Program Quality Engineer/Mission Assurance Lead

Date Posted:

2025-11-17

Country:

United States of America

Location:

TX190: 2501 West University, McKinney 2501 West University , McKinney, TX, 75070 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:

Secret - Current

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 new opportunity? Raytheon has an exciting opportunity for a Program Quality Engineer / Mission Assurance Lead position within our Advanced EOIR (Electro-Optical/Infrared) Solutions group at our McKinney, TX location.

You will implement and develop processes to deliver compliant systems and specific customer quality flow down requirements throughout program lifecycles.  You will be responsible for supporting programs ensuring that Mission Assurance technical requirements are developed using approved development processes and procedures.  You will create or tailor existing planning to administer customer and internal quality requirements to the program teams and supply base. 

This is an onsite role in McKinney, Texas 

What You Will Do:

• Represent Mission Assurance (MA) on a program or project leadership team and/or capture teams including writing basis of estimates (BOE’s) for the quality portion of new program bids.
• Support the communication of program goals, targets, requirements and customer feedback.
• Assist in providing program direction to ensure quality tasking is accomplished within budget, on time and as defined in program planning.
• Prepare, collect, analyze and maintain MA metrics.
• Establish customer relations and process and validate customer corrective action requests.
• Assess impact of potential customer escapes.
• Co-chair Program Corrective Action Board (CAB) to meet measures and metrics from stakeholder reviews.
• Ensure reviews and assessments of program performance are performed, including self-guided technical assessments of systems engineering, Quality Assurance (QA), lessons learned, technology, production and programmatic (cost, schedule, and risks) practices assuring Quality Management System (QMS) processes are defined and implemented.
• Review the Engineering program documentation, including specifications, requirements, specification control drawings, altered item drawings, assembly drawings, test plans, procedures, instructions and standard operating procedures prior to release for correctness to technical standards.
• Act as the voice of the customer, ensuring mission results. 
• Execute new MA initiatives for CORE and APQP

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and eight (8) years of relevant experience in Quality, Engineering, Operations, and/or Program Management.
• Experience working with Quality Management Systems IS09001 and AS9100.
• Working experience in using Industry and Government Mission Assurance Requirements and Standards.
• Experience as a team member, developing solutions to complex problems.
• Experience in predictive and proactive measures and metrics assessments and developing actions to improve performance or mitigate problems.
• Experience creating relationships with program management, cross-functional program management, suppliers, customers and government representatives.
• Experience supporting External and Internal Quality System or Product/Process audits.
• Previous experience using written/verbal presentation skills and Microsoft tools such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Active and transferable Secret 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.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Prior experience in the Aerospace or Defense industry.
• ASQ Quality Certification.
• Working experience using the Raytheon RCAS or a proven close- loop corrective action system.
• CORE or Industry Six Sigma Greenbelt Certification.
• Experience deploying AS9145 (APQP) req