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Senior Associate, Component Reliability Engineer

Harris CorporationSan Diego, CA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 13 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers significant career growth as a Senior Associate Component Reliability Engineer at a renowned defense technology company, with a competitive salary range of $103,000-$123,600 and a desirable 9/80 work schedule. You'll thrive here if you are passionate about contributing to mission-critical projects and excel in reliability engineering, making this an exciting opportunity to advance your expertise. Apply now to join a team dedicated to excellence and innovation!

Quick Overview

Salary
$103k - $123.6k/yr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
San Diego, CA, United States
Posted
4 weeks ago

Job Description

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: Senior Associate Component Reliability Engineer

Job Code: 40814

Job Location: San Diego, CA

Job Schedule: 9/80 (Every other Friday off!)

Job Description:

The Reliability Component Engineer provides required support to design and project engineering during the development, pre-production, and production phases of new and heritage products and designs. He/she also functions as the responsible Reliability Engineer and as such will be the focal point for all reliability analyses, component selections and actions for his/her products or product lines.

Essential Functions:
  • Provide reliability engineering expertise and support on Space and other High-Reliability programs
  • Review customer Statements of Work (SOW's) and specifications to identify and evaluate requirements.
  • Assess electronic designs for compliance to program and industry reliability requirements.
  • Generate plans, procedures, and analyses (FMECA, Derating, Prediction, RMAT, etc.) for military and aerospace programs as required by MIL/NASA standards and/or contract.
  • Interface internally with Electrical Design Engineers, Component Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and Quality Engineers in support of reliability analyses and other efforts.
  • Perform and review key Reliability Analyses: Prediction, Derating, FMECA, etc.
  • Apply military and aerospace industry reliability criteria (MIL-HDBK-217F, MIL-STD-1547B, etc) to analyses and coordinate adjustments for compliance with designers.
  • Support design compliance to key EEE Component standards including EEE-INST-002, NASA-STD-8739.11 and MSFC-STD-3012

Qualifications:
  • To be eligible, applicants must be pursuing or have obtained a Master's degree within the last year in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Material Science or related field, regarless of age.

Pay transparency: In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C. area, Denver, or NYC areas is $103,000 - $123,600. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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