Senior Program Quality Engineer onsite Tucson, AZ

U.S. citizenship is required for this position; only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance, which must be obtained and maintained throughout the employment period.

We are seeking an onsite Senior Program Quality Engineer (PQE) to serve within the Precision Fires and Maneuver team in Tucson, AZ. The PQE will support Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) as well as production contracts, ensuring program goals are achieved while remaining compliant with AS9100 requirements.

The successful candidate will safeguard the integration and implementation of RTX processes and procedures within the constraints of Raytheon Command Media. The ideal candidate will possess a dynamic mindset, influence peers, and deliver creative solutions to complex challenges during development and production.

Collaboration with cross‑functional teams—including systems, electrical, mechanical, operations, supply chain, and systems integration and test—is essential to guarantee that mission goals and contractual requirements are met.

• Serve as a member of the Javelin Program team, ensuring successful program performance and delivering conforming products/services through effective collaboration and compliance with processes and procedures.
• Lead integration and implementation of cross‑functional teams to align with quality and customer requirements per the program quality plan.
• Act as a program quality liaison across customer organizations (DCMA and USG), factories, and engineering labs, acting as first responder for quality issues and concerns related to development and production products.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and program leadership to define and implement quality improvement strategies.
• Support supplier quality and supplier engineering to ensure compliance with the supplier program quality plan.
• Review and approve changes to the technical data package, assign actions when necessary and complete actions timely. This includes peer reviews, Engineering Review/Change Control Board (ERB/CCB), and design reviews.
• Ensure all development hardware (Engineering, Proof of Design, and Proof of Manufacturing) is appropriately documented in quality history records and aligns with quality and customer requirements per the program quality plan.

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience.
• Experience in Quality Management, Quality Assurance, Engineering, and/or Manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of Quality Management Systems, including ISO 9001, AS9100, and/or AS9102.
• Experience leading teams in failure and root‑cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions.
• Experience interpreting technical drawings.
• Experience with technical data package review (TDP) and document repository.

• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certification and/or Program Management Certification.
• Experience with Customer Oriented Results and Excellence (CORE) or another continuous improvement program.
• Experience with 5S, root‑cause analysis, process mapping, and Lean Six Sigma (6
  
  Sigma).
• Experience with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)/AS9145, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Key Characteristics, DFMEA, PFMEA, and/or Control Plans.
• Experience in First Article Inspections per AS9102.
• Experience with configuration control systems such as Common Product Data Management (cPDM) and/or Common As‑Built System (CABS).
• Experience reviewing Statements of Work (SOW), Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCAR), and understanding purchase order quality requirements (Q-Notes, STAMP).
• Experience presenting, reviewing, and/or approving changes through a formal Change Control Board (CCB).
• Experience translating system and contractual requirements into documentation across product, assembly, and test.
• Experience working as an individual contributor and within a dynamic team environment.
• Experience collaborating with customers, suppliers, and teams.

• Values:
  Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
• No relocation offered.
• Salary range: $107,500 - $204,500.
• Benefits: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term and…