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Job Title: Specialist, Quality Engineer

Job Code: 17864

Job Location: Huntsville, AL or Toney, AL

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

Job Description:

We are seeking a Specialist, Quality Engineer to work at either our existing state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF) in Toney, AL or our new, AMF in Huntsville, AL, which will be our inert manufacturing facility for fabrication and assembly of composite rocket motor hardware. The Specialist, Quality Engineer works under moderate supervision to set objectives for own job area. Communicates with contacts inside and outside own team to explain and interpret operational processes, practices, and procedures Identifies and addresses changes within own job area. Works to achieve operational targets with some impact on departmental results.

Essential Functions:

• Utilizes engineering background and expertise to communicate between team members and customer counterparts to provide assurance that the hardware is compliant to specifications.

• Handles and communicates deviations/nonconformance at different levels within the organization. Understands and communicates typical aerospace processes (machining, welding, non-destructive testing, etc.) and how they are applied to the hardware being manufactured.

• Applies modern quality principles, concepts, and methods to routine aerospace and manufacturing operation, including Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma tools.

• Interprets engineering drawings and specifications, customer quality requirements, and company quality requirements to ensure compliance with the customer's expectations.

• Prepares comprehensive analyses, procedures, reports and presentations for customer review throughout the evaluation process. Reviews all supplier data and ensures that it is complete and accurate before the data is reviewed by the customer.

• Interfaces with the Material Review Board (MRB) to provide technical justification when a nonconformance to mutually agreed specifications is determined.

• Other duties as assigned.

  Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant engineer experience.

• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related engineer experience.

• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related engineer experience.

  Preferred Additional Skills:

• Analytical Skills

• Attention to Detail

• Problem-Solving Skills

• Technical Knowledge

• Communication Skills

• Regulatory & Auditing (AS9100)

• Statistical Analysis

• Risk Management

• Project Management

• Customer Focus

• Teamwork

• Continuous Learning

• Ethical Judgment

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.