Senior Principal Program Quality Engineer

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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 todays mission and stay ahead of tomorrows threat. Our team solves tough meaningful problems that create a safer more secure world.

Are you ready for a challenging new opportunity Raytheon has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Principal Program Quality Engineer position within our AIM9X program at our Tucson AZ location.

The ideal candidates will implement and develop processes to deliver compliant systems and specific customer quality flow down requirements throughout program lifecycles. You will be responsible for supporting programs ensuring that Quality Assurance technical requirements are developed using approved development processes and procedures. You will create or tailor existing planning to administer customer and internal quality requirements to crossfunctional program teams Quality Assurance disciplines supporting the programs and the supply base.

This is an Onsite role based in Tucson Arizona.

What You Will Do:

• Lead coach and mentor program stakeholders in routine settings and difficult situations.
• Represent Quality Assurance (QA) on a program project and/or capture team including writing basis of estimates (BOEs) for the quality portion of program bids.
• Represent QA participate approve Programs Risk & Opportunity (R&O) Estimate at Complete (EAC).
• Leverage QA best practices to influence stakeholders to ensure efforts are properly focused on customer priorities and requirements associated with mission success.
• Communicate program goals targets requirements and customer feedback to Operations Quality Supplier Quality Software Quality and other QA disciplines crossfunctional program teammates and supply base to assure alignment.
• Provide program directions to ensure quality tasking is accomplished within budget on time and as defined in program planning.
• Define evaluate and reportout QA metrics to Program and QA LT.
• Establish customer relations and process and validate customer corrective action requests.
• Ensure reviews and assessments of program performance are conducted including but not limited to technical assessments of systems engineering Quality Assurance (QA) lessons learned production and programmatic (cost schedule and risks) practices.
• Assuring Quality Management System (QMS) processes are defined and implemented.

• Review and approve program documentation including but not limited to specifications requirements source control drawings altered item drawings assembly drawings test plans procedures instructions and standard operating procedures prior to release for correctness to technical standards.
• Act as the voice of the customer to assure mission results.
• Support and implement Advanced Product Quality Planning in accordance with Raytheon Command Media and AS9145 as applicable.
• Manage QA teams in performing to expectation and mentoring employees in talent enhancement and new systems and processes.
• Oversee RTX Customer Oriented Results and Excellence (CORE) projects.
• Travel as needed for business needs (not expected to exceed 25% of time).

Qualification You Must Have:

• Typically requires a Bachelors degree in Science Technology Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and ten (10) years of relevant experience in the areas below;
  • Experience applying and adhering to Commercial and Aerospace / Defense regulations and/or standards IS09001 AS9100 AS9102 AS9145.
  • Experience translating external and internal requirements and command media.
  • Experience in predictive and proactive measures and metrics assessments and taking actions to improve performance or mitigate problems.
  • Experience in audits nonconformance review boards (MRB/FRB) and Quality Management Systems.
  • Experience working with suppliers supplier moves. and new supplier startups.
• Active and transferable Secret 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.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Work experience in the Aerospace or Defense industry and/or with international customers.
• ASQ Quality Certification.
• Experience working in Raytheon Corrective Action System (RCAS) or other proven closedloop corrective action system.
• RTX Customer Oriented Results and Excellence (CORE) or Industry Six Sigma Certification.
• Experience with Risk and Opportunity Management.
• Working experience in both production and design phases of a program.
• Experience with Material and Failure nonconformance review boards (Material Review Board/Failure Review Board).
• Experience creating relationships with program management crossfunctional program stakeholders suppliers customers and government representatives.
• Experience working with systems engineering reliability and system safety requirements.
• Experience writing reports and presenting to key stakeholders
• Experience using quality tools such as Compliance Matrix Reviews Control Plans Process Flow Diagrams Measurement Systems Analysis SPC PFMEA and First Article Inspections.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Word Excel and PowerPoint

What We Offer:

• Our values drive our actions behaviors and performance with a vision for a safer more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety Trust Respect Accountability Collaboration and Innovation.

Learn More & Apply Now!

This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS) 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: salary range for this role is 124000 USD 250000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer including but not limited to the role function and associated responsibilities a candidates work experience location education/training and key skills.

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