Engineering Technician C
L3Harris · San Diego, CA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $63k–$117k
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 6+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 11 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at L3Harris (aerospace & defense) in San Diego, CA. L3Harris in San Diego, CA is seeking an experienced Engineering Technician to support the design and manufacturing of Special Test Equipment (STE) for Space Telemetry and RF Products.
- They ask for
- 6+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Base pay
- $63k–$117k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $111k–$173k. This one lists $63k–$117k.
Median of the low and high ends of 165 live postings that list pay, out of 436 manufacturing engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 435 other live manufacturing postings in California.
- Base pay
- About 33% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (6+ vs 5+)
Typical $109k–$159k, from 143 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Tooling 50%
- New product launch 44%
- Root cause 37%
- Automation 35%
- Machining 27%
- CATIA / NX 26%
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This plant: L3Harris in San Diego
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Full description from L3HarrisAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Essential Functions
- ◆Build automated test racks and other special test equipment (STE)
- ◆Independently perform verification testing of circuit cards and higher-level STE assemblies
- ◆Troubleshoot STE hardware and cables to the component level
- ◆Write and modify verification test procedures with minimal engineering assistance
- ◆Build and assemble Cables and PWAs for use on or with Special Test equipment
- ◆Provide STE field support to production teams including configuration of STE hardware and software.
- ◆Ability to obtain a DOD Secret security clearance.
Qualifications
- ✓At least 4 years of experience in testing and troubleshooting circuit card assemblies.
- ✓6+ years of experience using electrical measurement equipment, including digital multi-meters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, function generators, and logic analyzers.
- ✓4+ years of experience using RF measurement equipment such as signal generators, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, and power meters.
- ✓Demonstrated familiarity with basic RF parameters (bandwidth, reflection, S-parameters, spurious and harmonic signals, SNR, gain compression) and basic analog, digital, and DC circuit parameters (voltage/current/power, logic levels, timing).
- ✓Experience with military or space qualified hardware designs.
- ✓Experience performing design verification testing.
- ✓Experience Assembling, and reworking cables.
- ✓Experience performing tests using lab equipment.
- ✓Soldering certification or ability to obtain one.
- ✓Reading and interpreting electrical schematics and assembly drawings.
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: Engineering Technician C
Job Location: San Diego, CA
Job Schedule: 9/80 (employee's work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off)
Job Description
L3Harris in San Diego, CA is seeking an experienced Engineering Technician to support the design and manufacturing of Special Test Equipment (STE) for Space Telemetry and RF Products. As a Test Engineering Technician, you will be directly involved in assembly, and integration and test of STE. This includes assembling cables, assembling and/or reworking Printed Wiring Assemblies (PWAs), integrating RF equipment/devices and digital or analog equipment and devices to our automated test racks. You will be responsible for performing design verification testing and troubleshooting as well as to be a liaison between engineering and production test teams.
(one of the following)
- •Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience.
- •2 years post-Secondary/ Associates Degree with a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience