Quality Technician C

L3Harris•Fort Wayne, IN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

L3Harris Space and Airborne Systems is seeking a Quality Technician for its Fort Wayne, Indiana location. As part of a small team, the technician performs inspections, tests, analyses, and audits of complex developmental products and processes, including microelectronics, precision mechanical products, software, test equipment, and integrated systems. The role supports compliance with quality standards and customer and regulatory requirements, assists with complex rework and repair of deliverable subassemblies and integrated platforms, and approves production records for procedural conformance. The technician helps ensure safety, reliability, and hardware traceability for end-item systems and mission solutions through production quality oversight. Working with Quality Engineers, the role helps develop inspection requirements and techniques, implement quality plans, evaluate defect data and trends, and recommend process improvements. The position may involve interfacing with customers and suppliers and traveling to suppliers or other L3Harris locations for hardware inspections. Work assignments require judgment and initiative, attention to detail, and collaboration in a dynamic team environment. The position follows a 9/80 schedule.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent and at least 6 years of prior relevant experience, or a post-secondary/associate degree and at least 2 years of prior related experience.
Ability to support program travel up to 50%.
Ability to obtain a DoD clearance (Secret or higher).

Nice To Haves

Background with satellite payloads.
Knowledge of a failure reporting tool.
Familiarity with common measuring devices.
Familiarity with AS9100D, including experience performing process audits.
Basic knowledge of GD&T.
Ability to work in a clean room environment for extended periods.
Microsoft Office experience.
Ability to provide on-call support across multiple shifts, weekends, and holidays.
Ability to work different shifts on a rotational basis.
Ability to review assembly and test documentation for appropriate traceability and compliance with internal company procedures.
Experience evaluating complex electronic hardware under magnification to IPC-J-STD-001.
IPC-J-STD-001 certification, or ability to obtain certification.

Responsibilities

Perform inspections, tests, analyses, and audits of complex developmental products and processes to ensure compliance with quality standards and customer and regulatory requirements.
Assist with development and inspection of complex rework and repair of deliverable subassemblies and large, integrated system-level platforms.
Approve production records for conformance to procedures.
Provide production quality oversight to ensure safety, reliability, and hardware traceability for end-item systems and mission solutions.
Collaborate with Quality Engineers to develop inspection requirements and techniques and implement quality plans.
Assist in evaluating defect data to identify trends and collaborate with Quality Engineers on process improvement recommendations.
Interface with customer representatives and suppliers as needed.
Travel to suppliers and other L3Harris locations to perform hardware inspections when required.
Work with engineering drawings.
Serve as a resource to other employees in areas of expertise.
Perform Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) analysis.
Verify the operational state of various L3Harris products and accessories.
Evaluate requirements compliance of L3Harris hardware products.