Quality Assurance Engineer

RTX•White Sands, NM

16d•$57,200 - $108,800•Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon, part of RTX, is hiring a Quality Assurance Engineer to join its team at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. This is an onsite role supporting programs and mission objectives in a field environment. The engineer will help assure product quality and effectiveness throughout all life-cycle phases, ensure program and core-process compliance with customer and end-user objectives, and support testing, issue resolution, risk reduction, and continuous improvement. The work includes travel to remote domestic and international sites and may involve hazardous environments, including exposure to energized equipment, radar radiation hazards, and unexploded ordnance. The position requires a U.S. government security clearance, with an active and existing clearance required on day one; U.S. citizenship is required for clearance eligibility.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree; typically requires less than two years of Quality Engineering experience.
Working experience with industry standards such as ISO 9001 and AS9100 Quality Management Systems.
Work experience in aerospace or defense quality assurance.
Work experience with missiles or guided-weapon production.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required for security-clearance eligibility.
An active and existing security clearance is required on day one.

Nice To Haves

American Society for Quality (ASQ) certification.
Experience with Root Cause and Corrective Action processes and resources.
Experience supporting Department of Defense development and/or test programs as a quality engineer.
Previous experience as a quality engineer in a field-test environment.
Experience with radar systems, effectors (missiles, rockets, etc.), and systems-of-systems testing.
Domain knowledge in field testing.
Ability to review, analyze, and ensure compliance of Technical Data Package elements with standards and guidelines.
Ability to influence without authority and experience with cross-functional teams.
Effective networking and presentation skills across, down, and up in a matrixed team environment.
Working experience with missile assembly and inspection.
Working experience with Patriot Systems and ammunition training.

Responsibilities

Assure product quality and effectiveness throughout all life-cycle phases.
Collaborate with quality, operations, supply chain, and engineering personnel.
Ensure programs and core processes meet customer and end-user objectives.
Close quality issues through quality-science methods and teamwork.
Inspect test mechanisms and conduct quality assurance activities.
Monitor and audit program operations and core processes.
Develop others’ knowledge of quality standards, methods, and procedures.
Interact proactively with the team, management, and customer.
Ensure required documentation is complete; identify nonconformance and noncompliance; resolve and close open issues; and maintain the quality and configuration of program assets.
Work across quality disciplines and provide surge support to programs during key events.
Assess work products to identify and eliminate in-phase and out-of-phase defects.
Analyze data to drive root-cause analysis and corrective action.
Participate in test preparation and execution to ensure requirements verification.
Review risk and opportunity data and lead projects to reduce risks or realize opportunities.
Investigate failures, participate in failure review boards, support failure investigation teams, and drive root-cause analysis.
Drive continuous improvement, standardization, and agile work environments.
Ensure compliance with ISO 9001 and AS9100 requirements.
Work long hours and/or weekends when required to meet program and mission objectives.
Work in a field environment and travel to remote domestic and international sites to support program requirements.
Work in hazardous environments involving energized equipment, radar radiation hazards, and unexploded ordnance.

Benefits

Parental leave, including paternal leave.
Flexible work schedules.
Achievement awards.
Educational assistance.
Child/adult backup care.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Life insurance.
Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
401(k) match.
Flexible spending accounts.
Employee assistance program.
Employee Scholar Program.
Paid time off and holidays.
Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, subject to eligibility and applicable program terms.