LTAMDS Program Quality Engineering Manager onsite Tewksbury, MA

LTAMDS Program Quality Engineering Manager

Raytheon is seeking an LTAMDS (Lower Tier Missile Defense Sensor) Program Quality Engineering (PQE) Manager within Land and Air Defense Systems (LADS) at our Tewksbury, MA and Andover, MA locations. This individual will serve as the Engineering Services Memorandum (ESM) Program Quality Engineering Lead supporting system improvements, design releases, and field support. Responsibilities include blending managerial expertise with broad technical knowledge, providing guidance and subject matter expertise as needed to support program objectives and organizational goals.

You will also manage a team to ensure the effective implementation of Quality and Mission Assurance requirements for LTAMDS throughout the design & development phase. You will interface with various Raytheon Organizations including Engineering and our internal Program Quality Leadership Team. You must be able to execute broadly across the LTAMDS Portfolio and serve as a mentor to their team to establish design best practices and drive risk mitigation prior to Production.

This is an on-site position with the primary work location in Tewksbury, MA, with local travel support to Andover, MA.

• Interface as the Program Quality Engineering Lead for LTAMDS supporting Program Manager execution of key ESM tasks responsible for funding Quality across CPT (Cross Product Teams), IPT (Integrated Product Team), Functions, and program.
• Drive Quality tasks, participate in design reviews, CCB sign offs, qualification planning, flight test walk ups, IR (Independent Reviewer), and trade study in support of ESM tasking.
• Support sustainment team with fielded assets driving continued improvements in hardware, system, software, reliability, and maintainability.
• Coordinate program/customer reviews, meetings, internal handoffs and customer deliveries aligned to ESM execution.
• Manage a team of LTAMDS Quality Engineers; handling staffing, performance reviews, and development planning.
• Implement Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) in accordance with AS9145 and New Product Introduction (NPI) to establish Product Maturity
• Use technical expertise to review Engineering work products (e.g., technical analysis, technical data packages) to identify and eliminate defects.
• Participate in technical peer reviews of initial design releases, change incorporation, prototype development, and test plans
• Evaluate technical requirements and manufacturing trade-offs to assess potential risks or opportunities and collaborate with Engineering on mitigation action plans
• Lead root cause initiatives and implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Support new pursuits through proposal development.

• Requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience
• Experience developing and leading teams
• Experience in hardware design, reliability, and/or manufacturability assessments.
• Experience in leading root cause analysis and implementing corrective / preventive actions.
• Past work history implementing quality strategies
• Experience analyzing quality and other metrics to direct and/or achieve measurable results

• Current secret government clearance
• Design Engineering experience, with insight into common design challenges and potential quality risk areas
• Experience with quality frameworks, such as APQP, AS9145, ISO 9001, or AS9100; utilizing tools such as PPAP, Key Characteristics, DFMEA, DFMAs, or Critical Items
• Familiarity with Risk & Opportunity analysis and Management Boards (ROMB)
• Experience supporting audit and hardware sell-off activities
• Relevant Certifications (e.g., Six Sigma, CORE, Shainin Red X, GD&T, ASQ).
• Basis of Estimate (BOE) or equivalent training
• Earned Value (EV) certification or equivalent training
• Demonstrated stakeholder management skills with effective communication for engaging Senior leadership

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