Lead, Quality Engineer- Automation 1 Jobs

Lead, Quality Engineering - AutomationL3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.Job Code: 46001Job Location: Camden, AR or Huntsville, AL, or Orange, VAJob Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hours per day, 4 days a weekJob Description: The Missile Solutions Segment of L3Harris Technologies is seeking an experienced Automation Quality Engineer to support industrial expansion readiness and strategic growth initiatives across the Propulsion Systems sector. This role will focus on automation-related quality engineering in support of capacity expansion, production ramp-up, manufacturing transitions, and advanced manufacturing implementation. This position serves as a key interface between Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations, and site teams to ensure automated manufacturing processes are capable, controlled, and ready to support new and expanded operations. The role emphasizes improving process performance, reducing variation, and strengthening process controls to ensure quality is built into automated production systems. The ideal candidate brings experience developing automated manufacturing environments, applying data-driven process improvement methods, and partnering across functions to improve process capability and readiness. This role requires strong quality engineering knowledge, manufacturing process understanding, and the ability to support cross-site and cross-program initiatives in a fast-paced defense manufacturing environment.Essential Functions:Support quality activities for automation-related capacity expansion, industrialization, production ramp-up, and manufacturing transitions across the Propulsion Systems sector.Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations, and Quality teams to ensure automated processes are capable, controlled, and ready for production.Analyze process capability, stability, and failure modes using data-driven methods to improve process performance and robustness.Develop and implement process controls, error-proofing, and improvement actions for automated manufacturing processes.Apply and sustain SPC and other quality tools to maintain process performance and reduce variation.Support APQP activities, PFMEA development, control plans, verification/validation, and production readiness efforts for new or modified automated processes.Identify gaps in process capability, control, and reliability, and coordinate actions to address them.Support quality documentation, configuration control, and First Article Inspection (FAI) execution for new or modified automated processes and equipment.Partner with operators, engineers, and supervisors to improve process understanding, discipline, and ownership.Provide automation process quality expertise to continuous improvement and cross-functional project teams.Ensure compliance with AS9100, internal quality management system requirements, and customer-specific quality requirements.Up to 25% business travel requiredAbility to obtain a US Security Clearance.Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant Quality Engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.4+ years of experience in automated manufacturing environments.Preferred Additional Skills:Experience in automated manufacturing and inspection environments, preferably defense, aerospace, automotive, or similar industries.Expertise in AI-assisted or otherwise automated inspection and defect detection systems.Experience with automated manufacturing systems, such as PLC-controlled equipment, robotics, machine vision, automated assembly, or test systems.Capable of working independently and dynamically with minimum oversight with multiple and/or changing priorities.Demonstrated success supporting new product introduction or manufacturing scale-up efforts.Familiarity with APQP and manufacturing risk management.Knowledge of Six Sigma and LEAN manufacturing principles.Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI.