Quality Mission Assurance Program Lead

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Raytheon Advanced Products and Solutions is seeking an experienced Quality Mission Assurance Program Lead to implement and guide quality and mission assurance on program(s) including customer quality flow-down of requirements throughout the proposal and program life cycles. The selected professional will ensure the quality of RTX suppliers, products and processes are compliant with internal, customer and industry standards. The selected team member will act as the voice of the customer to autonomously assure mission results and success.

This position is 100% onsite at our Goleta, CA location.

• Implement and perform Mission/Quality Assurance Program responsibilities as a member of a program team or Integrated Product Team (IPT) including Quality Systems Assurance, Supplier Quality, and Hardware Quality.
• Review and provide quality support and updates on purchase orders including Statement of Work, quality notes, revisions, and other items as applicable.
• Chair the Material Review Board (MRB), and support Failure Review Board (FRB), working with cross-functional teams to disposition root-cause investigations, corrective and preventive actions.
• Ability to present non-conformances and other findings to management.
• Participate in program document reviews, approvals, and verifications.
• Participate in manufacturing reviews and supplier technical reviews.
• Lead multi-functional teams in problem resolution and continuous improvement activities with an emphasis on RCCA, Six Sigma, Lean practices and other critical thinking improvement methods and resources.
• Implement projects and processes to ensure overall quality is continuously improving.
• Establishes customer relations and communications processes.
• Proactively supports supplier quality performance through prevention, monitoring/escalation processes, processing of supplier submission of nonconforming material.
• Performs supplier visits, manages source inspection, FAI reviews per AS9102 and material release processes.
• Performs Escape management procedures, drives root cause analysis & problem solving and recommends corrective and preventive action for systemic supplier process and product materials.
• Application of knowledge of Government Quality Requirements and Standards including aerospace, commercial, defense, and space industries.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a J-Std-001/IPC-A-610 Certification.
• Lead, nurture, and mentor others in routine work and difficult situations.
• Work closely with program team members in a production lab environment.
• Provide regular program status reports to management.
• Minimal oversight from manager.
• Obtain and maintain additional program access as required.

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of five (5) years of engineering experience.
• Working and auditing experience with a Quality Management System (ISO 9001 and/or AS9100).
• Working experience with risk & opportunity management,…