Quality Engineer

L3Harris; Brighton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

L3Harris 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 Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. 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 Title – Quality Engineer

Job Location – Brighton

Job ID – 23275

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.

L3Harris in Brighton are part of Release Systems and the Mission Avionics sector operating in the Aerospace domain. As part of the RC-135 based Airseeker/Rivet Joint programme, we deliver strategic and tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability. We provide comprehensive carriage, release and interfacing solutions to integrate weapons and stores onto crewed and uncrewed air platforms.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• To ensure compliance to specified quality requirements and assist in reducing cost. Actively identifying corrective actions, providing support with continual improvements.
• Carry out process and product-based quality audits and verifying any corrective actions that need to be taken.
• Demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of Continual Improvement, internal and external audit procedures, and be able to produce report data for management system review.
• Investigation around customer returns and defect investigations.
• Generating monthly quality reports.
• Support all Program Teams meetings by representing the L3Harris QA Team to ensure product development programmes plan for right first time working by using prevention tools.

What you’ll bring

The role of Quality Engineer requires the following experience and skills:

• To be fully conversant with the current revision of ISO9001 and AS9100.
• Previous Quality Assurance experience, ideally including aerospace experience and ideally educated to degree level or equivalent in an Engineering or Science related subject.
• Experience with APQP, PPAP, PFMEA and Control Plans.

Important to know

Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and offers equal opportunities for all. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.