Senior Program Quality Lead – (P4 – Manager, Mission/Quality Assurance -Andover, MA)

Date Posted:

2025-01-07

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MA101: Andover MA 350 Lowell St Essex 350 Lowell Street Essex, Andover, MA, 01810 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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.

We are looking to staff two (2) Senior Program Quality Leads. Our Patriot Sr. Program Quality Leads (PQLs) in Land and Air Defense Systems (LADS), support U.S. and/or foreign programs within the BMC4I product line portfolio at our Andover, MA location.

We are looking for Quality Leads who will promote and execute strong quality skills, practices, knowledge sharing, and collaboration. This individual will assist in implementation of Mission Area strategic quality improvements across contracts.

The successful candidate will proactively engage with the product line and work in partnership with Program Management, Engineering, Global Supply Chain, Operations and the Quality team. These roles will work to ensure the effective implementation of Quality and Mission Assurance requirements of the programs, and occasionally interface with U.S. Government Customers, Foreign Customers, and Suppliers.  In this role you will primarily champion proactive engagement across our factories and suppliers that support the Global Patriot portfolio, implement quality processes to reduce overall product lifecycle cost and risk.

We value diverse skills and experience, so don’t hold back. Your qualification could add tremendous value to our team. Our customers come from all different backgrounds, and so do our employees. If you’re passionate about what you could accomplish here, we’d love to hear from you.

These are on-site positions.

What You Will Do:

• You will interface with the program quality teams, programs, customers, and Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), supporting technical quality and financial performance, and compliance to Raytheon procedures and contractual requirements.
• You will interact with external and internal customers and stakeholders to build and impact professional relationships.
• You will be responsible for;
  • Quality of delivered products and services to our customers, stakeholders of quality risks, uncertainties and opportunities, key team members in resolution of customer expectations and relationships related to Mission Assurance and Quality.
  • Developing and implementing strategic and tactical Mission Assurance plans that will closely affect the programs’ implementation and influence.
  • Improving processes or systems using significant conceptualizing, reasoning, and interpretation skills. Problems and issues faced are numerous and undefined, and information is typically difficult to obtain.
• You will ensure inclusion of quality requirements, planning, and consistency for program proposals and subsequent management of the quality budget.
• You will monitor / lead root cause corrective action (RCCA) and FRACAS activities for systemic issues and to ensure extensive RCCA.
• You will generate new Cost of Quality (CoQ) projects to reduce costs on the program.
• You will implement APQP as applicable.

Qualification You Must Have:

• Typically requires Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and eight (8) years of engineering experience in the following;
  • Working experience with ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 Quality Management Systems.
  • Working experience with performance to cost, schedule, and technical performance including Cost Accounting Methodologies (Earned Value).
  • Working experience in providing technical program oversight 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:

• Six Sigma, Lean, CORE, or American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certification.
• Earned Value Management System (EVMS) certification.
• Experience with Integrated Product Development System (IPDS) or similar gate management process.
• Experience in other functional area such as engineering, supplier engineering, o