Program Quality Engineer II - Onsite Tucson, AZ

At RTX, the world's 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 freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world.

The Standard Missile 3 Block IIA (SM-3 IIA) Program Quality Engineer II in Tucson, AZ, will help implement strategic initiatives to improve quality and help manage customer and internal quality requirements throughout SM-3 IIA production facilities. You will collaborate with the program quality manager and other program leads to work as a trusted partner with the program office and other functions.

The individual will aid quality efforts to ensure delivered products and services meet customer and Raytheon requirements, support program DD250s, identify and document gaps in expectations between extended customer base and the program implementation baseline.

• Develop partnerships with Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and Factory Teams to lead and perform root cause analysis, facilitate corrective actions, and implement closed loop process controls to improve product/process predictability and capability.
• Collaborate with Quality & Mission Assurance, and Engineering on material review board technical assessments to establish and verify requirements compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement in how we resolve nonconformance issues reducing their impact to the factories.
• Assess technical risk of non-conformances utilizing critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Review of change requests to assess technical impact.
• Participate in cross-functional teams to plan for events throughout SM-3 production facilities; utilizing existing data systems to identify what processes are most cost-effective to target for improvement.
• Interfacing with external and internal customers and key stakeholders to communicate strategy and provide updates after realized improvements.
• Driving Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) Methodology throughout SM-3 production facilities.

• Requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 2 years of prior relevant experience in Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing and/or Operations Experience using AS9100 and/or ISO
  9001 Quality Management Systems.
• Experience using root cause and corrective action tools.
• Experience in development/usage of quality metrics to drive long-term corrective action.
• Experience reading and interpreting technical drawings and specifications.

• Experience in Missile Defense Agency programs.
• Experience with factory systems and software (e.g., PRISM, SAP, CABS, RCAS, and Windchill).
• Previous experience with SM-3 hardware and suppliers.
• Six Sigma and/or ASQ Certifications.
• Product development in a DoD environment.
• Experience implementing APQP methodology.
• Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.

• Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
• Relocation is not offered for this opportunity.
• The salary range for this role is 68,900 USD - 131,100 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a…