Senior Quality Assurance Planning Engineer

Job Title: Senior Quality Assurance Planning Engineer

Job Code: QEP4

Job Location: Canoga Park, CA

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced SeniorQuality Assurance Planning Engineer to join our growing team in our Canoga Park, CA office.

In this role you will be responsible for reviewing the manufacturing work instructions for compliance against Quality Assurance requirements found in drawings, specifications, and command media procedures. You will work directly with manufacturing engineering, planning, and inspection functions to ensure process compliance to specification requirements.

The primary manufacturing processes include joining (welding, brazing), heat treating, machining, chemical processing, control of the clean rooms and assembly operations. The primary inspection processes include precision measurement, and NDT (radiographic, ultrasonic, penetrant testing).

You should be available to respond to internal customer needs including occasional weekend work.

Essential Functions

• Collaborate with manufacturing engineering in the creation and release of shop floor documentation. Ensure compliance with all applicable quality inspection points and tests in build records (i.e NDT, GMIP, DCMA etc).
• Ensure manufacturing processes comply with specification requirements. Provide interpretation of requirements. Ensure planning incorporates the proper certification and documentation requirements.
• Work with program quality engineering to review contractual quality requirements. Ensure applicable flowdown into Aerojet Rocketdyne manufacturing documentation and shop floor build records.
• Review and approve process procedures and instructions. Prepare concise and accurate procedures, specifications, work authorization documents and related figures.
• Perform data analysis of quality performance trends, providing support to Quality Assurance Planning for manufacturing assembly and test

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor degree in an appropriate discipline and five (5) years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail in a fast-paced repetitive environment
• Experience reviewing work instructions for compliance to Quality Assurance requirements
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work within a close-knit team environment
• Shop floor experience in multiple process areas such as welding, machining, and NDT
• Valid driver’s license; employees who drive on company business to carry out job-related duties must possess a valid driver’s license for the class of vehicle driven and meet automobile insurability requirements of the Company

Preferred Qualification:

• Comprehensive knowledge of quality principles, and hands-on work experience in a manufacturing environment
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) certification is highly desirable

Qualifications:

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering or related engineering/scientific discipline and five years of design related experience (or an equivalent combination of education and experience).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance at the appropriate level (US Citizenship required). Must also be able to satisfy federal government requirements for access to government information, and having dual citizenship may preclude you from being able to meet this requirement.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

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.