Commodity Supplier Assurance Engineer - Electronics

RTX•Crosmières, MA

2d•Remote

About The Position

At RTX, the world 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. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. The Commodity Supplier Assurance Engineer - Electronics Commodity - serves as the primary quality liaison between Raytheon and its external supply base, ensuring suppliers consistently meet requirements and deliver high-quality results. In this role, you will drive resolution of quality issues, provide performance feedback, and champion continuous improvement initiatives. Strong communication, meeting facilitation, and relationship-building skills are essential, as you will play a critical role in fostering effective partnerships with suppliers. This role collaborates closely with internal teams on supplier source selection, risk mitigation, strategic planning, and supplier development. Representing Raytheon professionally, you will embody and promote the company’s Vision, Values, Strategy, and Goals within the supply base, making a lasting impact on the success of key supplier relationships. This remote role requires maintaining a home office and conducting regular visits to assigned supplier facilities. Candidates should be prepared for minimum of 25% domestic travel, including driving and air travel as needed.

Requirements

Typically requires a university degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 3 years’ experience
Relevant experience is work in engineering, quality, or supplier management/auditing
Experience evaluating / auditing the technical health of our suppliers to stakeholders.
Experience managing suppliers using Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) methods such as 5 Why, Fishbone, etc.
Experience driving process improvements using Six Sigma, Lean, or other analytical tools, and presenting data to support decision-making.
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Nice To Haves

Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) preferred
Current government secret clearance
Six Sigma, Lean and / or American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certification (CQE, CQM/OE, CSQE, CQA, CRE, etc.)
Experience working within aerospace/defense standards such as AS9100, AS9102, ISO-9000, and AS9145.
Experience in Dept of War product and process oversight including requirements, build, integration, test and delivery
Experience with industry technical standards (such as ANSI, CMMI, ASTM, etc.)
Commodity experience related to cables, harnesses, components, CCA’s, Filters, Amplifiers, PWB’s, etc.
Strong technical engineer with excellent communication skills that exhibits presence and influence and self-managed technical contributor.
Experience collaborating with engineering, manufacturing operations, and supply chain teams

Responsibilities

Implement process improvements and risk mitigation strategies across the supply base.
Analyze and track data trends for key metrics across the commodity and tabulate in easy to interpret formats.
Drive continuous improvement using Six Sigma, lean methodologies, and other analytical tools and presenting data to various stakeholders.
Identify and resolve supplier risks and systemic issues through root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external customers, key partners, and stakeholders.
Influence decision-making through quality assurance, aligning efforts with customer priorities and mission success.
Interpret and communicate purchase order technical & quality requirements to ensure supplier and subcontractor compliance.
Ensure product requirements are properly flowed down and adhered to by internal teams and sub-tier suppliers.
Assess suppliers through supplier engagements related to quality, capability, capacity, opportunity and risk.
Collaborate across multiple functions and Cross Business Teams to ensure rapid issue resolution.
Oversee First Article Verification, Source Inspection, and supplier assessments, audits, and reviews.
Resolve supplier risks and ensure compliance with program objectives.
Travel 25%.