Our Quality Professionals are involved from design to field support, to program management. Our world-class Quality Professionals exhibit critical and systemic thinking, develop metrics and measures to verify and improve performance, and design/develop solutions to improve our process/services and products. Our team embraces new and complex challenges in concert and collaboration within an Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment. We are the Customer’s conscience.

Raytheon Missile System’s Q&MA Mission is to “Prevent, Protect, and Improve”:

• Prevent defects, non-compliances, and escapes.
• Protect the integrity of the Quality Management System and the Raytheon brand.
• Improve continuously our products, processes, and tools.

Job Description:

The Quality Engineer will work within IPTs to analyze, control and improve product quality by conducting the following activities:

• Systematically translate, analyze, and prioritize customer needs, legal and contractual requirements, and company policy and objectives into quality performance standards and operational definitions for the affected performing organizations
• Analyze/validate measurement system capability for accuracy, repeatability, reproducibility, and stability over time
• Analyze product performance using statistical methods to understand root cause, identify significant variances to predicted/targeted values
• Perform analysis of nonconformities to: characterize causes as routine (common) or exceptional (special); and develop effective containment and elimination plans
• Integrate performance and conformance verifications such as First Articles and audits
• Predict quality of products/services/processes using historical, empirical and/or theoretical data in operational and statistical models
• Assure clear identification, physical control and competent disposition of nonconformities
• Facilitate corrective actions, closed loop process controls and continuous improvement methods to improve product/process predictability and capability
• Manage the interface and sell-off of products to downstream operations or end-item customers

Required Skills:

• U.S. citizenship
• Ability to develop and implement robust process controls
• Ability to technically interface with various engineering disciplines
• Effective interpersonal skills and ability to work well with customers and suppliers in a team environment
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and apply decision–making skills with appropriate supervisory intervention
• Ability to identify root cause and initiate/implement effective corrective actions
• Experience in application of Quality metrics and statistical control methodologies
• Ability to comprehend and translate external/internal requirements into effective work instructions
• Ability to understand drawings, work instructions, Bill of Materials (BOMs), consumable materials control, process disciplines and tool control
• Manufacturing process knowledge (assembly, inspection, test)
• Effective verbal and written communication and networking skills
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance as of day one of employment.

Desired Skills:

• Demonstrated knowledge of key process characteristics and ability to implement effective process control techniques in one or more of the following Special Processes: Additive Manufacturing; Anodizing; Bonding/Adhesives; Brazing; Coating; Crimping; Heat Treating; Painting; Plating; Printed Circuit Board Fabrication; Sealing; Sintering; Soldering; Torque; Welding
• 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
• Experienced in Product/Process Failure Modes & Affects Analysis, Regression Analysis
• Knowledge of Measurement System Analysis and Design of Experiments
• Knowledge of Performance Specification and Requirements Management Practices
• Able to facilitate cross-functional teams in systematic improvement activities (e.g. 6-sigma, lean manufacturing)
• College course work should include C/C++ or Java
• 1 year of calculus, physics and computer science studies that include assembly level programming, data structures and algorithms, systems software design and operating systems and architectures
• Experience beyond Calculus such as Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, and Engineering Mathematics

Required Education (Including Major):

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, or Mathematics. Preferred degree fields are: Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science or Mathematics. Degree must be from an ABET accredited curriculum with a minimum GPA of 3.0.

The Job Title for a Bachelor of Science degree is a Quality Assurance Engineer I. The Job Title for a Master of Science degree is a Quality Assurance Engineer II.

Raytheon Company is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. Founded in 1922, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, capabilities in C5I (command, control, communications, computing, cyber and intelligence), sensing, effects and mission support services.