Associate Manager, Quality Management - 2nd Shift

Associate Manager, Quality Management

L3Harris Technologies is seeking an Associate Manager of Quality & Mission Assurance (Q&MA) to serve as a 2nd shift quality leader for our Quality Inspection teams at the Aerojet Rocketdyne Segment's Space Propulsion & Power Systems Sector in Canoga Park, CA. This site is our center of excellence for liquid in-space propulsion, responsible for engine design, fabrication, assembly, and test. This position is responsible for leading multiple teams of inspectors within the Q&MA Product Acceptance organization which includes assembly, weld, and clean inspection as well as non-destructive inspection and precision measurement. The Q&MA Product Acceptance team ensures delivered products conform to contractual and L3Harris requirements for product quality throughout the production lifecycle. They ensure adherence to and compliance with established quality policies, practices, and government regulations. This includes implementation and leadership of strategies that will directly impact the successful zero-defect, on-time delivery of products.

Essential Functions :

• Manage multiple teams of inspectors supporting various inspection efforts, assembly, weld, and clean inspection as well as non-destructive inspection and precision measurement.
• Guide team to resolve technical challenges, ensuring successful tactical execution
• Promote a strong culture of quality focused on the engagement of every employee, with adherence to personal stamp warranty, workmanship fundamentals, and attention to detail in the prevention of defects
• Collaborate with Factory leadership and program management and other functional process teams.
• Develop and implement quality improvement initiatives promoting sound and effective principles as set forth in company procedures, customer requirements and government standards.
• Measure, monitor, and take action to ensure quality-focused key performance indicator targets are achieved or exceeded.
• Report to Quality & Mission Assurance (Q&MA) leadership on business performance including action plans to improve business execution and status of strategic initiatives.
• Partner with Leadership in maintaining certification and compliance efforts for AS9100 and other required certifications.
• Continuously investigate and integrate improved inspection technology in support of engineering design and manufacturing processes
• Support execution of annual departmental budget and staffing plans
• Support identification of needed capital investment to support business need (including quality process capacity, capabilities, & technologies)
• Requires up to 5% business travel within the continental U.S.

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