Quality Specialist / Technician onsite Andover, MA

RTX•Andover, MA

1d•$60,000 - $114,000•Onsite

About The Position

Our team in Andover, MA is seeking a Hardware Quality Specialist with hands-on hardware quality inspection experience to become a key part of Operations Quality Team. Here at Raytheon, our Operations Quality Team assures product and process quality with an emphasis on Product Compliance, Customer Satisfaction and Continuous Improvement. This is a day shift position onsite in Andover on a 9/80 schedule (every other Friday off).

Requirements

Typically requires an AAA/AS degree (or other 2-year post high school training) with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience
Relevant experience is working with manufacturing processes (assembly, inspection, and/or test)
Experience reading technical documentation, technical data packages, and/or work instructions
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

Experience with IPC/WHMA-A-620, JSTD-001, and MIL-HDBK-454
Strong familiarity with ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 quality management systems
Six Sigma, ASQ Certifications
Proficient in the use of pareto analysis, cause/effect diagrams, process mapping
Able to facilitate cross-functional teams in systematic improvement activities (e.g. 6-sigma, lean manufacturing)

Responsibilities

Inspect product to be compliant IPC/WHMA-A-620, JSTD-001, and MIL-HDBK-454
Non-conform and disposition non-conforming material on the floor.
Perform walk-back feedback to assemblers and inspectors when findings occur to reduce recurrence of escapes
Participate in MFG DPT (Defect Prevention Team) meetings to ensure alignment on top priorities (using baseline data and future forecast) to drive containment, Root Cause Analysis and associated Corrective Action Implementation.
Perform process audits, process walks, operator observations, and participate in MFG team discussions to drive process enhancements to reduce variation.
Identify supplier escapes/issues and ensure proper containment and backflow to the Supplier Quality Management team.
Perform verification and validation of improvements to understand effectiveness.