Senior Program Quality Lead

Senior Program Quality Lead

Raytheon

Location: Andover, MA – 366 Lowell Street, 01810‑5423, USA

Date Posted: 2025‑12‑16

Position Type: Onsite

Security Clearance: DoD Secret clearance required. U.S. citizenship is required for clearance.

At Raytheon, we draw on more than 100 years of engineering expertise to meet today’s mission needs and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threats. Our team solves meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

• Lead program quality with experience in proposal development, BOEs, EVMS, and R&O management.
• Interface with program quality teams, programs, customers, and Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to support technical quality, financial performance, and compliance with Raytheon procedures and contractual requirements.
• Build close relationships with external and internal customers and key partners.
• Manage and influence across multiple stakeholder levels.
• Ensure quality of delivered products and services, identify risks, uncertainties, and opportunities, and work with key team members to resolve customer expectations and mission assurance concerns.
• Develop and implement strategic and tactical Mission Assurance plans that shape program implementation.
• Improve processes or systems through conceptual reasoning and interpretation skills.
• Assure inclusion of quality requirements, planning, and consistency for program proposals and manage the quality budget.
• Lead root‑cause corrective action (RCCA) and FRACAS activities for systemic issues.
• Drive initiatives to reduce program costs, mitigate risks, and capture opportunities.
• Implement APQP (AS9145) where applicable.
• Support design development through POD (Proof of Design) and POM (Proof of Manufacturing).
• Establish manufacturing readiness strategies and execute OCONUS activities.

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) with a minimum of ten (10) years of engineering experience.
• Experience with ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 Quality Management Systems.
• Experience with performance to cost, schedule, and technical performance, including Earned Value methodologies.
• Technical program assistance experience for manufacturing and design processes.
• U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.

• SIX Sigma, Lean, CORE, or ASQ certification.
• Active U.S. security clearance.
• EVMS certification.
• Experience with IPDS or similar gate‑management processes.
• Experience in engineering, supplier engineering, or operations.
• Experience establishing cost estimates and BOEs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and networking skills.
• Hands‑on problem‑solving in business and technical contexts.
• Team‑player mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Experience in leadership roles.
• Experience in contract flow and compliance.
• Experience with engineering processes, change management, and part selection.

• Competitive total‑reward package including compensation, healthcare, wellness, retirement, work/life benefits, and career development.
• Parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance, and child/adult backup care.

• Onsite work expected at Andover, MA. Employees in onsite roles work primarily onsite.
• Salary range: $124,000 – $250,000 USD (good‑faith estimate).
• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, work schedules, employee assistance program, employee scholar program, paid time off, holidays, and annual incentive compensation (dependent on level and collective‑bargaining agreement).
• Position is U.S. based; pay structure applies to U.S. territories.
• Application window will close approximately 40 days after posting, subject to change.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. RTX provides affirmative action for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.