Principal Software Quality Engineer

Date Posted:

2025-07-31

Country:

United States of America

Location:

MS301: 19859 Highway 80, Forest 19859 Highway 80 CMC Forest, Forest, MS, 39074 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance​

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

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.

Are you ready for a challenging new opportunity? We are looking for an on-site Principal Software Quality Engineer at our Forest, Mississippi location.

Join Raytheon’s Quality & Mission Assurance organization where you will be a part of one global team assuring our trusted, innovative solutions make the world a safer place. Our vision is continually focused on providing the best value for our customers and optimizing business execution and growth.

We take great pride in ensuring quality products and services at every stage of development, working with systems, suppliers, hardware, and software cross-functional teams. Our team provides Quality oversight by ensuring continuous monitoring of metrics and conformance to requirements during the development, implementation, integration, verification & validation phase of a program.

You will apply advanced technical skills and knowledge to assess and resolve technical problems, guide program teams to successful and compliant milestones and bolster a culture of technical excellence and mission assurance through our people with available mentoring, training, and opportunities for advancement based on performance.  You will possess a strong academic foundation and experience in aerospace systems or engineering.

This is an “on-site” role in Forest, Mississippi

What You Will Do:

• Interface with cross-functional teams (Chief Engineer, Integrated Product Teams, Software Development teams, and Security) as appropriate.
• You will participate in software design, development, integration, and test milestones.
• Conduct product and/or process evaluation activities in support of continuous improvement.
• Participate in software release process including checksum verifications.
• Participate in change control boards and ensure actions are tracked to completion.
• Peer Review software deliverables and documentation i.e., contractor and subcontractor deliverables (Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs) and Subcontractor Data Requirements Lists (SDRLs), test procedures, requirements verification traceability.
• Interface with customer and Government Quality Assurance representatives in support of program, corporate, and third-party audits for AS9100 site certifications or assessments as needed.
• Participate or guide in the following;
  • Corrective Action Boards
  • Teams to investigate the root cause of customer escapes and non-conformances and determine appropriate corrective/preventive actions
  • Teams in support of CORE (Customer Oriented Results and Excellence) goals
• Drive Software Quality objectives by influencing others regarding policies, practices and procedures.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree and eight (8) years’ experience in the following areas;
  • Working experience in ISO 9000 and AS 9100 Quality Management Systems.
  • Working experience using the Microsoft Office 0365 Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, OneNote).
  • Experience using the following skills;
    • Problem solving
    • Critical technical assessment
    • Leadership
    • Interpersonal communication skills
    • Making decisions, with limited supervisory intervention
    • Working on a Team
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience using Raytheon Corrective Action System (RCAS) tools
• Experience using configuration management and control tools i.e., Rational ClearCase, ClearQuest, common Product Data Management (cPDM), Subversion (SVN)