Program Quality Engineer

Date Posted:

2023-10-19

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ204: RMS Rita Road Bldg 9020 9000 South Rita Rd Building 9020, Tucson, AZ, 85747 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

About Us:

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression.  We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat.  Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

Job Summary:

The Advanced Technology, Program Quality Engineer (PQE) is required to be on site in Tucson, Arizona. The candidate will be responsible for promoting and executing a strong Quality & Mission Assurance mindset in a collaborative team environment to meet program Milestones.

The PQE will be directly responsible for managing quality engineering lab protocols, engineering assembly, engineering integration and test, inspection of supplied and built hardware of various configurations. The PQE will be directly involved with design verification tests, qualification efforts, demonstration tests, flight test events, and engage with Raytheon Suppliers.

This program will face challenges consistent with new product development requiring the PQE to continuously practice leadership, organizational skills, and to ensure risks, opportunities and challenges are effectively and efficiently managed. The program to which the candidate will support, has a very dynamic accelerated schedule and a strong customer engagement requisition.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Typically requires Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and five (5) years of engineering experience.
  • Minimum 5 years of documented quality engineering experience within the defense or military environment
  • Working experience in early development program staging, demonstration programs, design phases, engineering labs and or production programs
  • Working experience in a related production disciplines in early development of Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain Management or Quality
  • Working experience in quality metrics used to drive root cause corrective action (RCCA)
  • Working experience monitoring and managing RCCA and Failure Review and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) activities for systemic issues and ensuring robust RCCA
  • Working experience in the translation of both external and internal requirements, command media, contractual documents
  • Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain an SAP Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with Integrated Product Development System (IPDS) or similar gate management process, strong understanding of contract flow and compliance
  • Experience with SSOW’s, Qnotes, Supplier RAILS, Engineering Labs, QCHR’s to mature Operations Planning
  • PRISM transactions, view Purchase Orders, verify Qnotes, generate QN’s Quality notifications
  • Supplier engagement discussions of Technical Data Packages, Drawing requirements, supplier non-conformances, Variances and Change Notices with effectivity of material
  • Minimum of 5 years of customer interface management experience (i.e., Acquisitioned Customers, Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
  • Experience performing analyses of nonconformances to characterize causes as routine (common) or exceptional (special), and develop containment
  • Works well with cross-functional IPT teams at all levels
  • Experience in solving both business and technical problems
  • Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.

What We Offer:

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance, and child/adult backup care.

Additional Information:

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

This requisition is eligible for an employee referral award.  ALL eligibility requirements must be met to receive the referral award.

Clearance Information: This position requires the eligibility to obtain a security clearance. The Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm

Location:

Tucson, Arizona - https://jobs.raytheonmissilesanddefense.com/living-in-tucson

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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