Specialist, Quality Engineer

About the role

The Missle Solutions Segment of L3Harris is seeking a Specialist, Quality Engineer to work at either our existing state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF) in Toney, AL, and/or our new, AMF in Huntsville, AL, which will be our inert manufacturing facility for fabrication and assembly of composite rocket motor hardware.

Responsibilities

• Leverages engineering expertise to facilitate communication and coordination among Integrated Product Team (IPT) members, suppliers, program office, and customers.
• Ensures that contractual requirements, hardware specifications, and key quality metrics are met, or ensures corrective actions are implemented and verified effective.
• Interpret engineering drawings, specifications, and contractual requirements to ensure compliance and flow down of applicable requirements.
• Lead or interface with the Material Review Board (MRB) for nonconforming material disposition, driving timely completion of actions.
• Develop, implement, and maintain quality assurance processes for high product and service standards, regularly assessing the health those functional processes.
• Investigate production issues, conduct root cause analysis, take corrective actions, and verify effectiveness through effective application of a Corrective Action Board (CAB) process.
• Analyze manufacturing quality data to identify trends and areas for improvement. Lead data-driven continuous improvement initiatives to enhance product quality and manufacturing process efficiency.
• Interface with Supplier Quality Engineering to resolve supplier-related issues.
• Work with Integrated Product Teams (IPT) to identify and mitigate program risks through the program’s Risk and Opportunity Management Board process.
• Present quality metrics to customers, providing assessment and actions to drive improvement.
• Absess the need for First Article Inspections (FAIs) based on trigger events defined in AS9102 and/or contractual flowdown, and facilitate their completion.
• Travel: 10% business travel to L3harris and customer sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior Quality experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior Quality experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior Quality experience.
• Preferred Additional Skills:
• Experience collaborating within a Microsoft 365 environment, with proficiency in the included applications (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Project Management experience.
• Supplier/Customer Support expereince.
• Regulatory & Auditing (AS9100) in the Aerospace and Defense Industry.
• Statistical Analysis experience.
• Risk Management experience.

Benefits

Ability to obtain US Security Clearence.