Sr. Operations Quality Engineer

Sr. Operations Quality Engineer

As part of the Operations Quality Engineering team, the Sr. Operations Quality Engineer will provide quality engineering support and expertise to ensure compliance with contractual, company, and regulatory requirements.

• Use critical thinking resources and methods to improve product design; minimize inspection; resolve manufacturing defects/problems; complete data preparation, analyses, and reporting.
• Perform product and process audits for compliance with standards and product requirements.
• Conduct product/process and area audits or assessments.
• Develop product acceptance techniques and plans.
• Lead and support factory and product process improvements.
• Lead First Article Inspection process and complete First Article Inspection Reports.
• Engage cross‑functional teams to align on top priorities to drive containment, Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) implementation.
• Lead/facilitate Process Failure Modes & Effects Analysis on processes and products to prevent defects and mitigate risk.
• Develop product Quality Control Plans.
• Support hardware quality drawing & design reviews.
• Support Mission Assurance requirements for an electronic assembly and integration area with high product mix where review and quality disposition of products is essential.
• Assure Special Test Equipment (STE) and tooling comply with approved assembly and tooling drawings, assembly instructions, test procedures and metrology requirements.
• Act on all applicable material, product and equipment alerts to prevent impact to product reliability using the nonconformance and/or purge process.
• Manage dropped and damaged hardware processing and incident reporting.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Math, Science, or Technology or other STEM related field of study.
• Minimum 5 years related engineering experience in Quality, Manufacturing, or Engineering capacity.
• Experience with AS9100 or ISO
  9001 Quality Management systems.
• Experience with electronics manufacturing and assembly.
• Experience with Project Management, Risk Assessment and Opportunity Management.
• Experience with customer interface for product acceptance and/or corrective action response.
• Previous experience delivering presentations and technical reports utilizing MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• U.S. citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance.

• Thorough organizational, collaborative and communication skills.
• Experience with metrology, measurement resources and practices.
• Knowledge and inspection application of J‑STD‑001.
• Knowledge of Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) (AS9145).
• Practical experience with CORE/Six Sigma methodologies (Kaizen, Lean, DMAIC, DMADV) and resources (ANOVA, SPC, Capability Analysis, DOE, MSA).
• Experience in aerospace‑related manufacturing environment.
• Experience with project/program bid and proposal development.
• Project Management Professional Certification.
• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Engineer Certification.
• Active DoD Secret clearance.

U.S. citizenship is required. The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.

USD 86,800 – 165,200 per annum (USD).

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, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment 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.