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Job Title: Thermal Test Technician

Job Code: 19641

Job Location: Wilmington, MA

Job Description:

The position offered involves working with thermal vacuum and environmental testing of components, sub-assemblies, and systems of space flight and airborne missions. This role will support the manufacturing and operations groups in the process flow of the programs and schedules. The candidate will be involved in the set-up and programming of thermal, high vacuum, and environmental chambers. This position will require flexible hours at times to meet 24/7 of hardware production requirements.

Essential Functions:

• Provide support for assembly, integration, and testing of aerospace hardware.

• Willing to able work rotating 24/7 shift coverage during strategic testing.

• Ability to execute test procedures with appropriate level of documentation.

• Willing to work in a chemical lab to perform FTIR spectroscopy work.

• Continues to monitor and review in situation test data to determine specification compliance and acceptance criteria.

• Must be detail orientated to accurately perform test set-up to maintain program schedules.

• Must be able to assist multiple functions across the organizational team structure.

  Qualifications:

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/Associates Degree with a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience

  Preferred Additional Skills:

• Must be able to move and facilitate test racks and test equipment to support set-ups in a variety of work platform environments.

• Able to work in a cleanroom environment during test configuration and execution.

• Thermal testing experience.

• Working knowledge in handling of ESD sensitive components.

• Experience in moving optics and space flight hardware.

• Willing to work overtime, shift work or extended shifts, weekends, or holidays as necessary.

• Able to work with minimal supervision and as a self-starter.

• Experience working on system level spaceflight hardware.

• Familiarity with data acquisition monitoring and controls, liquid nitrogen systems, high vacuum chambers and pumping systems, Cryo-Pumps, Cryo-compressors, Turbo pumps, Roughing Pumps, Pneumatic Gate valves, Cryogenic Systems, Helium leak checking.

• Adaptable to changing schedules and program requirements.

• Excellent verbal and communication skills and proficient in Microsoft Office tools.

• Strong desire to learn and contriibute in an aerospace / ground flight producton environment.

• Hands on capable aptitude.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.