Senior Associate, Additive Manufacturing Engineer

L3Harris Technologies is hiring a Senior Associate, Additive Manufacturing Engineer in Canoga Park, CA (onsite). This role supports the daily execution of metal additive manufacturing operations while driving process improvement across safety, quality, cost, and schedule. You will help build repeatable manufacturing workflows and support scalable production from prototype through production.

What you’ll do

• Operate and support advanced LPBF additive manufacturing equipment and production processes, including file preparation, printing, depowdering, post-processing, and machine cleanout.
• Execute daily additive manufacturing operations to support safe, efficient production and consistent delivery of engineering, quality, customer, and schedule requirements.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing process flows, standard operating procedures, work instructions, checklists, process controls, and safety protocols to ensure repeatability, reliability, and compliance.
• Analyze production and process data to identify trends, root causes, and corrective action opportunities.
• Lead or support continuous improvement initiatives aimed at increasing throughput, reducing variation, waste, cost, and lead time, while improving product quality and manufacturing efficiency.
• Support installation, commissioning, integration, maintenance, and troubleshooting for additive manufacturing equipment, including coordination with OEMs and internal teams.
• Create tooling, fixturing, and post-processing solutions to improve manufacturability, repeatability, and flow of printed hardware through downstream steps.
• Review technical data, drawings, customer requirements, internal procedures, and manufacturing documentation for accuracy, compliance, data integrity, and alignment with production and quality standards.
• Maintain a safe working environment by identifying and implementing safety improvements related to processes, equipment, material handling, and surrounding work areas.
• Represent additive manufacturing processes to internal stakeholders and product teams, providing technical support for prototype, development, and production builds.
• Lead improvement projects and individual tasks through completion in a team-based manufacturing environment.
• Translate design requirements into manufacturable additive processes, evaluating part candidates for material selection, machine selection, manufacturability, design optimization, and business case viability.
• Collaborate with design, materials, quality, maintenance, production, and other teams to refine part designs and support process parameters, new materials and equipment, and scalable production approaches.
• Generate manufacturing estimates, including base timing, capacity, cost, schedule, ROI, and support quoting for internal and external customers.
• Travel up to 10%.

What you bring

• Ability to obtain a US LEVEL Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor’s Degree and 2+ years of prior related manufacturing experience.
• Alternative: Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years prior related manufacturing experience, or 6+ years of prior related manufacturing experience in lieu of a degree.
• 1+ year of hands-on experience with metal Additive Manufacturing.
• Experience with CAD Modeling software (Creo, SolidWorks, NX, etc.) and the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including work instructions, process procedures, design review presentations, requirements derivation, and reports/materials.
• Hands-on experience with metal additive processes including DMLS/LPBF, covering machine operation, troubleshooting, parameter development, build file optimization, and production execution.
• Strong knowledge of DfAM, including interpretation of engineering drawings, application of GD&T, and improving manufacturability and process outcomes.
• Familiarity with additive post-processing and inspection methods such as heat treatment, support removal, EDM, machining, NDT, and structured light inspection.
• Experience supporting process development and industrialization, including material and machine selection, equipment commissioning, capability assessment, and workflow improvement.
• Experience in ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 manufacturing environments, including quality systems and root cause analysis to resolve production and process issues.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, solve technical problems independently, and collaborate effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment while continuing to build additive manufacturing expertise.

Benefits

• Health and disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• Education assistance
• Parental leave
• Paid time off
• Company-paid holidays

Salary: USD 73,000 - 136,000 per year. Job schedule: 9/80 (9 hours worked per day for 9 out of every 14 days, totaling 80 hours, with every other Friday off). Shift: 2nd with a 10% shift differential pay.