Manufacturing Engineer
L3Harris · Tempe, AZ
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 17 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at L3Harris (aerospace & defense) in Tempe, AZ. Develop, implement, and maintain process controls to improve repeatability and reduce variation.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, DMAIC, Control plans, Minitab
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Arizona: typical posted base $88k–$123k.
Median of the low and high ends of 14 live postings that list pay, out of 35 manufacturing engineer openings in Arizona, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Arizona plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 34 other live manufacturing postings in Arizona.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)
Typical $85k–$120k, from 13 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Automation 40%
- ✓ Lean 40%
- Root cause 34%
- Team leadership 29%
- Tooling 29%
- New product launch 29%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Minitab, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Manufacturing team at L3Harris
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
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- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: L3Harris in Tempe
3 other open roles at this site.
- Manager, Manufacturing Engineer · Manufacturing · Manager
- Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering · Manufacturing · Manager
- Senior Specialist, Manufacturing Engineer · Manufacturing · Senior
Full description from L3HarrisAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Essential Functions
- ◆Provide advanced sustaining engineering support for Image Intensifier manufacturing processes
- ◆Troubleshoot process and equipment-related issues in real time to minimize production impact
- ◆Develop, implement, and maintain process controls to improve repeatability and reduce variation
- ◆Analyze manufacturing, equipment, yield, and defect data to identify trends and drive corrective actions
- ◆Drive continuous improvement in throughput, cycle time, yield, and cost
- ◆Support and lead material, consumable, tool, and process
qualifications
- ✓Partner with operations, maintenance, quality, and supply chain to resolve complex manufacturing issues
- ✓Develop and maintain engineering documentation, work instructions, procedures, control plans, and technical reports
- ✓Mentor less experienced engineers, technicians, and manufacturing personnel as needed
- ✓Communicate technical issues, recommendations, and business impacts clearly to leadership and stakeholders
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
requirements
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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: Manufacturing Engineer
Job Location: Tempe, AZ
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off
Job Description
The candidate will contribute to the company’s success by performing a variety of engineering work in the development, improvement, and optimization of multiple processes and techniques utilized in the manufacture of Image Intensifier (I2) tubes. The work will include improving and optimizing current processes and materials management targeting increased new image intensifier capabilities, manufacturing yield, and/or reduced variance. Emphasis will be in improvement of component performance, implementing manufacturing standard work, best practices, and developing optimized process recipes and methodologies.
Success in this role will be measured by the timely process optimization and supporting implementation of new processes into production, resulting in cost-savings associated with reduced tool down time, improved process yield, and enhanced product performance.
Preferred Additional Skills
- +Experience using Six-Sigma and/or Lean Manufacturing Principles
- +Experience using DMAIC process and associated tools
- +Experience with using statistical software (e.g. Minitab)
- +Experience using SQL and Microsoft SQL Server
- +Experience with vacuum deposition of inorganic and metallic films, glass processing, chemical etching, materials analysis/characterization, and equipment design
- +Experience with heat treatment and brazing of different metal alloys and glasses/ceramics.