Graduate Specialist - Quality & Engineering

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Job Title: Specialist, Quality Engineer

Job Location: Salt Lake City: On-site

Job Schedule: 9/80, Off Every other Friday, 1st Shift

The Program Quality Engineer function is a program focused role that is responsible for ensuring product quality and contractual requirements are met. This includes ensuring/verifying the quality of product inputs such as hardware design, software development, and production plans. This Quality Engineering position is responsible for supporting all Quality needs for several Program Management and Engineering teams in Salt Lake City, UT. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who can work with minimal supervision in a cross-functional team to support program success.

Coordinate the program Quality Assurance (QA) activities as part of a cross functional integrated program team to ensure compliance to customer contractual and regulatory requirements, as well as conformance to AS9100 and AS9145 industry standard requirements

Own the Quality Work Package deliverables including Quality Assurance Planning for both new and existing products for the end-to-end product lifecycle as an active QA representative on Project and Program teams

Ensure timely completion of QA deliverables to ensure zero product quality escapes

Utilize data analytics to identify trends and convey meaningful information regarding Quality performance to internal and external customers

Develop and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality, reduce defects, and improve efficiency

Own the technical problem solving for issues that may arise on projects and programs throughout the end-to-end product lifecycle providing project and program teams with clear, consistent, and timely feedback as it relates to contractual and/or regulatory exposure providing innovative solutions to effectively resolve issues in a timely manner

Serve on the Program Quality Team as the Quality interface to customers for all Quality matters

Ensure all applicable elements, product technical and quality standards, and process quality standards are effectively incorporated into new designs and into design changes

Provide oversight for product acceptance criteria, disposition of nonconforming materials, and measurement system evaluations

Provide oversight for conformance to compliance requirements including FOD, ESD, and perishable material management

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant quality experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related quality experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related quality experience.

Experience with Failure Mode Effects Analysis (e.g. DFMEA, PFMEA) and application to Product Risk

Continuous improvement related analysis tools and techniques (e.g. design for six sigma, root cause analysis, lean manufacturing techniques, Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS)

Mil/Aero experience, and knowledge of AS9100 Quality

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.

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