Title:  Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Title – Supplier Quality Engineer

Job Location – Brighton

Our Brighton business is moving to a new location in 2027. The new site is expected to be located in either Shoreham, Burgess Hill or Horsham and will be within a 15-minute drive of our current site.

Job ID – 34983

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

Operating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains.

L3Harris in Brighton are part of our Release Systems & Antennas division operating in the Aerospace domain. For over 70 years, L3Harris has designed and developed industry-leading carriage and release systems for fighter, rotary-wing and unmanned platforms and we design, manufacture and test a large portion of our release systems portfolio in our Brighton facility which offers 48,500 square feet of manufacturing space. Our mission-critical release systems equipment is on most major airborne fighter platforms worldwide, including the F-35, along with other aircraft like the Gripen and Typhoon.

Please note, our Brighton business is moving to a new location in 2027. The new site is expected to be located in either Shoreham, Burgess Hill or Horsham and will be within a 15-minute drive of our current site.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• 50% - 80% Supplier Travel across the year, mainly covering the South of the UK but not exclusively (to be discussed further in initial call)
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What the role will involve

This position is responsible for quality improvement issues related to suppliers and/or subcontractors of materials, products or services used in development or manufacturing, as well as overseeing and supporting First Article Review for the site. It also includes responsibility for quality improvement issues relating to in-house programmes.

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Analyse in-house and supplier performance and develop improvement plans for identified problem areas to drive down cost of poor quality, supplier DPPM and other non-conformance rates.
• Use Six Sigma & Lean concepts for improvement of quality and delivery metrics both internally and in the supply base.
• Provide training for basic quality methodologies to support supplier partnerships.
• Support programs assessing potential new suppliers.
• Support Supplier Development Engineers with the implementation of supplier partnership concepts with focus suppliers.
• Review, analyse and report on quality discrepancies related to assembly, process, mechanical, electrical, and electro-mechanical systems, both internally and externally.
• Perform and evaluate root cause and corrective action to correct product / process deficiencies, ensuring implementation and action effectiveness both internally and with suppliers.
• Perform elements of Advanced Product Quality Planning (Process Flow Diagrams, Failure Mode & Effects Analysis, Control Plans, Measurement System Analysis, and First Articles).
• Support Supplier Development Engineers assisting suppliers with the implementation of Zero-Defect Plans (ZDP) with critical suppliers, by assisting them to develop robust processes, performing process/product validations, and recommending internal and external improvements (process and design).
• Support the internal review of Supplier First Article Inspections for the Brighton site.
• Train suppliers to the latest revision of AS9102.

What you’ll bring 

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Must have AS9102 experience.
• Ability to perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) using standard RCA tools – e.g. 5Y.
• Demonstrated knowledge in Machine & Fabrication and / or electrical / electronic manufacture.
• A degree in an engineering discipline

Important to know

Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.