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Job Title: Specialist, Cutting Tool Design Engineer
Job ID: 37693
Job Location: Canoga Park, CA
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
We are seeking a Cutting Tool Design Engineer to join our facility in Canoga Park, California (Los Angeles area). This position will assist in the development and design of a variety of tools and equipment required to support manufacturing. You will perform feasibility analysis of special tool plans; create tool concepts and ensure tool designs, models, and drawings utilize current environmental health and safety procedures, tool standards manuals and sound engineering practices; initiate fabrication and assist with verification and operational checkout of special cutting tools and holders; and resolve tooling problems encountered during tool usage.
Essential Functions:
- Provides imaginative, thorough, and practical solutions to a wide range of technical problems involving the conventional utilization of tool engineering techniques.
- Conceives and plans projects involving the development of new methods to attain objectives.
- Coordinates and contributes to cutting tool design and modification, requiring knowledge of production processes, requirements, design concepts and materials
- May work closely with strategic suppliers in design and fabrication techniques and tool quality acceptance
- Interprets production plans and creates cutting tools to accomplish contractual or production requirements
- Strong knowledge of cutting tools for machining applications
- Advises on machine suitability and methods of fabrication
- Observes and evaluates new cutting tool tryouts for design suitability and authorizes deviation and/or tool design changes
- Maintains an interchange of information with cutting tool suppliers regarding optimum fabrication methods, materials, designs and repairs
- Directs cutting tool design and grinding of special cutting tools
- Presents formal cutting tool and design reviews and may include customer interface
- Observes budget and schedule for assigned project tool string
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Pertinent codes, rules and regulations related to Cutting Tool Engineering
- Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacture (CAM) methods and techniques
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and tolerance stack principles
- Quality control and regulatory processes
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), used to produce reports and spreadsheets
- Numerical control and manufacturing practices and processes
- Manufacturing methods and fabrication processes
- Experience/background in machining
- Safety regulations, principles and practices of work safety
In compliance with with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in the state of California is $84,000 - $156,000. 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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