Specialist, Quality Engineer

Company: L3Harris Technologies
Location: Huntsville
Posted on: May 15, 2025

Job Description:

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.L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.Job Title: Specialist, Quality EngineerJob Code: 23594Job Location: Huntsville, ALJob Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off -Job Description: -The Aerojet Rocketdyne Segment of L3Harris is seeking -a Specialist Quality Engineer to work at our state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Facility South (AMF-S) location near the airport in Huntsville, AL, which is our inert manufacturing facility for fabrication and assembly of composite rocket motor hardware. - -The -Specialist Quality Engineer is an experienced professional with proficient knowledge of job area and practical knowledge of project management. May manage projects or processes with general supervision. Communicates with contacts inside and outside of own department to explain and interpret operational processes, practices, and procedures. Recommends enhancements to systems and processes. Works to achieve operational targets for specific programs and projects with moderate impact on departmental results. -Essential Functions: - -

• Utilizes engineering background and expertise to communicate between team members, suppliers, 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 operation, including Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma tools. -
• Analyze defect data and implement data driven corrective actions.
• Interprets engineering drawings and specifications, customer quality requirements, and company quality requirements to ensure compliance.
• Perform root cause and corrective actions to address product and process non-conformances and compliance gaps.
  • Present corrective actions and process improvements to internal and external audiences.
  • Interfaces with the Material Review Board (MRB) to provide technical justification when a nonconformance to mutually agreed specifications is determined. -
  • Perform internal audits of assigned programs, and support in the preparation for and execution of external audits.
  • Assess the need for First Article Inspections (FAIs) based on trigger events defined in AS9102 and/or contractual flowdown and facilitate their completion.
    • Up to 10% business travel to L3harris and customer sites.
    • Ability to obtain US Security Clearence. - -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)
        • Lean/Six Sigma training (preference is certified green/black belt).
        • Excellent written and oral communication skills to include report writing, data analysis for decision-making, and process improvements.
        • Project Management experience.
        • Supplier/Customer Support expereince.
        • Regulatory & Auditing (AS9100) in the Aerospace and Defense Industry.
        • Statistical Analysis experience.
        • Risk Management experience. - -#LI-MRWL3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.L3Harris Technologies is an E-Verify Employer. Please click here for the E-Verify Poster in or . For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here for or .

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