Senior Specialist, Quality Engineer

L3Harris Technologies • Camden, AR

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About The Position

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Specialist, Quality Engineer to join its facility in Camden, Arkansas. The role designs, develops, and implements standards, methods, and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating company products for precision and accuracy in compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements. It analyzes reported nonconformities and discrepancies involving assembly, processes, mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical systems, as well as field and clinical data; investigates causes; determines dispositions; and recommends corrective action plans. The position leads material review board and Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) activities, interfaces with manufacturing, engineering, customer, vendor, and subcontractor representatives, conducts program quality cost account management, manages supplier corrective actions, and serves as the primary customer and supplier interface for quality matters.

The role ensures program design and process documents incorporate quality requirements and that products can be inspected. It independently reviews manufacturing planning and design engineering requirements implementation, material traceability, quality records, and operator and inspector signoffs, and designates inspection and verification needs. It develops and monitors inspection methods, ensures compliance with quality-system requirements, conducts process audits, performs First Article Inspections under AS9102, and supports hardware acceptance reviews and customer hardware selloff through quality documentation and acceptance data packages. It also participates in the Material Review Board, controls and dispositions nonconforming hardware, and drives root-cause investigations and corrective and preventive actions to support continual improvement. The position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 6 years of prior relevant Quality Engineering experience; or a graduate degree and at least 4 years of prior related Quality Engineering experience; or, in lieu of a degree, at least 10 years of prior Quality Engineering-related experience.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Computer skills sufficient to generate reports and analyze data using MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, and Power BI.
• Experience with solid rocket component fabrication, electromechanical parts assembly, Final Assembly and Check-out, and/or avionics.
• Experience with Hardware Acceptance Review processes.
• ASQ certification.
• Experience implementing cost-effective LEAN inspection or verification methods or Key Characteristics (AS9103).
• Chemical or propellant experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure program design and process documents in the area of responsibility include program quality requirements and that products are inspectable.
• Independently review manufacturing planning for implementation of design engineering requirements, material traceability, quality-record maintenance, operator and inspector signoffs, and inspection or verification needs.
• Lead PFMEA efforts to quantify and reduce risk.
• Participate in improvement teams to reduce risk using mistake-proofing principles.
• Develop, implement, and monitor new or existing inspection methods to ensure products meet engineering requirements.
• Ensure compliance with quality-system requirements and documented requirements.
• Independently conduct process audits to verify processes follow manufacturing planning, program requirements, and enterprise-level command media.
• Execute First Article Inspections in accordance with AS9102 requirements.
• Review documentation in support of hardware acceptance activities; develop and maintain QDCC command media; monitor manufacturing schedules and QDCC activities; and create Acceptance Data Packages in support of hardware selloff.
• Participate in the Material Review Board, including controlling and segregating nonconforming hardware, preparing for and conducting board meetings, determining dispositions, and implementing disposition decisions.
• Investigate problems, determine root causes, and develop and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Provide practical solutions to technical problems using quality engineering disciplines and tools.
• Conduct program quality cost account management and manage supplier corrective actions.
• Serve as the primary interface to customers and suppliers on quality-related matters.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior