Senior Specialist, Welding Process Quality Engineering
Company: L3Harris Technologies
Location: Canoga Park
Posted on: September 17, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Title: Senior Specialist, Welding Process Quality
Engineering Job Code: QEP4 Job Location: Canoga Park, CA Job
Schedule: 9/80 --- 9 hours Monday --- Thursday, 8 hours every other
Friday Job Description: The Welding Process Quality Engineers are
responsible for ensuring that delivered products and/or services
conform to contractual and the Company---s requirements by
designing, implementing, evaluating and continually improving
quality assurance and control methods and systems. They translate
design drawings and contractual requirements into a comprehensive,
understandable and functional quality plan; monitor and closely
support manufacturing, inspection and supplier functions that
relate to product quality; coordinate with the customer the
establishment of government quality requirements and material
review board activities; represent quality assurance in corrective
action activities; and participate in audits or product evaluations
to determine the effectiveness of the quality assurance program.
These positions collaborate with engineering laboratory and
production functions to ensure quality standards are in place. The
Welding Quality Process Engineer is responsible for ensuring that
quality requirements are integrated and captured in various special
processes utilized in the Canoga Park facility. This role
necessitates a strong understanding of industry standards, internal
command media and extensive practical experience to support
development and deployment of best practices. The Senior QPE is
expected to coordinate with internal and external customers to
quickly resolve manufacturing issues and utilize their technical
background to proactively drive process improvements. This position
will have a heavy emphasis on welding and welding related support
processes. Essential Functions: Functions as a lead in the review
of failure investigation activities to ensure root cause is
identified and mitigating activities are identified and implemented
Leads audit and inspection preparation, resolution of audit and
inspection findings and liaises with auditing groups and inspectors
through all stages of the audits Coordinates communication with
DCMA on quality issues, corrective action activities as well as
advocacy for DCMA concerns Coordinates quality participation in
engineering milestone reviews and the related product life cycle
Provides leadership and participates in cause and corrective action
activities, failure investigations, metrics creation and quality
improvement projects Ensures quality requirements are embedded into
key manufacturing special processes, with a heavy emphasis on
welding. Provides leadership in the development and implementation
of inspection plans that utilize Coordinate Measuring Machines
(CMMs), Standard Measuring Inspection (SMI) equipment, quality tool
and gage processes, sample inspection, NDT, special process
certification controls, and Statistical Process Control (SPC)
techniques Participates in nonconforming material control and the
Material Review Board (MRB) processes Proactively analyzes
manufacturing data to identify opportunities and implement process
improvements Independently manages quality projects, including
coordination with cross functional team members, to ensure timely
project completion. Other responsibilities assigned by management
as necessary. Qualifications: Bachelor---s Degree and minimum 6
years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum
of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree,
minimum of 10 years of prior related experience. Knowledge of:
Applicable codes, rules and regulations related to the area of
assignment Quality engineering and mission assurance principles
Principles of quality planning and creating a quality plan Failure
investigation, root cause and corrective action processes
Nonconformance reporting and the Material Review Board (MRB)
process Quality management system standards Qualification process
and testing Risk management process ERP and Manufacturing Execution
Systems (MES) Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
techniques Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs) and Standard
Measuring Inspection (SMI) equipment Applicable machine shop, weld,
composite, propellant, electrical and assembly processes
Non-Destructive Test inspection processes Dimensional, visual,
sample and witness inspection processes Tooling/gage processes
Special process certifications Process Failure Modes and Effects
Analysis (PFMEA) Basic quality laboratory processes Basic clean
room practices and methods Calibrations system requirements
Configuration management Computer systems and applicable software
programs such as Microsoft Office suite Data mining quality
management data techniques Ability to: Audit, interpret and
evaluate data and processes Use a variety of test, inspection and
measurement equipment Read and interpret blueprints and related
specifications Apply and interpret Geometric Dimensioning and
Tolerancing (GD&T) Operate effectively in a team environment
Conduct investigation, studies and research Create process and
program metrics to evaluate the quality health Effectively
communicate, both orally and in writing Interface effectively with
external customer counterparts Deal with multiple tasks and
deadlines set by management Work safely without presenting a direct
threat to self or others Preferred Additional Skills: AWS Certified
Weld Inspector OR 5 years of hardware related experience with
welding. ASQ Certified Quality Engineer In compliance with pay
transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is
$92,500 - $171,500. 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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