Senior Specialist Quality Engineer

L3Harris•Yorba Linda, CA

3d•$84,000 - $178,000

About The Position

As a Senior Specialist in Quality Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in the Design & Development phases of electro-mechanical assemblies (primarily Radio Frequency (RF) Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA’s)), and the transition to outsourced production, ensuring successful implementation of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Design for Manufacturability (DFM) tasks. Your contributions will be essential to the success of our team, extended program team, and the business. In this role, you will engage in data-driven improvement and sustainment initiatives by designing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising quality assurance procedures, statistical sampling techniques, quality plans, inspection and testing techniques, and specifications. You will work independently and collaboratively to provide thorough and practical solutions to a wide range of electrical, software, and technical challenges. Successful candidates will have experience utilizing APQP techniques along with various other quality engineering tools. You will drive impactful improvements in supplier performance/development, lead the issuance of Supplier Corrective Actions, and support supplier root cause investigations to identify effective corrective actions that address material and service defects, non-conformances, and compliance gaps. Your role will involve close interaction with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Program Management, and Engineering personnel to ensure high-quality deliveries from our supply base.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering and a minimum of 6 years of Quality Engineering experience. Graduate degree and a minimum of 4 years of Quality Engineering experience. 10 years of Quality Engineering, Electrical, and Manufacturing Engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
6 years or more experience in reading and interpreting electrical and mechanical drawings of complex nature.
6 years or more experience with problem-solving tools such as 8D, APQP, Value Stream Mapping, and CAPA.
6 years or more experience working and communicating effectively in a team environment.
6 years or more experience working in a dynamic environment with multiple and changing priorities.
Must be a United States Citizen.
Ability to travel up to 25%.

Nice To Haves

Advanced Product Quality Planning and Design for Manufacturability.
Aerospace or Defense Manufacturing experience.
Working familiarity with AS9100, ISO9001, AS9145, AS9102, J-STD Workmanship, ANSI J-Standards (Class 3), IPC Workmanship Standards (Class 3), Jira, and TipQA quality software.
ASQ® Certified Quality Engineer Certificate.

Responsibilities

Perform quality engineering functions for specific phases of projects and programs, developing plans, flow charts, inspection methods, procedures, and standards to ensure all products, data, or services meet specified quality requirements.
Generate and deploy APQP tools to ensure manufacturability of internally produced designs.
Support product development reviews within the supply base.
Train and coach other functions inside the company on the value and utilization of quality tools, standards, and practices.
Utilize a sense of urgency to act to prevent or correct problems with products and post-delivery defects.
Perform supplier quality audits, source inspections, and First Article Inspections in partnership with Supply Chain Management.
Interpret and flow down customer quality requirements to programs, engineering, manufacturing, and inspection via Program Quality Requirements (PQR).
Interface effectively with customers to discuss and negotiate quality requirements and specifications.
Implement, interpret, and utilize metrics to drive process improvement projects. Analyze metrics and indicators to determine opportunities for improvement, focusing on early detection and prevention of nonconformance.
Effectively work as a cost account manager for the quality engineering elements of the program work breakdown structure.
Understand and apply risk management principles as an essential part of the quality engineering work scope.
Review engineering and manufacturing information on designs, specifications, and bills of materials to ensure products meet customer requirements.
Lead teams and perform investigations to drive Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) for nonconformance and actively participate in material review. Act as the Quality Subject Matter Expert (SME) on program and design teams.