Sr. Associate, Quality Engineer

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

About the role

The Senior Associate, Quality Engineer works under general supervision and may be responsible for entire projects or processes, providing guidance, coaching, training, and delegation to other employees within the job area. Communicates with contacts within and outside of their own department, occasionally with customers or vendors external to the organization. Makes moderate enhancements or improvements to systems and processes to solve problems and works to achieve operational targets with moderate impact on department results.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes engineering background and expertise to communicate between team members and customer counterparts to provide assurance that the hardware is compliant to specifications.
• Handles and communicates deviations/nonconformance at different levels within the organization.
• Understands and communicates typical aerospace processes (machining, welding, non-destructive testing, etc.) and how they are applied to the hardware being manufactured.
• Applies modern quality principles, concepts, and methods to routine aerospace and manufacturing operations, including Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma tools.
• Interprets engineering drawings and specifications, customer quality requirements, and company quality requirements to ensure compliance with the customer's expectations.
• Implements IMS policies, procedures, and standards for Quality Management that drive a preventive, zero defect culture of quality and customer satisfaction.
• Drives continuous improvements of the quality system and manufacturing processes.
• Provides daily, hands-on quality support to production operations by monitoring processes, responding to quality concerns, and addressing operator questions to support the program during the production phase.
• Evaluates and dispositions customer returns, in-process defects, and addresses day-to-day quality concerns, rapidly implementing containment and corrective actions as applicable.
• Participates in the review and disposition of nonconforming products, including coordinating material review board (MRB) dispositions.
• Performs documentation reviews in support of hardware acceptance (HAR) and pre-shipment (PSR) activities.
• Partners with Project and Manufacturing Engineering to complete qualifications, identify critical-to-quality testing and inspections, implement test and inspection plans and processes, and generate test reports/memos.
• Reviews new contracts to determine the quality assurance requirements and flow down requirements to the appropriate level.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
• Graduate Degree or equivalent with a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
• 2+ years of experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Must be eligible to obtain a DOD Secret Security Clearance which requires US Citizenship.

Preferred Skills

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to effectively establish positive working relationships with various operational groups, all levels of employees, suppliers, and customers.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot quality or process issues with minimal guidance, using structured problem-solving methods.
• Basic understanding of quality principles, measurement tools, and manufacturing processes.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, and work instructions.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively on the production floor.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and problem-solving approach.
• Understanding of ISO9001/AS9100 and related QMS standards.
• Strong drive and sense of ownership.
• Experience using RCCA tools such as FMEA, Pareto, 5-Why, 8D, and Fishbone.
• Exposure to product development in a multi-functional team environment is desired.

Pay

The salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C. area, Denver, or NYC areas is $73,000 MIN - $136,000 MAX.

Schedule

9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off.

Benefits

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

The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.