Senior Manager, Mission & Quality Assurance

RTX•Goleta, CA

2d•$145,600 - $276,800•Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon Advanced Products and Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Mission & Quality Assurance, to lead our Quality Team and implement and guide quality and mission assurance on program(s) including customer quality flow-down of requirements throughout the proposal and program lifecycles. This position is 100% onsite at our Goleta, CA location.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and ten (10) years of relevant experience in the areas below;
Experience applying and adhering to Commercial and Aerospace / Defense regulations and/or standards IS09001, AS9100, AS9102, AS9145.
Experience translating external and internal requirements and command media.
Experience in predictive and proactive measures and metrics assessments and taking actions to improve performance or mitigate problems.
Experience in audits, nonconformance review boards (MRB/FRB), and Quality Management Systems.
Experience working with suppliers, supplier moves. and new supplier start-ups.
Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Work experience in the Aerospace or Defense industry and/or with international customers.
Experience with ASQ Quality and IPC Certifications including J-STD-001.
Experience working in Raytheon Corrective Action System (RCAS) or other proven closed-loop corrective action system.
RTX Customer Oriented Results and Excellence (CORE) or Industry Six Sigma Certification.
Experience with Risk and Opportunity Management.
Working experience in both production and design phases of a program.
Experience with Material and Failure nonconformance review boards (Material Review Board/Failure Review Board).
Experience creating relationships with program management, cross-functional program stakeholders, suppliers, customers and government representatives.
Experience working with systems engineering, reliability and system safety requirements.
Experience writing reports and presenting to key stakeholders
Experience using quality tools, such as Compliance Matrix Reviews, Control Plans, Process Flow Diagrams, Measurement Systems Analysis, SPC, PFMEA, and First Article Inspections.
Experience using Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

Lead, coach and mentor Quality Leads and program stakeholders daily and difficult situations with all aspects of the Quality Management System (QMS).
Lead Quality Assurance (QA) on a program, project, and/or capture team including writing basis of estimates (BOE’s) for the quality portion of program bids.
Represent QA, review, approve Program’s Risk & Opportunity (R&O), Estimate at Complete (EAC).
Leverage QA best practices to influence stakeholders to ensure efforts are properly focused on customer priorities and requirements associated with mission success.
Communicate program goals, targets, requirements and customer feedback to Operations Quality, Supplier Quality, Software Quality and other QA disciplines, cross-functional program teammates and supply base to assure alignment.
Provide program directions to ensure quality tasking is accomplished within budget, on time and as defined in program planning.
Define, evaluate and report-out QA metrics to Program and QA Leadership.
Establish customer relations and process and validate customer corrective action requests.
Ensure reviews and assessments of program performance are conducted, including but not limited to, technical assessments of systems engineering, Quality Assurance (QA), lessons learned, production and programmatic (cost, schedule, and risks) practices.
Assuring Quality Management System (QMS) processes are defined and implemented.
Review and approve program documentation, including but not limited to, specifications, requirements, source control drawings, altered item drawings, assembly drawings, test plans, procedures, instructions and standard operating procedures prior to release for correctness to technical standards.
Act as the voice of the customer to assure mission results.
Support and implement Advanced Product Quality Planning in accordance with Raytheon Command Media and AS9145, as applicable.
Manage QA teams in performing to expectation and mentoring employees in talent enhancement and new systems and processes.
Oversee RTX Customer Oriented Results and Excellence (CORE) projects.
Travel as needed for business needs (not expected to exceed 25% of time).