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Associate, Quality Engineer

Salt Lake City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 21 Jul 2026

About the role

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: Associate, Quality Engineer

Job Code: 40624

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

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 new graduate to support quality initiatives by helping develop and maintain processes that ensure products and materials meet required standards and customer expectations. In this role, the individual will work with cross-functional teams and customers to review quality performance, address issues, and support improvement efforts across operations. The position also offers experience in investigating nonconformances, contributing to corrective actions, and assisting with quality documentation and customer communications.

Essential Functions:

Develop and implement quality processes and procedures using statistical quality control statistics and analyses

Collaborate with both internal (Operations, Engineering, and Program Management) as well as external customers to ensure quality standards are in place and are being properly executed

Determine root cause for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications and implement effective corrective action as needed

Write inspection procedures and assist in reviewing and evaluating in-process rejections and obtaining proper product dispositions

Analyze quality performance for factory and collaborate with Operations Engineers to develop improvement plans for identified problem areas

Serve as primary customer Quality interface which may include having to conduct customer business briefings

Qualifications: To be eligible, applicants must be pursuing a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Management, Quality Sciences or related field or have completed their bachelor’s degree within the last 12 months, regardless of age.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.<