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Job Title: Specialist, Quality Analyst

Job Code: 46529

Job Location: Huntsville, AL

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

Job Description

L3Harris is seeking a Specialist, Quality Analyst to join our team at the Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Huntsville, AL. This role supports quality documentation, data analysis, and audit management, including the creation, review, and approval of hardware documentation packages. The position also supports QMS audit planning, execution, reporting, and corrective action follow-up. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to support product compliance, audit readiness, process visibility, and continuous improvement in alignment with internal standards and AS9100 requirements.

Essential Functions

• Review hardware and quality documentation for compliance with purchase orders, engineering drawings, specifications, manufacturing requirements, and contractual requirements.

• Plan, conduct, and lead internal Quality Management System audits for compliance to AS9100 and internal L3Harris requirements.

• Conduct process, compliance, and special audits as needed.

• Coordinate enterprise, customer, government, and third-party audits, including scheduling, logistics, preparation, support, and corrective action closure.

• Lead development and maintenance of the site Layered Process Audit system and partner with area owners to embed quality into daily workflows.

• Facilitate corrective action development and closure with process owners, including root cause analysis, implementation, and effectiveness verification.

• Identify trends in discrepancies, audit results, defects, and process performance; collaborate with process owners to improve system effectiveness.

• Develop, maintain, and analyze reports, dashboards, databases, queries, and statistical analyses for process monitoring and management reporting.

• Interface with internal and external stakeholders to ensure quality, audit, documentation, and compliance requirements are understood and met.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and 4 years of related experience; OR Graduate Degree and 2 years of related experience; OR in lieu of a degree, 8 years of quality, auditing, or related experience.

• Working experience auditing to AS9100 standards.

• Experience with Quality Management System auditing in the aerospace industry.

Preferred Additional Skills

• ASQ Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) or equivalent certification.

• Experience working independently with minimal supervision.

• Experience leading teams or cross-functional initiatives.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.

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