Engineering Technician D
L3Harris · Salt Lake City, UT
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 23 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at L3Harris (aerospace & defense) in Salt Lake City, UT. It is responsible for assembling, integrating, troubleshooting, repairing, testing, and debugging LRUs, circuit card assemblies, components, and electro-mechanical systems to support product delivery and repair.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Root cause
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Utah: typical posted base $90k–$115k.
Median of the low and high ends of 7 live postings that list pay, out of 31 manufacturing engineer openings in Utah, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 30 other live manufacturing postings in Utah.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 6+)
Typical $90k–$115k, from 7 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 6+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 52%
- Tooling 35%
- Lean 35%
- New product launch 32%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 23%
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This plant: L3Harris in Salt Lake City
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Full description from L3HarrisAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Essential Functions
- ◆Perform electronic testing, both manual and automated, in a production environment
- ◆Perform electrical troubleshooting and fault isolation in a production environment
- ◆Assist Test Engineering on trends, root causes and corrective actions
- ◆Operates related test equipment (signal generators, spectrum analyzers, etc.)
- ◆Participate in process improvement activities in both test and manufacturing
- ◆Adherence to L3Harris policies and procedures, including but not limited to, calibration of equipment, ESD (electrostatic discharge), FOD (foreign object debris/damage) and general housekeeping.
- ◆Assist in Out-of-Tolerance reporting for test equipment
- ◆Working daily in a lab environment
- ◆Able to lift up to 32 lbs
- ◆Overtime may be required to meet deadlines
- ◆Provide input to develop and maintain Test Bill-of-Process and Work Instructions
- ◆Assist in maintaining Government/Customer Furnished Equipment
- ◆Help manage tools and test equipment to support the production floor
Qualifications
- ✓Requires advanced job knowledge/skills. Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/Associates Degree with a minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.
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L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.
Job Title: Engineering Technician D
Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Schedule: 9/80-1st Shift
L3Harris’ Communication Systems segment is currently seeking a Engineering Technician E to join our team. This position will be based at our Salt Lake City, Utah facility.
About L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Job Description
This role performs complex technical work in support of engineering, development, production, and test activities. It is responsible for assembling, integrating, troubleshooting, repairing, testing, and debugging LRUs, circuit card assemblies, components, and electro-mechanical systems to support product delivery and repair. Working autonomously with minimal supervision, this position also mentors junior technicians, provides guidance on advanced assignments, and recommends process improvements.
Preferred Additional Skills
- +Fully proficient knowledge of RF and digitals signals
- +Fully proficient of basic Analog, Digital and RF circuitry
- +Comfortable using PC based applications
- +Fully proficient using test equipment (RF signal generators, spectrum analyzers, power meters, voltage meters and oscilloscopes)
- +Must be able to obtain/maintain a Department of Defense Security Clearance.
- +10+ years of experience preferred in RF and digital signals.
- +10+ years of experience with signal generators, spectrum analyzers, power meters.