Job Title: Senior Specialist Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Number: 19884

Job Location: Mason, OH

Schedule: 9/80

Essential Functions:

• Implement, interpret, and utilize metrics toward process improvement activities.
• Manage a portfolio of ~40 suppliers (mechanical components, electronics components, wiring, optics, PWBs and CCAs).
• 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.
• Audit assigned suppliers in compliance with L3 internal policies and procedures.
• Review and approve PPAP, APQP, and FAIR packages from suppliers.
• Understand risk and risk management as an essential part of the supplier 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.
• 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 engineering abilities.
• Effectively interface and collaborate with Product Quality Engineering with  customer requirements flow-down
• Apply effective interpretation and application of Quality Standards, such as AS9100, IS)-9001, J-Stds, IPC standards, 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) for CCA’s and PWB’s.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and 7 years of Quality Engineering experience or a combination of 10 years of Quality Engineer, Electrical, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineer experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience in reading and interpreting electrical designs/blueprints of complex nature.
• Experience with problem-solving tools such as 8D, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, and CAPA.
• Mechanical and/or electrical components experience.  Working knowledge of manufacturing processes and quality standards.  Must be knowledgeable of AS9100, ISO9001, and NADCAP standards.
• Experience in working and communicating effectively in a team environment.
• Experience working in a dynamic environment with multiple and changing priorities.
• Experience with auditing suppliers’ QMS.
• Must be a United States Citizen.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Lean Manufacturing and Green Belt Certification
• Bachelor's Degree
• 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
• ASQ^® Certified Quality Engineer Certificate
• Electrical, Mechanical Engineering and Electro-Optical experience

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $80,500.00 MIN - $149,500.00 MAX. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and 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.