Job Title: Sr. Specialist, Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Code: 17614

Job Location: Connecticut

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

Job Description:

The Sr. Specialist, Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) is responsible for ensuring that delivered products and/or services conform to contractual and the Company’s requirements. The SQE will work closely with their assigned suppliers on activities such as Early Supplier Engagements, First Article Inspections, Root Cause / Corrective Action activities, and audits. The SQE will also work with the assigned Contract Source Inspector to ensure that product releases are timely and meet the expectations of the internal customers.

Essential Functions:

• 25% - Visit suppliers to review product & process issues. Interface with internal and external customers; i.e., engineering, manufacturing, supplier, procurement to ensure requirements are met. Analyze supplier processes and planning to verify compliance with purchase orders, engineering drawings, processes, specifications, etc.
• 25% - Visit suppliers and perform investigation and root cause analysis to drive improvements into their processes.  Be accountable for assigned suppliers' performance and ensure suppliers are performing with a 100% quality rating.
• 15% - Be an active contributor in Early Supplier Engagements such as Post Award Reviews (PAR), Supplier Manufacturing Readiness Reviews, and Control Plan activity. Perform as the leading contributor for PAR-Lites.
• 15% - Work with suppliers to resolve issues with purchase order inspection packages. Investigate and report supplier quality history as requested by quality engineering or Quality & Mission Assurance (Q&MA) management.
• 10% - Create reporting documents to status Supplier's Performance, Non-Conformance History, impact to the Company's CoPQ, and other metrics as assigned.
• 5% - Participates in managing the supplier ratings/scorecard system and overseeing periodic meetings.
• 5% - Perform periodic source inspections at assigned suppliers.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.
• Ability to travel 150 miles by vehicle one way and air travel when required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 5 years of prior relevant engineering experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related engineering experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related engineering experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in manufacturing and/or inspections.
• Problem solving, RCCA and investigation experience.
• Certified Quality Engineer strongly preferred.
• Ability to synthesize and analyze data from several sources and develop a plan to take action based upon the data.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work within a close-knit team environment.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Washington State and New York State is $80,500 - $149,500. For California, Seattle and New York City, the salary range for this role is $92,500 - $171,500. 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.