Zachary Couchman

About Zachary Couchman

Experienced quality professional with 18 years of expertise spanning start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, and major Aerospace/Defense contractors. Proven track record in roles such as Quality Director, Quality Manager, Quality Engineer, and Supplier Quality, with a strong background in team building, coaching, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Skilled in Root Cause Investigation, Material Review Board, Quality Management Systems, and auditing, with a passion for fostering excellence and ensuring compliance across all levels of an organization.

Experience

1. Quality Engineer

   L3Harris Technologies

   Feb 2025 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US

   L3Harris Salt Lake City Maritime Branch produces acoustic sensors and sonar systems for aerospace and defense. As a Quality Engineer, I support the Ocean Systems portion of the plant in quality related tasks ranging from MRB, Root Cause Investigations, Continuous Improvement, Risk Management, and inspection.

Education

• University of Colorado Denver

  None, History of American West, Public History

  2009 — 2016

• Chaparral High School

  Diploma, General Education

  2000 — 2004

• Florida College

  Bachelor’s Degree, Liberal Studies (focused on History, Music, and Biblical Studies)

  2004 — 2008

• Florida College

  A.A, General Ed.

  2004 — 2006

Skills

• Inspection
• Aviation History
• American Civil War
• Civil War
• Technical Writing
• Hist
• Quality Assurance
• Historic Preservation
• Continuous Process Improvement
• As9102
• Biblical Studies
• Pcb Design
• Scheduling
• Microsoft Office
• Religion
• Bible
• Data Analysis
• Aoi
• Software Documentation
• History
• Oboe
• Calibration
• Customer Service
• Testing
• Automation
• Music History
• Automated Optical Inspection
• Wwii
• Analysis
• American History
• World War Ii
• X-Ray
• Program Management
• American Revolution
• Quality Auditing
• Microsoft Word
• Internal Audit
• Quality Control
• As9100
• Social Studies