Sr Specialist, Quality Engineer
About The Position
The Missile Solutions Segment of L3Harris seeks a Sr Specialist, Quality Engineer to work at its Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Toney, Alabama, and/or its new Huntsville, Alabama facility, which will fabricate and assemble composite rocket motor hardware. The role works under moderate supervision, sets objectives for its own job area, communicates operational processes and procedures to internal and external contacts, addresses changes, and contributes to operational targets and departmental results. The engineer applies quality principles to aerospace manufacturing, supports coordination among Integrated Product Teams, suppliers, program offices, and customers, and ensures contractual and hardware requirements and key quality metrics are satisfied. The role develops and maintains quality assurance processes, investigates production issues, leads corrective and continuous-improvement efforts, supports risk management, and presents quality metrics to customers. It includes approximately 10% business travel to L3Harris and customer sites, and requires the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience collaborating within a Microsoft 365 environment and proficiency with applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
- Project management experience.
- Supplier or customer support experience.
- Regulatory and auditing experience (AS9100) in the aerospace and defense industry.
- Statistical analysis experience.
- Risk management experience.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate communication among Integrated Product Team members, suppliers, program offices, and customers.
- Ensure contractual requirements, hardware specifications, and quality metrics are met, or ensure corrective actions are implemented and verified.
- Apply modern quality principles and methods, including Lean and Six Sigma, to aerospace manufacturing operations.
- Interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and contractual requirements to ensure compliance and flow down applicable requirements.
- Lead or interface with the Material Review Board for disposition of nonconforming material and drive timely completion of actions.
- Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance processes and regularly assess their effectiveness.
- Investigate production issues, conduct root cause analysis, take corrective actions, and verify effectiveness through the Corrective Action Board process.
- Analyze manufacturing quality data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Lead data-driven continuous improvement initiatives to improve product quality and manufacturing process efficiency.
- Interface with Supplier Quality Engineering to resolve supplier-related issues.
- Work with Integrated Product Teams to identify and mitigate program risks through the program's Risk and Opportunity Management Board process.
- Present quality metrics and assessments to customers and identify actions to drive improvement.
- Assess the need for First Article Inspections based on AS9102 trigger events and/or contractual flow-down requirements and facilitate their completion.
- Travel approximately 10% to L3Harris and customer sites.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
