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L3Harris Technologies · 2 days ago

Lead Quality Engineer

Northampton, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$114K/yr - $212K/yr

7+ years exp

L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry, dedicated to delivering end-to-end technology solutions for national security. The Lead Quality Engineer will oversee Quality activities for various contracts, ensuring adherence to quality requirements and implementing corrective actions as necessary.

CommercialInformation TechnologyNational Security

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Evaluate and disposition customer returns, in-process defects, and address day to day quality concerns. Rapidly implementing containment and corrective actions as applicable

Support Quality leadership to ensure methodology is applied in a way that supports business performance and true alignment of business goals and objectives

Effectively communicate across multiple organizations to align a strategic and tactical path to success for manufacturing operations at the site while improving quality

Support, mentor, and guide cross-functional groups in problem solving efforts confirming root cause identification, generating corrective actions and verification items are implemented and sustained

Participate in the planning and implementation of the L3Harris Zero Defect Plan program

Generate and analyze data and metrics to prioritize corrective action and improvement activities

Participate in and support manufacturing (Gemba) and program status and scrum meetings

Plan, analyze, survey and control to assure that all applicable quality requirements are adhered to in all phases of a program, from initial proposal through end customer acceptance

Review new contracts to determine the quality assurance requirements and flow down requirements to the appropriate level

Participate in Engineering design reviews, review engineering drawings for conformance to quality requirements and sign off on approved drawings

Partner with Engineering to identify Critical to Quality (CTQ) test and inspection requirements

Partner with Manufacturing Engineering to implement test and inspection plans and processes

Partner with Supplier Quality to ensure applicable requirements are flowed down to subcontractors and managed appropriately

Input into process layouts, build plans, work instructions, and visual aids to assist in continuous improvement efforts for supporting production

Prepare, or support the preparation of, cost estimates. Act as Cost Account Manager (CAM) for Quality related program labor budgets

Train and instruct Associate Quality Engineers as to methods, technical requirements, planning, scheduling, costing, and other related matters

Qualification

FMEADesign reviewsAdvanced problem solvingQuality Management SystemLean Six SigmaCQE certificationElectrical assemblyERP systems

Required

Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience, or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of directly related prior experience may be considered

Ability to obtain Secret level security clearance which requires US Citizenship

Subject matter expert in advanced problem solving (such as 8D, A3, DMAIC, RCCA)

Experience Leading and supporting FMEAs for process improvement and design

Strong proficiency in design reviews, drawing reviews, engineering change order incorporation