Associate, Materials Process Engineer

About the Role

L3Harris is seeking an Associate, Materials Process Engineer to join the engineering materials process team at the Canoga Park, CA site. This is an entry-level position requiring broad theoretical job knowledge in materials characterization, mechanical testing, and materials property engineering. The role involves working under general direction and guidance within standard processes for non-routine tasks, contributing to systems and process changes, and supporting engineering efforts.

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)

Key Responsibilities

• Support the generation of material property curves for use in design allowables, fracture mechanics analyses, and nonconformance report (NCR) dispositions in accordance with applicable command media and engineering standards.
• Assist in planning, executing, and documenting mechanical and materials characterization testing programs including tensile, fatigue, fracture toughness, crack growth, and other property-specific evaluations.
• Interpret and apply applicable command media requirements (e.g., internal engineering standards governing material property testing and data generation) to ensure compliant and traceable test execution and data reporting.
• Support development and maintenance of material property databases and design allowables documentation used by design and stress engineering communities.
• Evaluate raw test data for validity, consistency, and compliance with applicable specifications and standards.
• Work with cross-functional teams including design engineering, stress analysis, manufacturing, quality, and materials engineering to ensure material property data meets program and customer requirements.
• Prepare technical reports, data packages, test plans, work instructions, and process documentation in support of material property programs.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field, OR have completed their bachelor’s degree within the last 12 months.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Experience with data analysis tools (e.g., MATLAB, Python, Excel) for processing and presenting material property test data.
• Familiarity with ASTM mechanical testing standards.