Senior Specialist, Supplier/Program Quality Engineering

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. Job Title: Senior Specialist, Supplier/Program Quality Engineering Job Code: 35193 Job Location: Yorba Linda, California Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week Job Description: As a Sr. Specialist in Quality Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in the Design & Development phases of electro-mechanical assemblies (primarily Radio Frequency (RF) Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA’s)), and the transition to outsourced production, ensuring successful implementation of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Design for Manufacturability (DFM) tasks. Your contributions will be essential to the success of our team, extended program team, and the business. In this role, you will engage in data-driven improvement and sustainment initiatives by designing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising quality assurance procedures, statistical sampling techniques, quality plans, inspection and testing techniques, and specifications. You will work independently and collaboratively to provide thorough and practical solutions to a wide range of electrical, software, and technical challenges. Successful candidates will have experience utilizing APQP techniques along with various other quality engineering tools. You will drive impactful improvements in supplier performance/development, lead the issuance of Supplier Corrective Actions, and support supplier root cause investigations to identify effective corrective actions that address material and service defects, non-conformances, and compliance gaps. Your role will involve close interaction with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Program Management, and Engineering personnel to ensure high-quality deliveries from our supply base. Essential Functions: Quality Engineering Functions: Perform quality engineering functions for specific phases of projects and programs, developing plans, flow charts, inspection methods, procedures, and standards to ensure all products, data, or services meet specified quality requirements. Supplier Quality Audits: Perform supplier quality audits, source inspections, and First Article Inspections in partnership with Supply Chain Management. APQP Tools: Generate and deploy APQP tools to ensure manufacturability of internally produced designs. Product Development Support: Support product development reviews within the supply base. Coach on Quality Tools: Train and coach other functions inside the company on the value and utilization of quality tools, standards, and practices. Problem Prevention and Correction: Utilize a sense of urgency to act to prevent or correct problems with products and post-delivery defects. Customer Quality Requirements: Interpret and flow down customer quality requirements to programs, engineering, manufacturing, and inspection via Program Quality Requirements (PQR). Customer Interface: Interface effectively with customers to discuss and negotiate quality requirements and specifications. Metrics and Process Improvement: Implement, interpret, and utilize metrics to drive process improvement projects. Analyze metrics and indicators to determine opportunities for improvement, focusing on early detection and prevention of nonconformance. Cost Account Management: Effectively work as a cost account manager for the quality engineering elements of the program work breakdown structure. Risk Management: Understand and apply risk management principles as an essential part of the quality engineering work scope. Engineering and Manufacturing Review: Review engineering and manufacturing information on designs, specifications, and bills of materials to ensure products meet customer requirements. CAPA Leadership: Lead teams and perform investigations to drive Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) for nonconformance and actively participate in material review. Act as the Quality Subject Matter Expert (SME) on program and design teams. Travel: Ability to travel up to 25% t