Lead Materials Process Engineer

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Job Title: Lead, Materials Process Engineering

Job Code: 37741

Job Location: Culpeper, VA

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week 

Job Description:

Under general direction, the Lead Materials Process Engineer determines approaches to objectives demonstrating an in-depth understanding and application of principles, concepts, and practices for energetic compositions, processing, and testing. The qualified employee works in the area of new technology to advance energetic applications, develops innovative approaches and testing, and communicates findings as part of an integrated product team.  

Essential Functions:

• Provides safe, thorough, and practicable solutions to a wide range of technical problems involving the conventional utilization of chemical analysis techniques
• Has full technical responsibility for planning, organizing, and conducting technical projects involving energetic materials within a broad range of chemical tests, analyses or syntheses
• Conducts independent investigations involving the application of advanced principles of chemistry
• Performs testing using advanced methods and analytical instrumentation
• Consolidates results and prepares findings and recommendation documents
• Travel requirements with up to 5% of travel expected
• Ability to obtain a US security clearance

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in the physical sciences (Chemistry, Physics, Materials) and minimum 9 years of prior relevant Energetics and Propulsion experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience. 

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Strong skills in mathematics
• Experience in the use of multi-physics programs such as Comsol is a plus
• Strong understanding of thermodynamics desired

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C. area, Denver, or NYC areas is $122,000 - $227,000. The salary range for this role in Colorado state, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, Cleveland Ohio, Vermont and Virginia is $106,000 – $197,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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