Program Supplier Quality Assurance

Job Summary

Onsite engineering role in Tucson, AZ with a requirement for a U.S. citizenship and an active Secret-level DoD security clearance.

• Ensure flow down of product requirements to sub-tier suppliers through PO requirements, quality notes, and statements of work to guarantee supplier compliance.
• Perform on‑site Source Surveillance and Corrective Action reviews; participate in design reviews, program reviews, process change reviews, supplier reviews, qualification test reviews, and test equipment verification/validation to mitigate escape risk.
• Drive continuous product/process improvements by identifying supplier risk and systemic performance issues and implementing solutions via root‑cause corrective actions, Six Sigma, Lean, and other analytical tools.
• Facilitate closed‑loop process controls and continuous‑improvement methods to improve product/process quality, conduct supplier factory process walks, and perform factory risk assessments using APQP processes.
• Represent quality during review boards covering changes to supplier designs, process changes, qualification tests, and procedure reviews.
• Review internal TDP change requests, supplier change requests, and supplier statements of work; contribute to the development of KPIs and metrics for supplier quality performance.
• Travel domestically (up to 25%) as required for supplier assessments, audits, and reviews.

Manage a complex supplier base across electrical, mechanical, and energetic domains; expand APQP knowledge and engage with critical external stakeholders such as DCMA.

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM and 8 years of experience in quality engineering, manufacturing, or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience with aerospace or commercial equivalent preventive tools such as SPC, FMEA, QFD, PPAP.
• Experience conducting root‑cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
• Knowledge of standards including ISO 9001, AS9100, AS9145, or MDA Assurance Provisions.
• Experience interpreting schematic drawings and applying hardware inspection techniques.
• Active, transferable U.S. government‑issued security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

• Six Sigma, Lean, or ASQ Certification (CQE, CQM‑OE, CSQE, CQA, CRE, etc.).
• Proven success in building and maintaining relationships with multiple suppliers/customers.
• Experience in DoD product and process oversight, including requirements, build, integration, test, and delivery.
• Strong engineering, development, project‑planning, and remote‑collaboration skills.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001/AS9100 quality management systems, AS9145 requirements for APQP & PPAP, and FAI Standard AS9102.
• General knowledge of industry technical standards such as ANSI, CMMI, ASTM, etc.
• Excellent communication skills, presence, influence, and self‑management as a technical contributor.

• Salary range: 107,500
  
  USD – 204,500
  
  USD.
• Sign‑on bonus up to 10,000
  
  USD for external hires with existing clearance.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term disability, long‑term disability, 401(k) match.
• Flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, scholar program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• Eligibility for annual short‑term and/or long‑term incentive compensation programs.

Active Secret‑level DoD security clearance required; U.S. citizenship mandatory.

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, 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.