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L3Harris seeks an experienced Engineering Technician to support the design and manufacturing of Special Test Equipment for Space Telemetry and RF Products. The technician will assemble and integrate test equipment, perform verification testing and troubleshooting, and liaise between engineering and production test teams. The role is based in San Diego and follows a 9/80 schedule.
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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: Engineering Technician C
Job Code: 46705
Job Location: San Diego, CA
Job Schedule: 9/80 (employee's work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off)
Job Description:
L3Harris in San Diego, CA is seeking an experienced Engineering Technician to support the design and manufacturing of Special Test Equipment (STE) for Space Telemetry and RF Products. As a Test Engineering Technician, you will be directly involved in assembly, and integration and test of STE. This includes assembling cables, assembling and/or reworking Printed Wiring Assemblies (PWAs), integrating RF equipment/devices and digital or analog equipment and devices to our automated test racks. You will be responsible for performing design verification testing and troubleshooting as well as to be a liaison between engineering and production test teams.
Essential Functions:
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Build automated test racks and other special test equipment (STE)
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Independently perform verification testing of circuit cards and higher-level STE assemblies
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Troubleshoot STE hardware and cables to the component level
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Write and modify verification test procedures with minimal engineering assistance
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Build and assemble Cables and PWAs for use on or with Special Test equipment
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Provide STE field support to production teams including configuration of STE hardware and software.
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Ability to obtain a DOD Secret security clearance.
Required Qualifications (one of the following):
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Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience.
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2 years post-Secondary/Associates Degree with a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience
Preferred Additional Qualifications:
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At least 4 years of experience in testing and troubleshooting circuit card assemblies.
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6+ years of experience using electrical measurement equipment, including digital multi-meters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, function generators, and logic analyzers.
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4+ years of experience using RF measurement equipment such as signal generators, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, and power meters.
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Demonstrated familiarity with basic RF parameters (bandwidth, reflection, S-parameters, spurious and harmonic signals, SNR, gain compression) and basic analog, digital, and DC circuit parameters (voltage/current/power, logic levels, timing).
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Experience with military or space qualified hardware designs.
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Experience performing design verification testing.
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Experience Assembling, and reworking cables.
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Experience performing tests using lab equipment.
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Soldering certification or ability to obtain one.
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Reading and interpreting electrical schematics and assembly drawings.
In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C, Denver, or NYC areas is $62,500 - $116,500. 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 1,947 open Engineering Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$63–117K/yr
- California median$76–115K/yr30 salary ranges
- US median$67–101K/yr421 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $90K, is 6% below the California median midpoint ($96K) — in the middle half of Engineering Technician salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 158 open Engineering Technician jobs in California and 1,947 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Applied Materials12 open
- THOR Solutions, LLC11 open
- Actalent8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience — more than three in four Engineering Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 1,513 postings).
- Education
- 38 of the 1,947 open Engineering Technician jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 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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