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Job Title – Assembly Technician Job Location – Farnborough Job ID – 35668About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

Operating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains.

L3Harris in Farnborough specialises in secure ground and airborne communication and network systems for the military, international forces and commercial customers. We engineer and maintain night vision goggles, radar systems and tactical radios. The L3Harris Falcon family of radios delivers network-centric communications for superior command and control, real-time voice, data, full-motion HD video and crossbanding for mission-critical communications in a single, integrated platform. Notably, we are the proud designer, supplier and maintainer of the 50,000 tactical radios in the Bowman tactical C4I system in service with the UK Armed Forces and are working to define and deliver the next generation system, Morpheus.

This person will contribute to the company’s success by working across the RMA and new build process. This role will report directly to Operations Management and is responsible for successfully achieving department goals and delivering to customer requirements.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Working as part of the assembly team to produce LRU’s to the daily going rate.
• Re-work of circuit boards to IPC7711/7721 standard involving removal/replacement of surface mount components.
• Working on repair and processing of LRU’s through troubleshoot ensuring correct use of in-house systems.
• Use of Automated Test Equipment (ATE) for the test of product.
• Use electronic systems to track repairs and update correctly.
• Check Assemblies meet quality standards and seek advice from supervisor or Manufacturing Engineer as necessary.
• Work with other Cell members using lean manufacturing techniques and participate in lean production activities.
• Maintain housekeeping in cell using 5S+1 techniques.
• Maintain quality levels of work in progress adhering strictly to IPC610 cat C.
• Update Work in Progress and output TAKT boards, record figures daily.
• Assist Supervisors, undertaking any reasonable task as directed.

What you’ll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Rework IPC 610 Cat C experience
• IPC 7711A/7721A experience
• J STD 001
• Requires ability to communicate well with others and work within a team.
• Basic computer skills and experience with MS Office (Word, Excel etc)

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and offers equal opportunities for all. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.