Director, Quality Management

Job Title: Director Quality Management

Job Code: 33319

Job Location: Mason OH or Amityville NY

Job Schedule: 9/80 Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris Technologies Missile Solutions segment is a world-recognized leader in propulsion systems for space missile defense strategic missiles and tactical systems. We are seeking an experienced Director Quality Management to lead our newly created Advanced Effects sector. This role is critical to ensuring the highest standards of quality reliability and mission success in our aerospace and defense programs.

The Director of Quality will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for the Quality organization within the Advanced Effects sector of L3Harris Missile Solutions. This high-impact role drives quality excellence across the design development manufacturing and sustainment of advanced launched effects fuzes seekers sensors electronic warfare payloads kinetic effectors and modular systems. You will foster a zero-defect culture ensure strict compliance with aerospace/defense standards and support mission assurance for critical DoD programs in contested environments.

This position offers the chance to define and execute quality strategy for a rapidly growing high-priority portfolio aligned with national defense imperatives for affordable scalable and swarming-capable advanced effects technologies.

Essential Functions:

• Lead the Advanced Effects Quality team including talent acquisition development mentoring and performance management of quality engineers inspectors and assurance professionals.

• Develop and deploy sector-specific quality strategies policies and processes to deliver world-class performance in full compliance with AS9100

• DoD/customer requirements and industry standards.

• Oversee end-to-end quality activities: planning supplier quality product verification/validation nonconformance management root cause analysis (e.g. 8D PFMEA) and corrective/preventive actions using statistical and lean tools.

• Champion continuous improvement (Lean Six Sigma) to enhance first-time yield reduce defects and lower cost of poor quality across programs.

• Integrate quality requirements into all program phasesfrom proposal to sustainmentpartnering closely with Engineering Program Management Supply Chain Manufacturing and Test functions.

• Manage internal/external audits source inspections and interactions with government quality assurance representatives (QARs).

• Define track and report key quality metrics/KPIs to senior leadership and contribute to mission success and risk reviews.
  

• Identify and mitigate quality risks unique to advanced effects technologies including sensors fuzes electronic warfare and modular launched systems.

• Promote a culture of accountability innovation and mission focus while ensuring compliance with ITAR FAR/DFARS export controls and other regulations.

• Up to 40% business travel for program support supplier oversight audits or customer engagements.

• Ability to obtain US Secret Security Clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and minimum 15 years of prior Quality experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 13 years of prior related quality lieu of a degree minimum of 19 years of prior related quality experience.

• 5 years exeprinece in the Aerospace and Defense industry executing Department of War (DOW) contracts.

• 5 years of direct leadership experience managing quality teams in complex multi-site or matrixed organizations supporting defense or aerospace programs.

• 5 years expereince implementing and maintaining AS9100/ISO 9001 quality management systems including GD&T SPC APQP/PPAP and advanced problem-solving methodologies (e.g. 8D Fishbone Pareto).

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Quality Management or a related technical discipline.

• Masters degree in related field.

• Strong leadership capabilities with experience building developing and motivating high-performing teams in dynamic fast-paced settings.

• Excellent communication collaboration and stakeholder influence skills at all levels including executive leadership cross-functional teams suppliers and customers.

• Experience in missile systems launched effects electronic warfare seekers/sensors fuzes or related advanced defense technologies.

• Professional certifications such as ASQ Certified Quality Manager Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) Six Sigma Black Belt or Program Management Professional (PMP).

• Prior involvement with DOW missile/launched effects programs high-volume production ramps or similar high-reliability environments.

• Background with L3Harris legacy Aerojet Rocketdyne or comparable defense contractors.

• Experience training coaching and mentoring.

• Proficient in MS Word Excel PowerPoint.

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