• Perform Manufacturing Readiness Assessments using the DoD Manufacturing Readiness level (MRL) framework.


• Analyzes product/program maturity and assigns manufacturing readiness levels using the DoD MRL threads as a guideline.


• Create Manufacturing transition plans.


• Provide input into new production contract proposals for Operations


• Deliver professional written and verbal communication to both internal and external stakeholders including L3Harris customers


• Leads, plans and conducts technical projects typically related to manufacturability, product performance, yields, and process capability


• Develops technical specifications, interface control documents, manufacturing plans and procedures, analyzes configuration and processing solutions, and tests conformance to specifications


• Recommends new or improved design solutions and processes; reviews literature, patents and current industry practices of relevance to assigned project


• Follows processes in conformance with established policies and objectives


• Participates in critical design reviews 


• Actively participate in Failure Review Board (FRB) investigations and subsequent Root Cause, Corrective Action (RCCA) activities.


• Partners with other organizations to create and execute improved manufacturing plans which drive measurable improvements to the portion of the Company’s AOP that falls within this role’s span of control.


• Support a culture of Continuous Improvement, “Right the First Time”, Safety First, Audit Ready, and Policy & Security Compliant.

 Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree & a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree and a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in ME, EE, IE, or equivalent. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of relevant experience.

Preferred additional skills

• Experience with wireless communication or similar systems and related system architecture, hardware design, integration and qualification.


• Required experience in product development (preferably in military application environments)


• Experience with engineering architecture and design concepts along with thorough understanding of the engineering practices and procedures required to develop, test and deploy systems.


• Direct experience in the following areas


• Presentation and communication skills (verbal/written/visual)


• Effective problem-solving skills and the ability to meet critical deadlines


• Effective coordination of project(s) and efforts of technical support personnel


• Ability to productively contribute work, ideas and collaboration as part of a team

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