Operations Quality Engineer

Date Posted:

2024-06-11

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ201: RMS AP Bldg 801 1151 East Hermans Road Building 801, Tucson, AZ, 85756 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.

Job Summary:

As a factory Quality Operations Engineer you will be interfacing with cross functional teams through face to face and teleconferencing interactions in a fast-paced environment with plenty of challenging opportunities.  You will be engaging with Manufacturing Engineers, Product Test Engineers, Design Engineers, Production Associates, Management and customers to assure product and process compliance, continuously improve processes, and meet organizational goals.  Your knowledge and experience will be valued and contribute to furthering the success of Raytheon Operations Quality.

The Operations Quality Team provides leadership for integration and execution of Quality practices and processes in the factory.  We serve as the prime Quality interface with Operations responsible for the guidance and support of Quality and continuous improvement in the factory.

The Quality Operations Engineer is responsible to ensure compliance to the Quality Management System (QMS) requirements, support product lifecycle phases, partner with various program leaders and teams, lead improvement and development activities, and implement functional initiatives.

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.

What you will do:

• Provide Subject Matter Expertise (SME) input regarding the application of the Quality Management System (QMS)
• Perform process analysis to identify best practices and apply lessons learned to increase effectiveness of the QMS
• Working within the Manufacturing Engineering team to assure quality characteristics are designed into production planning
• Utilize APQP methodology to manage quality-production process
• Pro-active application of quality tools to drive zero-defect performance
• Determine and establish inspection planning
• Perform production process audits
• Coordination with Supply Chain Management and Supplier Quality regarding the tracking of supplier issues/certifications
• Facilitation of corrective actions, closed loop process controls and continuous improvement methods
• Provide analysis and validation of factory or supplier caused factory defects and source inspection data
• Creation of charts for tracking and reporting quality data product/process predictability and capability
• Perform product/material inspections (Peer Review, FAI, Prove-in, Test witness)
• Perform management/control of nonconforming material
• Work with the operations/production teams in the analysis and path forward for defective material
• Monitor defect data and maintain feedback to establish/support closed loop actions
• Compile and/or evaluate quality data (e.g: engineering changes, non-conformances, test problems, test results).
• Develop/Present quality reports/presentations to program/facility/business management.

Qualifications you must have:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
• Minimum of  (two) 2 years of engineering experience required including either quality engineering or manufacturing engineering
• Experience with the interpretation of technical drawings
• Experience with utilizing root cause and corrective action tools
• Experience using quality tools (e.g. Pareto analysis, cause/effect diagrams, process mapping)

·An 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.

Qualifications we prefer:

• Master's Degree in STEM
• Familiarity with CMM/CMMI/SCAMPI model meth