Principal Supplier Quality Engineer (on-site)

Date Posted:

2024-07-10

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

About Us:

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.

Job Summary:

We are continuing to add team members for our new Manufacturing Supplier Quality Engineering role in Andover. This high visibility and on-site position will focus on resolution of any nonconformance in supplied material ensuring root cause and corrective actions are completed.  With a focus of solving supplied material issues impacting our factories you will be a key player working with leaders in Operations, Quality, Program management and Engineering to solve problems on our nations most advanced defense systems.  As one of the initial members of this you need you will also be helping define the role with an overall vision of reducing the impact of supplier nonconformance issues in the factories.

No relocation assistance is available for these positions.

What you will do:

• Driving a continuous improvement in how we resolve supplier nonconformance issues reducing their impact to the factories
• Your on-site presence will allow immediate response to potential issues with supplier material and be present for factory tier meetings and working seamlessly with the Operations and Quality teams in each factory.
• Ensuring root-cause analysis and corrective solutions are fully implemented when non-conformances impact the factory. 
• Use our lessons learned from supplied material non-conformances to reduce future risk across the supply chain
• Identifying and supporting continuous product / process improvements using statistical / analytical tools such as APQP and lean manufacturing methodologies
• Working with other Quality functions and cross-functional teams to affect rapid closure of issues utilizing analytical capabilities and communications skills.
• Systematically translate, analyze, and prioritize customer needs, legal and contractual requirements, variances to predicted/targeted values

Qualifications you must have:

• Typically requires Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Science, Technology, or Math and a minimum of 8 years of Quality Engineering, Manufacturing engineering, Supplier Management or related field
• Experience using either Aerospace or commercial equivalent Preventative tools – APQP, PPAP, SPC, FMEA, etc.
• Experience with Root Cause Corrective Action processes
• Experience with commercial and aerospace / defense regulations and standards - i.e. AS9100, AS9102, ISO-9000, ISO-9001, AS9145
• Experience with hardware inspection techniques
• Experience building and maintaining collaborative business relationships with customers or partners (both internal and external to Raytheon)
• 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:

• Proven success in building and maintaining relationships with suppliers, customers and internal teams
• Six Sigma, Lean and / or American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certification (CQE, CQM/OE, CSQE, CQA, CRE, etc.)
• Experience in DoD product and process oversight including requirements, build, integration, test and delivery
• Experience with Export/Import Compliance procedures and regulations
• Diverse experience with different product technologies (electrical, mechanical, electromechanical, energetics, CCAs)

What We Offer:

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the superior benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult backup care.

Clearance Information: This position requires the eligibility to obtain a security clearance. The Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates