L3Harris

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Quality Engineering

Job Code: CS20221306-83997

Job Location: Melbourne, FL

Job Description:

The Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) is the supply chain specialist responsible for developing suppliers, assessing supplier quality, and ensuring supplier corrective action is performed as necessary. The SQE investigates, analyzes, and resolves supplier quality issues by conducting audits, analyzing defect trends and leading continuous improvement activities. This role is responsible for supplier quality of the CS Brevard sites. The SQE role requires travel based on business needs (25-50%).

Essential Functions:

• Implement policies, procedures and standards for Supplier Management that drive a preventive, zero defect culture of quality, supplier excellence and customer satisfaction.
• Utilize Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), SPC, Predictive Quality methodologies, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, Gage R&R, Six Sigma and Lean Concepts to drive supplier improvements.
• Assess and audit new and existing supplier capabilities and ensure suppliers meet L3Harris and customer requirements.
• Collaborate with supply chain to maintain the approved supplier list
• Generate reports and analyze supplier performance data, the impact to site KPI’s (Supplier OTD, Supplier DPPM, etc.) and drive actions to improve those KPI’s.
• Review flow down of Program Quality requirements and ensure that they are included in the requirement documents to suppliers.
• Develop and maintain incoming inspection criteria. Review and coordinate disposition of nonconforming material associated with Incoming Inspection and supplier driven defects in manufacturing operations
• Lead RCCA activities for supplier responsible customer escapes.
• Initiate and drive supplier corrective action requests (SCAR’s). Train suppliers as required and ensure effective containment plans are defined and implemented, that the that root cause corrective action (RCCA) is robust and effectively implemented in the timeframe required.
• Review and disposition First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs) and ensure that product meets factory, customer, and program requirements.
• Participate (as required) in CCB and MRB activities
• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering, Quality, or Science discipline from an accredited university.
• Experience in operations, supply chain, and manufacturing systems
• Strong understanding of AS9100/ISO9001 quality systems
• Process surveillance and audit experience required
• Proven problem-solving experience – RCCA and Preventive Action
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Able to travel up to 50%
• All other assignments as required

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience
• 6+ years of experience in Supplier Quality engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current DoD security clearance
• Lean Manufacturing
• Six Sigma training and certification
• APQP, SPC, FMEA, Control Plan, Measurement System Analysis (MSA) and PPAP experience
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to multitask