Quality Engineer Intern: Drive Zero-Defect Defense Tech

L3Harris Technologies; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 31,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation stipend

401(k)

EAP

Company-paid holidays

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Quality Engineer Intern to support quality activities across developmental, production, and aftermarket contracts in Rochester, NY. The role involves frontend support for manufacturing, MRB management, and guiding cross-functional teams in root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

The intern will participate in Zero Defect Plan initiatives, analyze data to prioritize improvements, and collaborate in Gemba and program status meetings.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's in engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Provide frontline support to manufacturing activities, including inspection and test activities, troubleshooting, and MRB management of nonconformances.
• Evaluate and disposition customer returns, in-process defects, and address day to day quality concerns. Rapidly implementing containment and corrective actions as applicable.
• Support, mentor, and guide cross-functional groups in problem solving efforts confirming root cause identification, generating corrective actions and verification items are implemented and sustained.
• Participate in the planning and implementation of the L3Harris Zero Defect Plan program.
• Generate and analyze data and metrics to prioritize corrective action and improvement activities.
• Participate in and support manufacturing (Gemba) and program status and scrum meetings.
• Plan, analyze, survey and control to assure that all applicable quality requirements are adhered to in all phases of a program, from contract award through end customer acceptance.
• Review new contracts to determine the quality assurance requirements and flow down requirements to the appropriate level.
• Participate in Engineering design reviews, review engineering drawings for conformance to quality requirements and sign off on approved drawings.
• Partner with Engineering to identify Critical to Quality (CTQ) test and inspection requirements.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering to implement test and inspection plans and processes.
• Partner with Supplier Quality to ensure applicable requirements are flowed down to subcontractors and managed appropriately.
• Input into process layouts, build plans, work instructions, and visual aids to assist in continuous improvement efforts for supporting production.
• Prepare, or support the preparation of, cost estimates.

Education

Bachelor's in engineering or related field

Job description

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Quality Engineer Intern to support quality activities across developmental, production, and aftermarket contracts in Rochester, NY. The role involves frontend support for manufacturing, MRB management, and guiding cross-functional teams in root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

The intern will participate in Zero Defect Plan initiatives, analyze data to prioritize improvements, and collaborate in Gemba and program status meetings.