
Rocket Motor Quality Engineer
Orange, VAFull-time$73–135K/yrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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L3Harris seeks a Rocket Motor Quality Engineering Specialist to support defense propulsion manufacturing programs in Culpeper, Virginia. The role applies quality engineering principles on the manufacturing floor, working with an integrated product team to meet customer specifications and engineering requirements. The position includes dimensional inspection planning, manufacturing process review, corrective action and process improvement, failure analysis, and gage adequacy studies.
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Full job description
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: Rocket Motor Quality Engineer
Job Code: 46005
Job Location: Orange, VA
Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week
Job Description:
We are seeking a Rocket Motor Quality Engineering Specialist to join our team in Culpeper, VA. This position supports Defense propulsion manufacturing programs and is an exciting opportunity to take your career to the next level. Individuals in this role will gain exposure to some very specialized and unique manufacturing processes in the Aerospace industry.
Essential Functions:
Quality Engineers support defense propulsion programs to ensure customer specifications and engineering requirements are effectively met. Under general direction, this position performs quality engineering assignments requiring a wide application of advanced principles, theories and concepts on the manufacturing floor while working closely with different disciplines in an integrated product team.
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50% - Provide innovative, thorough and practical solutions to a wide range of technical challenges, involving the conventional utilization of quality engineering techniques. Conceive and plan projects involving the development of new methods of dimensional inspection objectives. Review engineering designs and specifications for translation into inspection verification methods.
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20% - Review manufacturing process planning to ensure compliance with drawing, specification and contractual requirements. Provide technical guidance to less senior quality engineers, inspection, manufacturing and test personnel.
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10% - Develop, implement and review corrective action and process improvements by benchmarking practices in other related areas.
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10% - Perform failure mode effect analysis of product design disclosure documents and specifications, utilizing inspection analysis tools and six sigma principles.
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10% - Determine gage and instrumentation adequacy. Perform gage R & R studies to determine process capabilities, needs and future usage.
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Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance.
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Travel: 10%.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior Quality Engineering experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior Quality Engineering experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior Quality Engineering experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
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Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical or Aerospace Engineering is preferred.
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Successful candidates should be detail-oriented, experienced in conducting root cause analysis and recommending data-driven corrective actions.
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CQE or LEAN / Six Sigma certifications strongly desired.
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Aerospace industry experience is highly desired.
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Experience working with and around chemicals and/or explosives is also desirable.
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Working with electrical and mechanical assemblies is a plus.
In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in Virginia is $73,000 – $135,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including relocation stipend, 401(k), EAP, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
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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.
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
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How this job compares
Set against the 3,013 open Quality Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$73–135K/yr
- Virginia median$90–146K/yr40 salary ranges
- US median$90–149K/yr1,929 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $104K, is 10% below the Virginia median midpoint ($115K) — in the middle half of Quality Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 50 open Quality Engineer jobs in Virginia and 3,013 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Quality Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,462 postings).
- Education
- 1,756 of the 3,013 open Quality Engineer jobs (58%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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