Quality Engineering Specialist - Aircraft Quality Inspector

About the Company

L3Harris describes itself as the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech, delivering end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Role Overview

The Quality Assurance (QA) Inspector reports to the QA Chief and supports the programme's quality management system at Davis-Monthan AFB through maintenance inspections, audits, records reviews and critical-task inspections. The role verifies that maintenance actions, documentation, personnel practices and processes conform to manufacturer, company, FAA, customer and regulatory requirements, identifies quality and safety discrepancies, and supports root-cause and corrective action. Job code 45877; 5 days a week, 8 hours a day, rotating shifts, mission dependent.

Key Responsibilities

Quality Inspection and Audit

• Conduct scheduled, unscheduled, special and critical-task inspections of maintenance actions, systems, support equipment, work areas and processes
• Review maintenance records, logbooks, inspection forms and publications for accuracy, completeness, traceability and compliance
• Audit maintenance operations, flight-line activities, tool and equipment control, safety, hazardous-material handling and environmental protection; report findings to the QA Chief
• Interpret technical orders, job guides, manuals, engineering instructions and drawings to verify conformity

Quality System and Corrective Action

• Support the QA Chief with quality, safety, hazardous-material, analysis, training, Functional Check Flight, publications/technical-order and environmental programmes
• Analyse discrepancies, recurring defects, maintenance escapes and adverse trends; support root-cause analysis and corrective-action closure
• Coordinate with maintenance, engineering, supply, customer, vendor and subcontractor representatives to resolve nonconformances and sustain OA-1K readiness
• Maintain inspection reports, audit records, discrepancy logs, corrective-action status and quality metrics

Training, Safety and Flight-Line Support

• Provide on-the-job training, inspection feedback and quality-awareness coaching as directed
• Apply knowledge of safety directives, flight-line operations, vehicle movement, hazards, FOD prevention and hazardous materials
• Comply with Communications Security policies
• Use approved systems to input, retrieve, analyse and report quality data
• Other duties as assigned by management

Requirements

• Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance
• Willing to work day, night and weekend shifts and schedule changes
• Travel up to 10% with a maintenance recovery team; qualify for CONUS and OCONUS deployments of up to 12 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Meet medical, physical, training, passport and theatre-clearance requirements for OCONUS deployment, including annual CRC physicals
• Willing to work temporarily in OCONUS locations, including hazardous or hardship conditions
• Able to obtain a government flight-line driver's licence; valid driver's licence
• Able to read, write, speak and understand English
• Able to interpret technical data, technical orders, job guides, schematics, drawings and charts

Licences & Qualifications

• FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) licence
• Current FAA Inspection Authorization (IA)
• Bachelor's degree with 4 years of relevant experience, graduate degree with 2 years, or 8 years in lieu of a degree
• Preferred: active US Secret clearance and valid US passport

Experience

• Minimum 2 years of hands-on maintenance as a practising FAA A&P mechanic
• Minimum 1 year of aircraft quality control or quality assurance experience
• Preferred: Air Tractor or similar single-engine turboprop experience
• Preferred: military, special-mission, contractor logistics support, deployed or austere maintenance operations
• Preferred: quality management systems, corrective-action programmes, audit preparation, maintenance information systems and publication control
• Preferred: strong communication, attention to detail, sound judgement and independence

Additional Information

L3Harris is an Equal Opportunity Employer and an E-Verify employer. It maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks where permitted by law. Many positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance; security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens, and applicants accepting a conditional offer may be subject to government security investigation.