Quality Manager

Job Title: Quality Manager (L5)

Job Code: 46381

Job Location: Tempe, AZ

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

L3Harris is seeking a Level 5 Quality Management Manager to lead the Quality team for the Integrated Vision Solutions (IVS) Sector in Tempe, Arizona. This on-site role is responsible for driving product quality, reducing scrap, strengthening quality processes, and leading a team that supports manufacturing and business performance. The position is a critical leadership role focused on improving operational execution, ensuring compliance, and supporting site objectives across a direct labor environment.

Essential Functions:

Lead the site Quality organization and provide day-to-day direction for quality personnel supporting operations in Tempe, Arizona

Drive initiatives to reduce scrap, improve product quality, and strengthen overall quality performance across the site

Partner with manufacturing, engineering, and program teams to resolve quality issues and improve process execution

Oversee nonconformance management, root cause analysis, corrective action, and preventive action activities

Ensure compliance with internal quality procedures, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory and contractual expectations

Monitor and report quality performance metrics and lead actions to improve yield, efficiency, and cost performance

Support audit readiness and participate in internal, customer, and external quality reviews as needed

Lead and develop team members, including performance management, coaching, and daily operational support

Support business objectives across all applicable programs in a direct labor environment

Travel as needed in support of business and program requirements

Ability to obtain and maintain a United States Government Confidential security clearance

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, or a related field and a minimum of 9 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience

Preferred Additional Skills:

Experience in a quality leadership role within manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or another regulated production environment

Experience with International Organization for Standardization 9001 (ISO 9001) quality management system requirements and implementation

Experience leading teams and managing quality performance in an on-site operational setting

Experience with scrap reduction, corrective action systems, nonconformance management, and quality improvement initiatives

Experience collaborating across operations, engineering, and program functions

Ability to obtain and maintain a United States Government Confidential security clearance

Experience leading quality teams within a high-volume or complex manufacturing site

Knowledge of quality systems, audits, and compliance expectations in defense or aerospace environments

Familiarity with root cause analysis tools and structured corrective action methods

Experience using quality metrics to drive operational improvement and reduce cost of poor quality

Background supporting direct labor production organizations across multiple programs

Experience working in an environment with both on-site and virtual interview or collaboration practices

Familiarity with continuous improvement methods applied to scrap and defect reduction

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