Senior Specialist, Quality Engineer
L3Harris · Camden, AR
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 6+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 2 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at L3Harris (aerospace & defense) in Camden, AR.
- They ask for
- 6+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, FMEA, Assembly lines
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in the US: typical posted base $95k–$135k.
Median of the low and high ends of 631 live postings that list pay, out of 1596 quality engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Arkansas plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 13 other live quality postings in Arkansas.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (6+ vs 7+)
Similar roles usually ask 7+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 64%
- ✓ FMEA 57%
- Lean 29%
- Six Sigma 29%
- SPC 29%
- ✓ Assembly lines 29%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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Full description from L3HarrisAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
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
- ◆Ensure program design and process documents for area of responsibility include program quality
requirements
and that products are inspectable.
- ✓Independently reviews manufacturing planning to ensure appropriate design engineering
requirements
implementation, material traceability maintenance, quality record maintenance and operator and inspector signoffs: Designates inspection/verification needs.
- ✓Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA): Leads effort to quantify and reduce risk using this quality tool.
- ✓Actively participates in improvement teams to reduce risk through the application of mistake proofing principles.
- ✓Inspects method development and implementation: Develops, implements and monitors new or existing inspection methods to ensure products meet stated engineering requirements.
- ✓Ensures compliance with all quality system
requirements
through a thorough knowledge of documented requirements.
- ✓Independently conduct process audits to ensure processes are following manufacturing planning, program
requirements
and enterprise level command media.
- ✓First Article Inspection execution per AS9102 requirements.
- ✓Performs documentation reviews in support of hardware acceptance (HAR) activities. Develops and maintains Quality Documentation Control Center QDCC command media. Monitors manufacturing schedules and QDCC activities in support of HAR customer HAR requirements. Creates Acceptance Data Packages - ADP in support of hardware selloff.
- ✓Actively participates in the Material Review Board, including segregation and control of nonconforming hardware to preclude inadvertent processing, disposition nonconforming hardware, preparing for and conducting board meetings, and implementing disposition decisions.
- ✓Drives corrective and preventive action to ensure continual improvement: Investigates and determines root causes of problems, develops and implements corrective and preventive actions.
- ✓Provides imaginative, thorough and practical solutions to a wide range of technical problems through the application of quality engineering disciplines and tools.
- ✓Ability to obtain US Security Clearance.
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant Quality Engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related Quality Engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior Quality Engineering related experience.
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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: Senior Specialist, Quality Engineer
Job Location: Camden, AR,
Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week
Job Description
L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Senior Specialist, Quality Engineer to join our growing facility in Camden, Arkansas . This role will be 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
- +Computer skills sufficient to generate reports and analyze data using MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word software and Power BI.
- +Experience with solid rocket component fabrication, electro-mechanical parts assembly and Final Assembly and Check-out and/or Avionics.
- +Experience with Hardware Acceptance Review processes.
- +ASQ certification.
- +Experience implementing cost-effective, LEAN inspection/verification methods or Key Characteristics (ref AS9103).
- +Chemical or propellant experience.