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L3Harris Technologies · 2 days ago

Senior Manager, Quality Assurance

Ashburn, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

L3Harris Technologies is a leader in the defense industry, dedicated to delivering end-to-end technology solutions for national security. The Senior Manager of Quality Assurance will lead the Quality Assurance efforts throughout the product development lifecycle, ensuring product integrity and customer satisfaction while overseeing a team of quality personnel.

CommercialInformation TechnologyNational Security

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Responsible for the Quality Engineering and Inspection functions, supporting all business practices, including quality planning, compliance monitoring and validation for programs, hardware, software and inspection

Responsibility for resolving technical challenges, ensuring successful tactical execution, as well as creating and implementing the strategic vision for the Quality department

Develop and implement strategic Quality initiatives and programs in support of the Agile Development Group Division promoting sound and effective principles as set forth in company procedures, government standards and directives, and commercially proven methodology and ensure that the department conforms to these principles

Promote a strong culture of quality focused on every employee engaged and enhancing the customer experience through rigorous attention to detail and prevention of defects

Work closely with the program teams and the functional organizations to ensure that all phases of the product life cycle, from early customer involvement through post-delivery support, meet the requirements for mission success

Ensure that manufacturing engineering, operations and design engineering interact sufficiently throughout the product planning and design phases to ensure a seamless hand-off during product transition to production including design reviews and facilitating quality concurrent Engineering

Responsible for the maintenance of quality records that document the quality status of material/products and provide necessary information and cumulative data for internal and external Customer responses

Develop, review and verify compliance of all Work Package Descriptions issued for Quality tasks for proposals and ongoing contracts/projects

Improve the efficiency of the Quality organization through effective leadership, individual and group training, and process improvement

Collect and analyze key quality measures such as Cost of Poor Quality to develop zero defect plans, improve yields and reduce rework during engineering and manufacturing efforts. Report to senior leadership on business performance including action plans to improve business execution and status of strategic initiatives

Maintain certification and compliance efforts for AS9100, CMMI and other required certifications

Qualification

Quality EngineeringQuality AssuranceAS9100 certificationGreenbelt certificationAgile methodologiesConfiguration ControlCoaching skillsLeadership skillsInterpersonal skillsCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 12 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience

Active Secret US Security Clearance

Preferred

In depth knowledge of quality and reliability methods and procedures for hardware and software systems as they apply to the aerospace or electronic industry

Greenbelt or Blackbelt certification and/or proven education or work history in leading and implementing projects

Experience with Configuration Control management practices

Experience with Agile Oracle, Windchill, Cincom and/or Doors software suites

Experience with J-STD and IPC standard implementation

ASQ certification preferred; Experience managing AS9100 certified business

Willingness to travel up to 20 percent

5+ years Quality management or operations leadership experience

Strong leadership and interpersonal skills including communications, facilitation, consulting, coaching, and influencing

Self-motivated and possess demonstrated ability to motivate others to achieve timely results

Highly collaborative style, capable of working across multiple functional areas to drive results