Coyote Program Quality Engineer onsite Tucson, AZ

Coyote Missile On-site Program Quality Engineer (PQE)This is an on-site position.As the primary quality interface for the product Integrated Product Team (IPT), you'll be responsible for ensuring the program meets all Quality & Mission Assurance requirements. This includes coordinating with functional Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and overseeing scope of work through all integrated product development phases, from design to production and sustainment. You'll be the customer's advocate internal to the team, ensuring we meet our obligations and expectations.The PQE develops and monitor quality metrics to drive proactive continuous improvement initiatives, working closely with integrated teams to enforce process rigor. In the Program Quality role, you will support contract start-up activities, production support and sell-off support. You will primarily engage our factories and suppliers that aid the Coyote portfolio, implement quality processes to reduce overall product lifecycle cost and risk.The PQE shall monitor quality metrics to drive continuous improvement initiatives, working closely with integrated teams to enforce process rigor, transition to production activities, you will conduct Production Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), First Article Inspection, and Quality Control Plan efforts and play a key role in Material Review Board (MRB), Change Control Board (CCB), and Risk Review Board (RRB). Working as part of the QA Team, conducting day-to-day Quality Assurance activities whilst engaging with key stakeholders across the organization.The PQE will be responsible for ensuring reviews and assessments of program performance are performed, including technical assessments of systems, lessons learned, technology, and programmatic (cost, schedule, and risks and/or defects) practices assuring Quality management System (QMS) processes are defined and implemented.What You Will Do:Be the Quality POC for the Coyote launcher or missile products, interfacing across programs, key suppliers and customers supporting technical quality and financial performance, and compliance to Raytheon procedures and contractual requirements.Develop partnerships with senior leaders, IPTs, customers, and quality support functions of the program team to define steps necessary to implement proactive quality strategies that shape Raytheon's ability to become the provider of choice.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.Generation of new continuous improvement CORE (Customer Oriented Result and Excellence), CoPQ (Cost of Poor Quality) projects to reduce costs/increase efficiency of the Stinger program.Monitor / lead root cause corrective action (RCCA) and FRACAS activities for systemic issues and to ensure extensive RCCA.Support issue resolutions and solutions to production.Support implementation of Advanced Product Quality Planning in accordance with AS9145, as applicable.Qualifications You Must Have:Typically requires a university degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 3 years' experience. Relevant experience is work in engineering, manufacturing or quality.Experience with ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 Quality Management Systems.Experience participating in or leading teams in failure analysis, root cause analysis, corrective and/or preventative action.Experience in providing technical program support for manufacturing and/or design processes.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.Qualifications We Prefer:Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)Passionate, high-energy, self-starting team player who achieves goals and strives for continuous improvement.Six Sigma, Lean, and / or American Society for Quality (ASQ) certificationsExperience Reviewing Statement of Work (SOW), Corrective Action Requests (CAR)Experience interfacing directly with customersExperience presenting, reviewing and/or approving changes through a formal Change Control Board (CCB).Ability to exercise sound judgement and apply resolution-making skills with appropriate supervisory intervention.Experience in risk mitigation and opportunity management.Ability to comprehend and translate system requirements as well as contractual requirements to ensure full compliance is flowed down through product, assembly, and test documentation.Effective interpersonal skills and ability to work well with customers, suppliers, and in a team environment.Able to facilitate cross-functional teams in systematic improvement activities (e.g. 6-sigma, lean manufacturing).Proficiency with Process Re-invention Integrating Systems for Manufacturing (PRISM) or SAP.Knowledge of First Article Inspections per AS9102.Performance to cost, schedule, and technical performance including Cost Accounting Methodologies (Earned Value).Experience with one or more of the following: Rockets/Missiles, Electro Optical/RADAR systems, manufacturing of electrical systems and testing, and electrostatic discharge (ESD) requirements, CCA manufacturing to IPC/EIA JSTD-001, Class 3.What We Offer:Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.Relocation is not available for this opportunity.