Sr. Quality Engineering Specialist

Job Title: Sr Spec, Quality Engineering

Job Code: 33860

Job Location: Camden, NJ (On‑site)

Schedule: 9/80 Regular (Every Other Friday Off)

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Harris is the trusted disruptor in defense tech, delivering end‑to‑end solutions that meet mission‑critical needs across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains.

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Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end‑to‑end solutions that meet customers’ mission‑critical needs. The company offers advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains. L3

Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees worldwide.

The Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) will support and interface across program management, supply chain, manufacturing and engineering. The SQE will evaluate, develop and monitor key suppliers and subcontractors, create quality requirements, participate in requirement generation and review, and validate flow‑down of expectations. The SQE will ensure suppliers understand, meet, and provide conformance.

• Implement IMS policies, procedures and standards for Supplier Management that drive a preventive, zero‑defect culture of quality, supplier excellence and customer satisfaction.
• Assess and audit new and existing supplier capabilities and ensure suppliers meet L3
  
  Harris and customer requirements.
• Visit suppliers to review product & process issues and perform investigation, root‑cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Work proactively with L3
  
  Harris suppliers using tools such as APQP and Zero‑Defect Planning to mitigate the risk of escapes.
• Initiate and drive supplier corrective action requests (SCARs). Train suppliers and ensure effective containment plans, root‑cause corrective action (RCCA) is robust and delivered in the required timeframe.
• Analyze in‑house and supplier performance, develop improvement plans to drive down cost of poor quality, supplier DPPM and other non‑conformance rates.
• Utilize Six Sigma and Lean concepts to drive improvements and delivery metrics internally and in the supply base.
• Review flow‑down of program quality requirements and ensure they are included in the requirement documents to suppliers.
• Review and disposition First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs); ensure products meet factory, customer and program requirements.
• Support the internal MRB process when supplied material is identified as nonconforming and take appropriate corrective actions with the supplier.
• Collaborate with supply chain to maintain the approved supplier list.
• Perform other quality engineering tasks as assigned to support Maritime Power, Philadelphia.
• Travel up to 30%.

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience; graduate degree and minimum 4 years of prior related experience.
• Experience in operations, supply chain and/or quality.
• AS9100/ISO
  9001 or equivalent quality management system and process audit experience required.

• FAI, AS9102 experience.
• Lean Manufacturing.
• Six Sigma and/or RedX Certified.
• APQP, SPC, FMEA, Control Plan, Measurement System Analysis (MSA) and PPAP experience.
• Proven problem‑solving experience.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $92,500.00–$. L3

Harris 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.

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Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3

Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws.

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Harris maintains a drug‑free workplace and performs pre‑employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

Many positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may be granted only to U.S. citizens. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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