Sr Specialist, Quality Engineer
About The Position
L3Harris’s Missile Solutions Segment is seeking a Sr Specialist, Quality Engineer to support fabrication and assembly of composite rocket motor hardware at its Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Toney, Alabama, and/or its new facility in Huntsville, Alabama. The role works under moderate supervision, setting objectives for its own job area, interpreting operational processes and procedures for internal and external contacts, and addressing changes within the job area. Work contributes to operational targets and may affect departmental results. The engineer applies quality principles and engineering expertise to coordinate with Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), suppliers, program offices, and customers. The role ensures contractual requirements, hardware specifications, and quality metrics are met, and that corrective actions are implemented and verified. It also supports continuous improvement, risk management, nonconforming material disposition, supplier issue resolution, and customer reporting. Business travel to L3Harris and customer sites is expected at approximately 10%. The ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance is required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 6 years of prior relevant experience; or a graduate degree and at least 4 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, at least 10 years of prior related experience.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience collaborating in a Microsoft 365 environment, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
- Project management experience.
- Supplier or customer support experience.
- Regulatory and auditing experience, including 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 key quality metrics are met, or ensure corrective actions are implemented and effectively verified.
- Apply Lean, Six Sigma, and other modern quality principles and methods 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 nonconforming material disposition and drive timely completion of actions.
- Develop, implement, maintain, and assess quality assurance processes.
- 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 improvement opportunities.
- 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 Risk and Opportunity Management Board process.
- Present quality metrics to customers and provide assessments and 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
