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Specialist, Stress, Tools & Design Engineer

L3Harris

Canoga Park, CAJob$89–165K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$89–165K/yr
Location
Canoga Park, CA
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security clearance

Job overview

The Specialist, Stress, Tools & Design Engineer works with the Tooling Design and Fabrication team to develop and design tools and equipment for manufacturing, quality, and test operations. The role evaluates and structurally analyzes tooling throughout design, fabrication, and use, ensuring it meets structural requirements before fabrication. It also analyzes design changes, supports proof testing, and may guide less senior engineers or lead projects.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Tool Stress AnalysisTooling DesignStrength of MaterialsStaticsDynamicsFinite Element ModelingStatistical MethodsChemical PrinciplesEngineering Test EquipmentComputer-Aided DesignComputer-Aided ManufacturingANSYSGeometric Dimensioning and TolerancingTolerance Stack AnalysisManufacturing MethodsFabrication ProcessesQuality ControlSafety PracticesMicrosoft OfficeTooling Request EvaluationDesign Requirements DevelopmentTool Design and ModificationProduction Plan Interpretation

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree and 4 Years Experience or Graduate Degree and 2 Years Experience or 8 Years Experience4 Years Relevant Engineering Experience2 Years Related Engineering Experience8 Years Related Engineering ExperienceAbility to Obtain US Security ClearanceBachelor's Degree and 5 Years Experience or Equivalent Education and Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off

Full 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: Specialist, Stress, Tools & Design Engineer

Job Code: 46897

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

Job Description:

The Tool Stress Engineer classifications work with the Tooling Design and Fabrication team in developing and designing a variety of tools and equipment required to support manufacturing, quality and test operations. This position evaluates and structurally analyzes tools during all phases of tool design, from initial concepts to preliminary design models and drawings, to final drawing release, through tool fabrication and into tool usage. This position ensures that tools meet all relevant structural requirements, in accordance with their proposed usage, prior to tool fabrication. This position also structurally analyzes design changes and modifications, and address' issues during tool usage when they arise.

Essential Functions:

  • Performs work of moderate scope and relatively few complex features and which involves conventional types of studies, investigations, structures or equipment.

  • Evaluates, selects and applies engineering techniques, procedures and criterion making tooling adaptations and modifications applying experience and judgement.

  • May make presentations to small audiences.

  • Selects applicable analytical data from previous tools, determines the technical principles involved, mathematically defines the problem and computes the engineering characteristics consistent with the specifications, design needs, and requirements of other portions of the tool and the products with which the tool interfaces.

  • Provides imaginative, thorough, and practical solutions to a wide range of technical problems involving the conventional utilization of tool engineering techniques.

  • Conceives and plans projects involving the development of new methods to attain objectives.

  • Performs complex stress analyses and advises on structural requirements, machine suitability and method of fabrication.=

  • Works on assignments requiring broad knowledge of precedents within the Tooling discipline and in-depth knowledge of principles and practices of related specialties within the industry.

  • May participate in Tooling Design and Fabrication Team proposals describing analytical requirements, past successful experience, proposed design approach and rationale with estimated cost and schedule to perform.

  • Provides guidance to less senior engineers and support personnel as required and may act as lead on a project.

  • Participates in periodic proof testing to verify tooling meets required safety factor.

  • Ability to develop new or non-standard testing methods as required to demonstrate capability of complex tooling designs.

  • Ability to obtain a US secruity clearance.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related engineering experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Pertinent codes, rules and regulations related to area of tooling engineering assignment.

  • Use of analytical, design or process procedures pertinent to the field of engineering.

  • Engineering theory and practice relating to design and structural evaluation of devices or systems.

  • Design or process procedures in the field of general engineering.

  • Strength of Materials, Statics, Dynamics, Finite Element Modeling and Statistical methods.

  • Basic chemical principles.

  • Engineering test equipment, Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer-Aided Manufacture (CAM) methods, analytical software (ANSYS), and associated computer systems.

  • Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and tolerance stack principles.

  • Manufacturing methods and fabrication processes.

  • Quality control and regulatory processes.

  • Safety regulations, principles and practices of work safety.

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), used to produce reports and spreadsheets.

  • Bachelor’s degree in appropriate discipline and five (5) years of directly related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

  • Ability to evaluate tooling requests, develop design requirements and conceptualize innovative solutions.

  • Provide imaginative, thorough, and practical solutions to a wide range of technical problems involving the conventional utilization of tool engineering techniques.

  • Conceive and plan projects involving the development of new methods to attain objectives.

  • Coordinate and contribute to tool design and modification, requiring knowledge of production processes, requirements, design concepts and materials.

  • Interpret production plans and create tooling to accomplish contractual or production requirements.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California is $88,500 - $164,500. 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.

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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. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. 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.

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 purpose of considering you for other available positions.

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How this job compares

Set against the 2,738 open Design Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$89–165K/yr
  • California median$129–194K/yr296 salary ranges
  • US median$110–160K/yr1,751 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $127K, is 21% below the California median midpoint ($161K) — in the lowest quarter of Design Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 407 open Design Engineer jobs in California and 2,738 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Design Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,251 postings).
Education
1,905 of the 2,738 open Design Engineer jobs (70%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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