Lead, Manufacturing Process Quality Engineer

Job Title: Lead Manufacturing Process Quality Engineer

Job Code: 33219

Job Location: Huntsville AL Orange VA -OR- Camden AR

Job Schedule: Huntsville & Orange - 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off Camden - 4/10: Employees work 10 hour shifts - 4 days a week

Job Description:

The Missile Solutions Segment of L3Harris is seeking a Lead Manufacturing Process Quality Engineer toimprove manufacturing process performance and robustness in support of Quality & Mission Assurance objectives. This role is one of three complementary positions within an integrated Q&MA execution team contributing deep manufacturing process expertise. This role can work out of our offices in Huntsville Alabama Orange Virginia or Camden Arkansas. This role role focuses on understanding how manufacturing processes actually operate identifying gaps in capability control and reliability and working with manufacturing teams to improve them. The role emphasizes process improvement over inspection reinforcing the principle that quality is built in not inspected in.

Essential Functions:

• Improve manufacturing processes by reducing variation and strengthening control.

• Analyze process capability stability and failure modes using data-driven methods.

• Develop and implement process improvements controls and mistake-proofing.

• Apply and sustain SPC to maintain process performance.

• Support APQP PFMEA control plans and production readiness.

• Partner with operators engineers and supervisors to improve process understanding and ownership.

• Provide manufacturing process expertise to team-led improvement initiatives.

• Teach and coach teams on process discipline and quality fundamentals.

• Up to 30% business travel to L3Harris manufacturing sites.

• Ability to obtain US Security Clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and minimum of 9 years of prior Manufacturing Mechanical Industrial or Quality Engineering experience; Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior Manufacturing Mechanical Industrial or Quality Engineering experience; In lieu of a degree a minimum of 13 years of prior Manufacturing Mechanical Industrial or Quality Engineering experience.

• 4 years experience improving manufacturing processes in a production environment.

• 4 years data analysis experience working with manufacturing data.

• 4 years experience teaching coaching and mentoring others.

• 2 years APQP and Process Control experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in manufacturing and quality preferably defense aerospace automotive or similar industries.

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (or higher).

• Experience with SPC PFMEA control plans and mistake-proofing.

• Familiarity with AS9100 ISO 9001 or similar standards.

• Prior leadership experience with direct reports or strong cross-functional influence.

• Experience collaborating within a Microsoft 365 environment with proficiency in the included applications (e.g. Word Excel PowerPoint Teams)

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