Senior Quality Engineer in Farnborough

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 defence 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.

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK Operating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris in Farnborough specialises in secure ground and airborne communication and network systems for the military, international forces and commercial customers. We engineer and maintain night vision goggles, radar systems and tactical radios. The L3Harris Falcon family of radios delivers network‑centric communications for superior command and control, real‑time voice, data, full‑motion HD video and crossbanding for mission‑critical communications in a single, integrated platform. Notably, we are the proud designer, supplier and maintainer of the 50,000 tactical radios in the Bowman tactical C4I system in service with the UK Armed Forces and are working to define and deliver the next generation system, Morpheus.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt‑in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

We are seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to support and continuously develop the company’s business management system, ensuring conformance with ISO9001:2015, TickITplus, and internal requirements in collaboration with the Quality and EHS team. The role partners closely with Operations to support planning, process implementation and improvement, whilst also leading investigations to resolve quality issues and improve customer satisfaction. You will liaise with customers, suppliers and sub‑contractors on quality matters and perform internal audits and assessments across the Business Management System to improve performance across the business.

What the role will involve:

• Supporting and developing the business’ management systems.
• Supporting the Senior Quality, EHS and Facilities Manager to ensure conformance to ISO9001:2015, TickITplus and business requirements.
• Supporting the operations team, including: planning, review of shop floor data, assurance of implementation of manufacturing processes, audit, investigation and resolution of quality problems, quality/process improvement.
• Liaising with suppliers and sub‑contractors on quality matters, including investigation and resolution of supplier related problems and quality/process improvements.
• Audit of suppliers and sub‑contractors, and assessment of potential new suppliers.
• Performing internal audits across the Business Management System.
• Coordinating and reporting on continual improvement programmes within the business.

What you’ll bring:

• HND/ Degree level qualification in an engineering or business discipline.
• At least 5 years’ experience in a technical role in an engineering or manufacturing environment.
• A good working knowledge of manufacture and test in a high‑tech environment.
• Ability to work closely with a wide range of personnel throughout the organisation, suppliers and customers.
• Good analytical, critical thinking and problem‑solving skills and the ability to conduct root cause analyses and devise suitable corrective action plans.
• Understanding of continuous improvement / lean principles and tools.
• Experience using a wide range of root cause analysis tools.

Important to know:

Due to the nature of our work many of our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and offers equal opportunities for all. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.