Senior Specialist, Quality Engineer

About the role

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Specialist, Quality Engineer to join our growing facility in Camden, Arkansas.

Responsibilities

• Ensure program design and process documents for area of responsibility include program quality requirements and that products are inspectable.
• Independently reviews manufacturing planning to ensure appropriate design engineering requirements implementation, material traceability maintenance, quality record maintenance and operator and inspector sign-offs.
• Designates inspection/verification needs.
• Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA): Leads effort to quantify and reduce risk using this quality tool.
• Actively participates in improvement teams to reduce risk through the application of mistake proofing principles.
• Inspects method development and implementation: Develops, implements and monitors new or existing inspection methods to ensure products meet stated engineering requirements.
• Ensures compliance to all quality system requirements through a thorough knowledge of documented requirements.
• Independently conducts process audits to ensure processes are following manufacturing planning, program requirements and enterprise level command media.
• First Article Inspection execution per AS9102 requirements.
• Performs documentation reviews in support of hardware acceptance (HAR) activities.
• Develops and maintains Quality Documentation Control Center QDCC command media.
• Maintains manufacturing schedules and QDCC activities in support of HAR customer HAR requirements.
• Creates Acceptance Data Packages - ADP in support of hardware selloff.
• Participates in the Material Review Board, including segregation and control of nonconforming hardware to preclude inadvertent processing, disposition nonconforming hardware, preparing for and conducting board meetings, and implementing disposition decisions.
• Drives corrective and preventive action to ensure continual improvement: Investigates and determines root causes of problems, develops and implements corrective and preventive actions.
• Provides imaginative, thorough and practical solutions to a wide range of technical problems through the application of quality engineering disciplines and tools.
• Absolutely necessary to obtain a US Secret Security Clearance.
• Ability to travel less than 10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Computer skills sufficient to generate reports and analyze data using MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Word software.
• PowerBi is a plus.
• Experience with solid rocket component fabrication, electro-mechanical parts assembly and Final Assembly and Check-out and/or Avionics.
• Experience with Hardware Acceptance Review processes.
• ASQ certification a plus.
• Experience implementing cost-effective, LEAN inspection/verification methods or Key Characteristics (ref AS9103).