Specialist, Systems Engineering - Reliability Engineer
L3Harris · Malabar, FL
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 7 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level reliability role at L3Harris (aerospace & defense) in Malabar, FL. By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Reliability Engineer roles in Florida: typical posted base $105k–$154k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 15 reliability engineer openings in Florida, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Florida plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 14 other live reliability postings in Florida.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 53%
- Lean 40%
- Team leadership 27%
- New product launch 20%
- FMEA 20%
- SAP 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: L3Harris in Malabar
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- Associate Manager, Manufacturing Engineering · Manufacturing · Manager
Full description from L3HarrisAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Essential Functions
- ◆Strong knowledge of FRACAS systems and proven experience generating FRACAS reports
- ◆Avionics manufacturing or other high reliability manufacturing experience is required.
- ◆Familiarity with Avionics PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards), fiber optic and mechanical assembly manufacturing.
- ◆Skilled in failure analysis and problem-solving methods and the tools needed in solving wide ranging and diverse failure issues (electrical, mechanical, material, component, test) and determining their reliability-related impacts.
- ◆Root Cause, Corrective Action (RCCA) process
- ◆Work with Production, Engineering and other functional groups in resolving production, product and/or supplier related problems.
- ◆Ability to interpret, condense, and present findings to audiences with variable skill sets and experience levels
- ◆Ability to think abstractly and analytically to provide in-depth analysis and recommendations to internal customers, teammates, and external constituencies
- ◆Monitor production test results and perform statistical trend analysis on failed items
- ◆Lead Failure Review Boards (FRB) and Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) investigation
- ◆teams.
- ◆Experience collaborating in a team environment on multiple concurrent projects with overlapping competing deadlines
- ◆Ability to obtain US Government clearance
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.
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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: Specialist, Reliability Engineer
Job Location: Malabar, FL
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off
Job Description
Reliability Engineer supporting various programs within Space and Airborne Systems. Typical tasks include failure analysis, trending, Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS), and sustainment activities. The selected candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to identify reliability issues, drive corrective actions, and improve product performance and mission readiness throughout the lifecycle.
Preferred Additional Skills
- +Experience in production tests including Environment Stress Screening (ESS) and troubleshooting temperature related failures is a plus.
- +Experience in Production build processes and associated workmanship standards
- +Proven proficiency to prioritize tasks and organize a workload to ensure most important issues are addressed first
- +Experience with statistical analysis
- +Aerospace or Defense/Government program experience
