Title:  Senior Manager, Quality Management

Job Title: Senior Manager, Quality

Job Code: 34856

Job Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

Schedule: 4/10

About L3Harris Technologies:

L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.

L3Harris Fuzing Ordinance Systems, a division of L3Harris, provides precision electronic components, subsystems, and systems for the DOD and international allies.  L3Harris DES specializes in the design and manufacture of fuzes, ignition safety devices, proximity sensors, GPS navigation systems, aerospace status indicators, and range and test solutions.

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, L3Harris Fuzing Ordinance Systems’ primary manufacturing facility was specifically designed and constructed for the manufacture of fuzing and ordnance systems and precision electronic components.  L3Harris is a partner you can count on to deliver quality products and solve your toughest technical challenges.  The Cincinnati location has flexible manufacturing - capable of manufacturing a variety of products from large scale down to individual production units for development efforts, dual identical modern Surface Mount Technology (SMT) assembly lines for automated electronic manufacture, and on-site inspection and test capabilities to perform all required environmental conditioning test procedures. We offer competitive benefits, an alternative 4/10 work schedule, and the opportunity to work with a talented and diverse group of professionals.

Job Description:

L3Harris Fuzing and Ordinance Systems is seeking a Senior Manager of Quality to serve as the Cincinnati, OH site quality leader. This role requires a dynamic, technical leader with a proven track record of leading change, inspiring others, and driving continual process and product improvement. This position will be responsible for leading all aspects of Quality throughout the product lifecycle. This includes driving continual process and product improvement, ensuring product and process integrity, customer satisfaction and overall mission success while supporting quality, delivery and cost targets.

Essential Functions:

• Provide leadership, direction, and support to the various Quality Assurance teams (Program Quality Engineering, Supplier Quality Engineering, Receiving Inspection, Materials Lab, Calibration and Quality Management Systems) to ensure deliverables (products and records) are produced to meet quality standards set by government, regulatory, customer and L3Harris corporate requirements.
• Responsible for the Quality Engineering, Quality Inspection, Quality Systems and Supplier Quality functions, supporting all business practices, including quality planning, compliance monitoring and validation for programs, hardware, software, and inspection.
• Responsibility for resolving technical challenges, ensuring successful tactical execution, as well as creating and implementing the strategic vision for the Quality department.
• Develop and implement Quality initiatives and programs promoting sound and effective principles as set forth in company procedures, government standards and directives, and commercially proven methodology and ensure that the department conforms to these principles, as well as ensuring all functions involved in designing and producing goods are in compliance with quality and reliability requirements.
• Champion, lead, and support the execution of key strategic, corporate, and/or customer driven initiatives including:
  • Advanced product quality planning (APQP)
  • Zero Defect Planning (ZDP)
  • Operational Excellence
  • Continuous Improvement
• Develop and support site and functional strategic alignment.
• Collect and analyze key quality measures such as Cost of Poor Quality to develop zero defect plans, improve yields and reduce rework during engineering and manufacturing efforts. Report to senior leadership on business performance including action plans to improve business execution and status of strategic initiatives.
• Ensure product quality technology is an integral part of engineering design and manufacturing processes. Drive advanced product quality planning throughout the product maturity cycle.
• Promote a strong culture of quality focused on every employee engaged and enhancing the customer experience through rigorous attention to detail and prevention of defects.
• Work closely with the program teams and the functional organizations to ensure that all phases of the customer life cycle, from early customer involvement through post-delivery support, meet the requirements for mission success.
• Ensure the maintenance of quality records that document the quality status of material/products and provide necessary information for internal and external reviews.
• Maintain certification and compliance efforts for AS9100 and other required certifications.
• Lead robust root cause analysis, application of lean/six sigma methods and implementation of corrective and preventative actions.
• Measure, monitor, and take action to ensure quality-focused key performance indicator targets are achieved or exceeded.
• Apply L3Harris policies, procedures and standards that are relevant to the respective program and functional organizations.
• Executing yearly departmental budget and staffing plans.

Qualifications:

• BS in an Engineering related discipline or Management.  Master’s in engineering or Business preferred
•  Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 12 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 16 years of prior related experience.

• 10 or more years of experience in electro-mechanical manufacturing environments with experience in mechanical and electronics assembly.
• 5 or more years of experience in Aerospace and Defense.
• 5 or more years of experience directly managing a Quality Engineering Organization or Quality Organization.
• 5 or more years managing site certification with AS9100, ISO 9001.
• 5 or more years’ experience representing quality with all levels of management, peers and other employees relative to quality and technical issues.
• 5 or more years' experience in MicroSoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Minitab.
• 5 or more years of experience identifying nonconformance and applying prevention utilizing formal tools such, DMAIC, FMEA, 8D, 5Y etc. and applying Lean techniques such as Standard Work and Value Stream Mapping.
• 5 or more years of experience in making decisions in a timely manner and capable of assessing the risks that may result from the decisions being made.  Capable of working independently and dynamically with minimum oversight with multiple and/or changing priorities.
• Must be able to obtain a US Security Clearance.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• 10 or more years as a Quality Engineering or Quality Manager.
• 5 or more years’ experience reading and interpreting electrical and mechanical drawings and schematics.
• Powerful and prolific communication skills both written and oral.
• Experience with TipQA, CostPoint, SAP.
• Experience working with DCMA and government contracts.
• Knowledge of engineering and production processes used to design, develop and produce high-reliability mechanical and electronic systems and sub-systems.
• Experience with J standards for electronic manufacturing.
• Experience with drawing interpretation and GD&T.
• Experience with hands-on mechanical and electronic inspection techniques.
• Supplier Quality / Supplier Development experience.
• Program Management, Product Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering experience.
• ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence.
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer.
• Proven track record of successful process improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of Six Sigma and LEAN manufacturing principles.