L3Harris' Space Systems Sector needs a Director of Quality to lead all aspects of Quality Assurance throughout the product development lifecycle, ensuring product and process integrity, customer satisfaction, and overall mission success while supporting sector quality, delivery, and cost targets.
Requirements
- In depth knowledge of quality and reliability methods and procedures for hardware and software systems as they apply to the aerospace or electronic industry.
- Greenbelt or Blackbelt certification and/or proven education or work history in leading and implementing projects.
- Experience with Configuration Control management practices.
- Experience with Agile Oracle, Windchill, Cincom and/or Doors software suites
- Experience with J-STD and IPC standard implementation.
- ASQ certification preferred; Experience managing AS9100 certified business.
- 5+ years Quality management or operations leadership experience.
Responsibilities
- 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 Space Systems business 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Other
- Responsible for direct supervision and leadership of ~195 quality personnel with 6 direct reports.
- 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.
- Improve the efficiency of the Quality organization through effective leadership, individual and group training, and process improvement.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills including communications, facilitation, consulting, coaching, and influencing
