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Rochester, NY
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Full-time
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Job overview

L3Harris seeks an Optics Manufacturing Technician for its Rochester, New York optics department. The technician supports production of optical components for astronomical, high-energy laser, and earth-imaging applications, working with engineers, operating precision equipment, and inspecting components. The role leads a manufacturing cell, improves standard work, supports process trials and new product introduction, and helps ensure quality, equipment readiness, and safe operations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Precision MeasurementDrawing InterpretationOptics ManufacturingManufacturing and AssemblyGeometric DimensioningQuality SystemsLeadershipCoachingCommunication

Qualifications

High School Diploma or EquivalentHigh School+8 or Associate+4 Years8 Years Relevant ExperienceAssociate Degree+4 Years Experience

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: Precision Optics Technician

Job Code: 46765

Job Location: Rochester, NY

Job Schedule: 5/8, Employees work 8 hours per day, 5 days a week Mon-Fri

Job Description:

L3Harris’s Optics department in Rochester, NY, is seeking a dedicated Optics Manufacturing Technician to support the production of top-tier optical components for advanced astronomical, high energy laser, and earth imaging applications. You will work closely with engineers, operate precise optical equipment, and inspect components to ensure exceptional quality. Join a team of innovators in precision optics and contribute to groundbreaking projects. If you have a keen eye for detail and a passion for optical technology, apply now to advance your career with us in this exciting and dynamic field.

This position is located in New York: L3Harris in New York (https://careers.l3harris.com/en/new-york)

Essential Functions:

  • Serve as the process area lead for a defined manufacturing cell, ensuring safe and predictable execution.

  • Own and improve standard work to create/update setup sheets, visual standards, troubleshooting guides and build documents in partnership with engineering/quality.

  • Measure critical dimensions using micrometers, calipers, height gauges, and other precision instruments.

  • Interpret drawings, specifications, and work instructions to validate manufacturing criteria.

  • Support development trials and process experiments under engineer direction and documents results clearly and accurately.

  • Collaborate with manufacturing and engineering teams to communicate quality issues and support root cause investigations.

  • Support new product introduction by reviewing build documents for manufacturability, identifying risks, and recommending controls like inspection points, sequence changes, special fixtures.

  • Ensure compliance with safety regulations and maintain a clean and organized work environment.

  • Own area equipment Total Productive Maintenance guidelines for manufacturing equipment and ensure calibration status is current.

Qualifications:

  • Requires highly developed job knowledge/skills.

  • Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/Associates Degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Demonstrated leadership without formal authority, strong coaching and communication skills.

  • Understanding and application of Geometric Dimension and Tolerancing (GD&T)

  • Advanced understanding of manufacturing and assembly techniques used to fabricate optics.

  • Experience in a quality system environment (e.g., documented processes, sign-offs, traceability)

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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 1,498 open Manufacturing Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • New York median$50–76K/yr24 salary ranges
  • New York median$23–30/hr44 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 84 open Manufacturing Technician jobs in New York and 1,498 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — more than three in four Manufacturing Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 811 postings).
Education
2 of the 1,498 open Manufacturing Technician jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 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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