Assembly Operator

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 – Assembly Operator

Job Location – Brighton

Job ID – 41015

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

L3Harris in Brighton are part of Release Systems and the Mission Avionics sector operating in the Aerospace domain. Our mission-critical release systems equipment is on most major airborne fighter platforms worldwide, including the F-35, along with other aircraft like the Gripen and Typhoon. Brighton designs, manufactures and tests a large portion of its release systems portfolio. This facility offers 48,500 square feet of manufacturing space for the development of high-performance, multi-station solutions used to launch air-to-air and air-to-ground munitions from bay, wing or fuselage stations.

Our Brighton business is moving to a new location in 2027. The new site is expected to be located in either Shoreham, Burgess Hill or Horsham and will be within a 15-minute drive of our current site.

A few of our employee benefits are:

Half day finish on a Friday

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 and cycle to work scheme

Employee 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:

Build and test precision electro/mechanical motors and various other precision components used on aircrafts to drawing and relevant quality requirements.

Assemblies include solder wires, tags, components to boards or terminals, bearing fitting, measurement of shaft radial and end play.

Carry out electrical test and inspection to drawings and specification using appropriate equipment such as oscilloscopes, multi-metres, vibration rigs and environmental ovens.

Asses returns for repair/refurbishment and determine repair requirements DIR’s (Defect Investigation Report). Strip, clean, test and re-build to specification.

Complete test documentation and all relevant paperwork and maintain traceability of individual parts.

Conduct their work in a safe manner. Use PPE where appropriate.

When required, carryout other reasonable tasks outside of the normal pattern of work as requested by the respective manager.

Assist in training other members of staff when required.

To personnel manage within authorised limits when supervisor is absent.

To support design department in trials and pre-production units.

To liaise and support MED (Manufacturing Engineering Dpt) in the writing of the manufacturing process (route card narrative and plannings). offer process improvement and ensure a smooth transition of first batches of production units from design.

Support activities in the other assembly departments as and when required.

What you’ll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills:

Electro-Mechanical engineering apprenticeship or equivalent experience

ATE (Automatic Test Equipment) & Cirris test equipment experience

Experience in using precision measuring equipment and electronic test equipment such as: DMM, Megger’s, oscilloscope, power suppliers etc.

Good understanding of Mechanical and Electrical Drawings.

Important to know

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.