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Specialist, Quality Engineer

L3Harris · Malabar, FL

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Level
Engineer
Team
Quality
Degree
Required
Experience asked
4+ years
Industry
Aerospace & defense
Posted
10 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

An engineer-level quality role at L3Harris (aerospace & defense) in Malabar, FL. 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
4+ years · degree required
Tools it names
Lean, Six Sigma, SPC, FMEA, APQP

Read from the posting. The full description is below.

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

Quality Engineer roles in Florida: typical posted base $108k–$170k.

Median of the low and high ends of 3 live postings that list pay, out of 63 quality engineer openings in Florida, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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

How this role compares

Against 62 other live quality postings in Florida.

Experience asked
Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • Root cause 51%
  • ✓ Lean 32%
  • ✓ SPC 30%
  • ✓ Six Sigma 30%
  • Supplier quality 29%
  • AS9100 29%

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

It asks for 4+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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    • What does a normal week look like on your team?
    • Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
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This plant: L3Harris in Malabar

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requirements

are met.

Conducts program quality cost account management and manages supplier corrective actions.

Serves as the primary interface to customers and supplier for quality related matters.

Essential Functions

  • ◆Experienced professional with proficient knowledge of job area and practical knowledge of project management.
  • ◆May manage projects or processes with general supervision. Communicate with contacts inside and outside of own department to explain and interpret operational processes, practices, and procedures.
  • ◆Recommends enhancements to systems and processes.
  • ◆Works to achieve operational targets for specific programs and projects with moderate impact on departmental results.
  • ◆Communicates with contacts within and outside of own department and may occasionally have responsibility for communicating with parties external to the organization (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.).
  • ◆Explain and interprets processes and procedures to others within and outside the job area.
  • ◆May work to justify and gain cooperation regarding processes, practices and procedures.

Qualifications

  • ✓Requires proficient knowledge of job area. May have practical knowledge of project management.
  • ✓Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
  • ✓In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

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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: Specialist, Quality Engineer

Job Location: Malabar, FL

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week

Job Description

Responsible for the design, development and implementation of standards, methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of company products in compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.

Performs analysis on reported nonconformities and discrepancies related to assembly, process, mechanical, electrical, electro-mechanical systems, field and clinical data.

Further investigates the cause for discrepancies and nonconformities to develop disposition and recommends corrective action plans.

Leads material review board and Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA) activities.

Interfaces with manufacturing, engineering, customer, vendor and subcontractor representatives to ensure

Preferred Additional Skills

  • +Experience leading RCCA activities from cradle to grave.
  • +Experience leading and auditing QMS entries.
  • +Previous MRB Experience preferred
  • +Experience with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Zero Defect Plan (ZDP), Statistical Process Control (SPC).
  • +Lean or Six Sigma certification.
  • +American Society for Quality (ASQ) certification.

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