Lead Automation Quality Engineer - Defense Manufacturing

L3Harris Technologies; Camden (AR); On-site; USD 102,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & disability insurance

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Education assistance

Parental leave

Paid time off

Company-paid holidays

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies is seeking an Automation Quality Engineer to support automated manufacturing environments and drive capability across the Propulsion Systems sector. You will collaborate with Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Operations to ensure processes are capable and production-ready.

The role emphasizes data-driven improvement, process control, and cross-site readiness, with a focus on reducing variation and building quality into automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience; or a Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience; or in lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
• 4 or more years of experience in automated manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Support 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 required
• Must be able to obtain a U.S. security clearance

Skills

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Power BI

Six Sigma

Lean manufacturing

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Graduate Degree

13 years experience in lieu of degree

Tools

PLC-controlled equipment

Robotics

Machine vision

Automated assembly

Test systems

Job description

L3Harris Technologies is seeking an Automation Quality Engineer to support automated manufacturing environments and drive capability across the Propulsion Systems sector. You will collaborate with Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Operations to ensure processes are capable and production-ready.

The role emphasizes data-driven improvement, process control, and cross-site readiness, with a focus on reducing variation and building quality into automation.