Senior Specialist, Special Process Quality Engineering

About the position

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 Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. 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.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that delivered products and/or services conform to contractual and the Company's requirements by designing, implementing, evaluating and continually improving quality assurance and control methods and systems.
• Translate design drawings and contractual requirements into a comprehensive, understandable and functional quality plan.
• Monitor and closely support manufacturing, inspection and supplier functions that relate to product quality.
• Coordinate with the customer the establishment of government quality requirements and material review board activities.
• Represent quality assurance in corrective action activities.
• Participate in audits or product evaluations to determine the effectiveness of the quality assurance program.
• Collaborate with engineering laboratory and production functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Lead in the review of failure investigation activities to ensure root cause is identified and mitigating activities are identified and implemented.
• Lead audit and inspection preparation, resolution of audit and inspection findings and liaise with auditing groups and inspectors through all stages of the audits.
• Coordinate communication with DCMA on quality issues, corrective action activities as well as advocacy for DCMA concerns.
• Coordinate quality participation in engineering milestone reviews and the related product life cycle.
• Provide leadership and participate in cause and corrective action activities, failure investigations, metrics creation and quality improvement projects.
• Ensure quality requirements are embedded into key manufacturing special processes.
• Provide leadership in the development and implementation of inspection plans that utilize Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs), Standard Measuring Inspection (SMI) equipment, quality tool and gage processes, sample inspection, NDT, special process certification controls, and Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques.
• Participate in nonconforming material control and the Material Review Board (MRB) processes.
• Proactively analyze manufacturing data to identify opportunities and implement process improvements.
• Independently manage quality projects, including coordination with cross functional team members, to ensure timely project completion.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant quality experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related quality experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related quality experience.

Nice-to-haves

• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer

Benefits

• Health and disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• Education assistance
• Parental leave
• Paid time off
• Company-paid holidays