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Quality Technician D

L3Harris · Salt Lake City, UT

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Level
Technician
Team
Quality
Degree
Required (or equivalent experience)
Experience asked
8+ years
Industry
Aerospace & defense
Posted
30+ days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A technician-level quality role at L3Harris (aerospace & defense) in Salt Lake City, UT. By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the.

They ask for
8+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
Tools it names
GD&T, AS9100

Read from the posting. The full description is below.

From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026

Quality Technician roles in the US: typical posted base $51k–$75k.

Median of the low and high ends of 33 live postings that list pay, out of 547 quality technician openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

Utah plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →

How this role compares

Against 7 other live quality postings in Utah.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Root cause 38%
  • ✓ AS9100 38%
  • SPC 25%
  • DOE 25%
  • Kaizen 25%
  • Control plans 25%

✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.

It asks for 8+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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This plant: L3Harris in Salt Lake City

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Full description from L3HarrisAs posted on their careers site.Show

requirements

and document Nonconformances. Utilize measurement gauges, inspection instruments, microscope to perform inspections . Utilize Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) to inspect incoming and in-process parts.

Essential Functions

  • ◆Must be able to obtain a US security clearance
  • ◆Perform mechanical and electrical hardware inspection on incoming material from Suppliers
  • ◆Interpret drawings with Geometric Dimension and Tolerancing (GD&T) to inspect parts with inspection tools
  • ◆Utilize measurement devices such as Calipers, Height Gauge, Optical Comparator, micrometers and others
  • ◆Inspect part dimensions with CMM
  • ◆Access drawings and inspection instructions; document non-conformances
  • ◆Visual inspections using a microscope
  • ◆Other Duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • ✓Requires highly developed job knowledge/skills
  • ✓Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/associate’s degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
  • ✓Experience in Mechanical inspections utilizing inspection tools (calipers, micrometers, surface plate, electronic and mechanical height gauges, comparator).
  • ✓Continued employment is contingent upon maintaining the required security clearance
  • ✓CMM Experience or certification

requirements

for access to classified information.

By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.

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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: Quality Technician, CMM Operator

Job Location: Salt Lake City-S 300 W, Utah

Job Schedule: 9-80 Standard 1st shift

Job Description

Perform receiving inspection on incoming material to verify parts meet drawing requirements, Quality Clauses, specifications and inspection instructions. Review of supplier documentation for conformance to

Preferred Additional Skills

  • +Experience reading/interpreting engineering drawings
  • +Mechanical assembly experience in order to validate assemblies to detailed, complex drawings
  • +Certified to IPC-A-610
  • +Experience with AS9100 standards

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