Senior Operations Quality Engineer

RTX • Mckinney, TX

5d • Onsite

About The Position

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring 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. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. Join our team as a Senior Quality Engineer (QE). In this role, you'll drive a robust quality culture, practices, and collaboration efforts. Your focus will be implementing strategic quality enhancements across multiple programs. This role shall be responsible for delivering Quality Assurance in line with the Quality Management System and Quality Policy across the several programs within the McKinney, TX CMC factory. As the primary quality interface for customers, you'll ensure the hardware meet all Quality & Mission Assurance requirements. You shall monitor quality metrics to drive continuous improvement initiatives, working closely with integrated teams to support factory production activities, including First Article Inspection and Government/Customer source inspection, and Layer Process Assessment. Working as part of the Operations Quality Team, conducting day to day Quality Assurance activities whilst engaging with key stakeholders across the organization.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and five (5) years of relevant experience in quality engineering, or manufacturing engineering or operations engineering
• Working experience with ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 Quality Management Systems
• Experience reading and interpreting requirements/drawings and identifying deficiencies/defects.
• Experience in Quality Assurance, audits and RCCA (Root Cause Corrective Action) methodologies, Process Improvement and streamlining.
• Previous experience with PRISM and/or SAP or other manufacturing systems.
• Experience in hardware inspections and inspection standards.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using people skills and working with customers, suppliers, in a team environment, facilitating cross-functional teams in systematic improvement activities.
• Experience communicating verbally and in written communications and networking with other stakeholders while problem solving and creating resolutions with effective and concise presentation skills

Responsibilities

• Perform quality activities to aid the Design activities, respective Quality Assurance Plans (IE: First Article Inspections, Source Inspections, and checks on incoming and outgoing products).
• Engage on both strategic and tactical levels, focusing on quality, cost and schedule performance, early engagement, influencing and providing differentiating quality value to program teams and customers.
• Plan, conduct and oversee Internal/External audits to aid Raytheon’s Certifications.
• Develop partnerships with program and production leaders, IPTs, and other functions to drive issue resolution and implement improved processes.
• Generate new Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ) projects to reduce costs on the program.
• Interpret requirements such as drawings and command media in compliance to work being performed.
• Manage, lead and provide guidance to Quality Control inspectors.

Benefits

• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
• Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees