Quality Engineering Manager – Aerospace & Defense

L3Harris Technologies; Camden (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Manager, Quality Engineering for its Camden, AR site. The role focuses on developing, implementing, and leading total quality management programs and Six Sigma initiatives to ensure zero-defect, on-time delivery aligned with contract requirements.

The selected candidate will manage a Quality Engineering team, drive cross-functional quality improvements, and ensure compliance with internal, customer, regulatory, and 3rd party standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 9+ years aerospace/defense quality experience; or 7+ years with a graduate degree; or 13+ years without a degree.
• 5+ years manufacturing experience.
• 2+ years experience with quality management systems (QMS) and quality principles.
• 2+ years experience with continuous improvement concepts and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Lead Quality Engineering Team to achieve Camden site goals with focus on zero-defect, on-time delivery of products meeting contractual quality and performance requirements.
• Leads projects, provides training, logistical and infrastructural assistance for quality initiatives.
• Ensures internal, customer, regulatory and 3rd party requirements are defined, measured, and continuously improved.
• Leads root cause and corrective action to address product and process non-conformances and compliance gaps.
• Drives early cross-functional engagement initiatives to ensure quality is built into the design and processes.
• Responsible for developing and implementing inspection planning, testing and evaluation methods to verify product repeatability and reproducibility.
• Develops budget, monitors expenditures and leads a quality team of Quality Engineers.
• May oversee program/project execution through review of proposals and completion of gate reviews.
• Interface with customer and on-site representatives.
• Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance

Skills

Quality leadership

Continuous improvement

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Graduate Degree (preferred)

Tools

Maestro

Oracle

Delmia

MS Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint)

Job description

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Manager, Quality Engineering for its Camden, AR site. The role focuses on developing, implementing, and leading total quality management programs and Six Sigma initiatives to ensure zero-defect, on-time delivery aligned with contract requirements.

The selected candidate will manage a Quality Engineering team, drive cross-functional quality improvements, and ensure compliance with internal, customer, regulatory, and 3rd party standards.