Quality Assurance Engineer 1

About the role

L3Harris is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to support quality assurance activities within a manufacturing environment focused on electronic and electro-mechanical products.

Responsibilities

• Support quality assurance activities for Printed Wiring Boards (PWBs), Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs), wire harnesses, and mechanical components to ensure compliance with drawings, specifications, workmanship standards, and contractual requirements.
• Review technical documentation, including engineering drawings, customer requirements, and internal procedures, to determine product acceptance criteria and quality requirements.
• Apply working knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) in the evaluation of product conformance.
• Investigate product and process nonconformances, support root cause analysis, and drive implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Participate in Material Review Board (MRB) activities and support timely disposition of nonconforming material.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to resolve quality issues and improve manufacturing and inspection processes.
• Support supplier quality initiatives, including review of supplier performance, nonconformance trends, corrective actions, and source inspection activities.
• Conduct and/or support source inspections at supplier facilities to verify compliance with quality and contractual requirements.
• Support Return Material Authorization (RMA) activities and supplier-related quality investigations.
• Develop, review, and maintain quality documentation including inspection criteria, procedures, work instructions, reports, and records, as applicable.
• Utilize quality tools and methods such as root cause analysis, statistical process control, trend analysis, and continuous improvement techniques to improve product quality and process performance.
• Interface with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders as needed to communicate quality requirements and status.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree and minimum 2 years of prior related experience.
• Ability to travel up to 20% for supplier visits and source inspections.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in quality engineering, quality assurance, or manufacturing quality in an electronics or electro-mechanical manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with IPC-A-610 and/or IPC/WHMA-A-620 standards; certification preferred.
• Working knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings, specifications, and workmanship standards.
• Experience supporting nonconformance management, corrective action, and root cause investigations.
• Experience working in an AS9100D and/or ISO 9001 certified manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting government, military, aerospace, or law enforcement products.
• Experience with supplier quality management and source inspection.
• Experience with Costpoint ERP and TIPQA quality management systems.
• Experience supporting First Article Inspection, audits, and process improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with standard inspection and measurement tools and equipment, including calipers, micrometers, microscopes, and x-ray equipment, as applicable.
• Familiarity with Statistical Process Control and other quality engineering methodologies.

Benefits

• Health and disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• Education assistance
• Paid time off
• Company-paid holidays

Pay

MIN: $73,000.00 - MAX: $136,000.00

Schedule

4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week with every Friday off