Director, Quality Management

L3Harris Technologies Inc

Palm Bay, FL

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AS 9100, Aerospace and Defense, American Society for Quality (ASQ), Analysis Skills, Business Plan, Business Practices, Business Support, Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), Career Counseling, Change Control, Coaching, Configuration Management, Consulting, Continuous Improvement, Corrective Action, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Customer Response, Customer Satisfaction, Detail Oriented, Documentation, Electricity, English Language, Facebook, Government Requirements, Government Standards, IPC Standards, ISO 9001, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, LinkedIn, Maintain Compliance, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Mechanical Engineering, Operational Improvement, Process Improvement, Product Design, Product Development, Product Lifecycle, Product Planning, Productivity Management, Quality Assurance, Quality Engineering, Quality Management, Quality Metrics, Record Keeping, SAP, Secret Clearance, Security Clearance, Short Messaging Service (SMS), Six Sigma Black Belt, Software Engineering, Spanish Language, Strategic Planning, Supply Chain, Team Player, Technical Delivery, Technical/Engineering Design, Time Management, Twitter, Willing to Travel, Windchill PLM Software, YouTube
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Palm Bay, FL
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30+ days ago

Director, Quality Management at L3Harris Technologies

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Director, Quality Management

Palm Bay, Florida

Job ID 35990

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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: Director, Quality Management

Job Code: 35990

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL (on-site)

Schedule: 9/80 Regular (Every other Friday off)

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, 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.

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.

The Director of Quality will be responsible for leading all aspects of Quality Assurance throughout the product development lifecycle for L3Harris' Maritime Sector of Space and Mission Systems (SMS) segment. This sector is comprised of ~18 manufacturing locations and this position will have responsibility for direct supervision and leadership of ~190 quality personnel with 13 direct reports. The Director will be responsible for driving continual process and product improvement ensuring product and process integrity, leading to customer satisfaction and overall mission success while supporting sector quality, delivery and cost targets. This position will lead quality personnel located in the United States and collaborate frequently with Program leadership, Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain personnel. This is a hands-on, highly involved leadership position.

Essential Functions:

  • Responsible for the Quality Engineering and Inspection 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 strategic Quality initiatives and programs in support of the Maritime business promoting sound and effective principles as set forth in company procedures, government standards and directives, and commercially proven methodology and ensure that the sector conforms to these principles.
  • 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 that manufacturing engineering, operations and design engineering interact sufficiently throughout the product planning and design phases to ensure a seamless hand-off during product transition to production including design reviews and facilitating quality concurrent Engineering.
  • Responsible for the maintenance of quality records that document the quality status of material/products and provide necessary information and cumulative data for internal and external Customer responses.
  • Develop, review and verify compliance of all Work Package Descriptions issued for Quality tasks for proposals and ongoing contracts/projects.
  • Improve the efficiency of the Quality organization through effective leadership, individual and group training, and process improvement.
  • 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.
  • Maintain certification and compliance efforts for AS9100, CMMI and other required certifications.
  • Ability to travel 25-50 percent.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a US Security Clearance.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace/Electrical/Mechanical/Software Engineering or technical equivalent with 12+ years of directly related experience.
  • 7+ years ofQuality management or operations leadership experience.
  • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills including communications, facilitation, consulting, coaching, and influencing
  • Self-motivated and possess demonstrated ability to motivate others to achieve timely results.
  • Highly collaborative style, capable of working across multiple functional areas to drive results.

Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Master's degree in Engineering, Operations, Continuous Improvement, or related field.
  • In depth knowledge of quality and reliability methods and procedures for hardware and software systems as they apply to the aerospace or electronic industry.
  • Blackbelt certification and/or proven education or work history in leading and implementing projects.
  • Experience with Root Cause Corrective Action results and Configuration Control management practices.
  • Experience with SAP, TipQA and/or Windchill software suites.
  • Experience with J-STD and IPC standard implementation.
  • ASQ certification preferred; Experience managing AS9100 and ISO9001 certified business.
  • Active Secret clearance.

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L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris 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 (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

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