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Job Title: Senior Associate, Quality Engineer

Job Code: 34376 

Job Location: Mason, OH

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

Job Description:

As a Quality Engineer you will contribute to the success of the team, extended program team and the business. In this role you will engage in data-driven improvement and sustainment initiatives. Additionally, you will design, write, implement, evaluate, and revise quality assurance procedures, statistical sampling techniques, quality plans, inspection and testing techniques and specifications. The Quality Engineer will also work both independently and along team members to provide thorough and practical solutions to a wide range of electrical, electro-optical, mechanical and technical problems. Successful candidates will have experience utilizing Lean Green Belt techniques and various other quality engineering tools.

Essential Functions:

• Implement, interpret, and utilize metrics toward process improvement activities.
• Generate and deploy Green Belt tools to act as indicators of quality of items produced and health of the process. Analyze metrics and indicators to determine opportunities for improvement. Early detection and resolution of nonconformance is a key requirement in this role.
• Effectively work as a cost account manager for the quality engineering elements of the program work breakdown structure.
• Interpret and flow down customer quality requirements to programs, engineering, manufacturing, and inspection via Program Quality Requirements (PQR).
• Interface effectively and successfully with customers to discuss and negotiate quality requirements and specifications.
• Understand risk and risk management as an essential part of the quality engineering work scope.
• Utilize sense of urgency to act to prevent or correct problems with products and post-delivery defects.
• Assist in process improvement and process problem solutions on the factory floor.
• Perform quality engineering functions for specific phases of projects and programs to develop plans, flow charts, inspection methods, procedures and standards, including FAI, detailed instructions, check lists, sampling plans, classification of defects, etc.; to assure all products, data or services meet specified quality requirements.
• Review Engineering and Manufacturing information on new and revised designs, specifications and bills of materials; production, tool and test equipment drawings; production and tool plans; operations and routing sheets: production, storage and shipping methods, and to assure that products meet customers' requirements.
• Provide thorough and practical solutions to a wide range of technical problems utilizing electrical, mechanical, and optical engineering abilities.
• Effectively interface and collaborate with Supplier Quality Engineering in customer flow-down and to solve vendor quality problems.
• Apply effective interpretation and application of Quality Standards, such as AS9100, IS)-9001, J-Stds, etc.
• Act as an advisor in all phases of statistical quality control and Green Belt techniques.
• Lead teams and perform investigations to drive CAPA for nonconformance, as well as actively participate in material review. Act as the Quality Subject Matter Expert (SME) on program and design teams.
  • Perform Quality trainings for employees

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and 4 years of Quality Engineering experience or a combination of 8 years of Quality Engineer, Electrical, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineer experience in lieu of a degree.
• 2 years or more experience in reading and interpreting electrical and mechanical drawings of complex nature.
• 2 years or more experience with problem-solving tools such as 8D, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, and CAPA.
• 2 years or more experience in working and communicating effectively in a team environment.
• 2 years or more experience working in a dynamic environment with multiple and changing priorities.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Technical Discipline
• Aerospace or Defense Manufacturing experience.
• A working familiarity of AS9100, ISO9001, J-STD Workmanship, ANSI J-Standards (Class 3) and IPC Workmanship Standards (Class 3) and TipQA
• Familiarity with CMMI Level 3
• ASQ Certificate
• Electrical, Mechanical Engineering and Electro-Optical experience
• Familiarity with complex mechanical inspection and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.

L3Harris announced on January 5th, that AE Industrial Partners (“AE Industrial”) has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in L3Harris’ Space Propulsion and Power Systems business. This position has been identified as one that will transition to the new standalone company upon closing of the transaction. Until that time, L3Harris will continue its hiring activity within this business. 

L3Harris 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.

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