Quality Technician C
L3Harris · Fort Wayne, IN
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Quality
- Travel
- 50%
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 6+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 17 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level quality role at L3Harris (aerospace & defense) in Fort Wayne, IN. 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
- 6+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Root cause, GD&T, AS9100
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage · about 50% travel
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Technician roles in Indiana: typical posted base $46k–$73k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 27 quality technician openings in Indiana, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Indiana plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 30 other live quality postings in Indiana.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (6+ vs 3+)
Typical $46k–$73k, from 5 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 48%
- ✓ Root cause 32%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at L3Harris
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- The posting says about 50% travel. Between which sites?
- 4
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If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: L3Harris in Fort Wayne
1 other open role at this site.
- Director, Engineering Management (HW Engineering Discipline Lead) · Manufacturing · Director+
Quality Technician C at L3Harris in other locations
L3Harris lists this title in 5 places. Pick the plant you can get to.
- San Diego, CA · $57k–$106k
- Rochester, NY
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- Salt Lake City, UT
Full description from L3HarrisAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
and techniques and implementing quality plans. You should be comfortable assisting in the evaluation of defect data to identify trends while collaborating with Quality Engineers to make recommendations on process improvements. You may routinely interface with customer representatives or suppliers. Your work assignments require judgment and initiative. Travel to suppliers and other L3Harris locations to perform hardware inspections may be required. You should be comfortable working in a dynamic team environment, contributing to innovative solutions, while demonstrating competence and attention to detail. Our missions support scientific research, national security, and commercial opportunities. We are looking for someone to establish their technical expertise, leadership skills, and innovation to positively impact our mission.
Essential Functions
- ◆Work with engineering drawings
- ◆Proficient as a resource to other employees in areas of expertise.
- ◆Root Cause and Correct Action (RCCA) Analysis
- ◆Verify the operational state of various L3Harris products and accessories
- ◆Evaluate the
requirements
compliance of L3 Harris hardware products
Qualifications
- ✓Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 6 years of prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/Associates Degree with a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience
- ✓Ability to support program travel up to 50%
- ✓Ability to obtain DoD clearance (Secret or higher)
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 C
Job Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Job Schedule: 9/80
Job Description
L3Harris Space and Airborne Systems is seeking a Quality Technician for our Fort Wayne, IN location. As part of a small, passionate, and accomplished team of experts, you will be responsible for performing inspections, tests, analyses and/or audits of highly complex developmental products or processes to include microelectronics, precision mechanical, software, test equipment and fully integrated systems to ensure quality standards and compliance to customer and regulatory requirements. You will assist in development and inspection of complex rework and repair of deliverable subassemblies and large system level integrated platforms and approve production records for conformance to procedures. This position is responsible for ensuring safety, reliability and hardware traceability for end-item systems and mission solutions through production quality oversight while collaborating with Quality Engineers in developing inspection
Preferred Additional Skills
- +Background with satellite payloads
- +Knowledge of failure reporting tool
- +Familiarity with common measuring devices
- +Familiarity with AS9100D including experience performing process audits
- +Basic knowledge in GD&T
- +Ability to work in a clean room environment for extended time
- +Microsoft Office experience
- +Ability to work on-call support over multiple shifts, weekends and holidays
- +Ability to work different shifts on rotational basis
- +Ability to review assembly/ test documentation for appropriate traceability and in accordance with internal company procedures
- +Experience evaluating complex electronic hardware, under magnification, to IPC-J-STD-001
- +Certified, or the ability to obtain certification to the above referenced workmanship standards
- +Familiarity with AS9100D including experience performing process audits