Quality Technician C
L3Harris · Providence, RI
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $50k–$92k
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 6+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 13 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level quality role at L3Harris (aerospace & defense) in Providence, RI. 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
- ISO 9001, AS9100, SAP
- Base pay
- $50k–$92k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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. This one lists $50k–$92k.
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.
Rhode Island plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 620 other live quality postings in the US.
- Base pay
- About 13% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (6+ vs 3+)
Typical $66k–$97k, from 64 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 43%
- Root cause 33%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for AS9100, SAP, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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- 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
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- 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?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 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
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This plant: L3Harris in Providence
1 other open role at this site.
- Manufacturing Technician (Electro-Mechanical Assembly) · Reliability · Technician
Quality Technician C at L3Harris in other locations
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Full description from L3HarrisAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Essential Functions
- ◆Perform receiving inspections on incoming materials and components per drawings, specifications, and inspection plans.
- ◆Conduct in-process inspections and first article inspections (FAI) to verify product conformity.
- ◆Accurately document inspection results and maintain quality records.
- ◆Generate and document Nonconformance Reports (NCRs) and support MRB activities.
- ◆Identify, segregate, and control nonconforming material.
- ◆Manage calibrated inspection and measuring equipment, including verification of calibration status and coordination of recalibration.
- ◆Maintain inspection, test, and calibration records in accordance with quality system
requirements
- ✓Collaborate with quality engineers in developing inspection
requirements
and techniques and implementing quality plans. Assists in evaluating defect data to identify trends and collaborates with quality engineers to make recommendations on process improvements. Routinely interfaces with customer representatives.
- ✓Participate in product acceptance and release activities
Qualifications
- ✓Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 6 years of relevant prior experience or 2 years post-Secondary/associate degree.
- ✓Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
- ✓Familiarity with AS9100 / ISO 9001 quality systems.
- ✓Knowledge of SAP
- ✓Experience using calipers, micrometers, height gauges, and other inspection tools.
- ✓Basic computer skills and experience with electronic record systems.
requirements
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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: ProvPort, Rhode Island
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off
Job Description
We are looking for Quality Technicians to 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. They 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. Responsible for ensuring safety, reliability and hardware traceability for end-item systems and mission solutions through production quality oversight.
Preferred Additional Skills
- +Experience in a manufacturing or aerospace/defense quality environment preferred.
- +Experience with NCR/MRB processes.
- +Knowledge of calibration systems and traceability requirements.
- +Ability to work independently and prioritize multiple tasks.