Title:  Manager, Quality Engineering

Job Title: Manager,  Quality Engineering 
Job Code: 25617
Job Location: Onsite at our Canoga Park, CA facility

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 is seeking a Manger of Quality & Mission Assurance (Q&MA) to serve as a quality leader for our Quality Inspection teams at the Aerojet Rocketdyne Segment’s Space Propulsion & Power Systems Sector in Canoga Park, CA. This site is our center of excellence for liquid in-space propulsion, responsible for engine design, fabrication, assembly, and test. 

This position is responsible for leading multiple teams of inspectors within the Q&MA Product Acceptance organization which includes Assembly Inspection, Metrology, Receiving Inspection, and Data Package Reviews. The Q&MA Product Acceptance team ensures delivered products conform to contractual and L3Harris requirements for product quality throughout the production lifecycle. They ensure adherence to and compliance with established quality policies, practices, and government regulations.  This includes implementation and leadership of strategies that will directly impact the successful zero-defect, on-time delivery of products. 

Essential Functions:

• Manage multiple teams of inspectors supporting various inspection efforts, including Assembly Inspection, Metrology, Receiving Inspection, and Data Package Reviews.
• Guide team to resolve technical challenges, ensuring successful tactical execution
• Promote a strong culture of quality focused on the engagement of every employee, with adherence to personal stamp warranty, workmanship fundamentals, and attention to detail in the prevention of defects
• Collaborate with Factory leadership and program management and other functional process teams. 
•  Develop and implement quality improvement initiatives promoting sound and effective principles as set forth in company procedures, customer requirements and government standards.
• Measure, monitor, and take action to ensure quality-focused key performance indicator targets are achieved or exceeded.
• Report to Quality & Mission Assurance (Q&MA) leadership on business performance including action plans to improve business execution and status of strategic initiatives.
• Partner with Leadership in maintaining certification and compliance efforts for AS9100 and other required certifications. 
• Continuously investigate and integrate improved inspection technology in support of engineering design and manufacturing processes
• Support execution of annual departmental budget and staffing plans
• Support identification of needed capital investment to support business need (including quality process capacity, capabilities, & technologies)
• Requires up to 5% business travel within the continental U.S.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related Quality experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related Quality experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related Quality experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience directly managing a Quality Inspection or Quality Organization in an Aerospace or Defense manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with AS9100, ISO 9001, and/or other quality standards.
• Direct experience with fabrication, assembly, test, and inspection processes   commonly used to produce aerospace components and sub-assemblies
• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence.
• Experience working with Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) and government contracts.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California is $114,000 - $212,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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