Senior Manager, Program Quality/Mission Assurance Lead – (P5 – Senior Manager, Mission/Quality Assurance – McKinney, TX)

Date Posted:

2025-01-08

Country:

United States of America

Location:

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

Are you ready for a challenging new opportunity? Raytheon has an exciting opportunity for a Program Quality Engineer/Mission Assurance Lead positions within our Advanced EO/IR (Electro-Optical/Infrared) Solutions group at our McKinney, TX location.

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

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 lead, coach and mentor others in routine settings and difficult situations
• You will represent Mission Assurance (MA) on a program, project, and/or capture team including writing basis of estimates (BOE’s) for the quality portion of new program bids.
• You will leverage MA best practices to influence business decision makers to assure efforts are properly focused on customer priorities and requirements associated with mission success.
• You will communicate program goals, targets, requirements and customer feedback to all MA disciplines, cross-functional program teammates and supply base to assure alignment.
• You will provide program direction to assure quality tasking is accomplished within budget, on time and as defined in program planning.
• You will define and evaluate MA metrics.
• Establish customer relations and process and validate customer corrective action requests.
• You will assess the impact of potential customer escapes.
• You will Co-chair Program Area or Product Line Corrective Action Board (CAB) to meet measures and metrics from program reviews.
• Ensure reviews and assessments of program performance are performed, including 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.
• You will 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.
• You will act as the voice of the customer to assure mission results. 
• You will manage MA teams in performing to expectation and mentoring employees in talent enhancement and new systems and processes including CORE and/or APQP

Qualification You Must Have:

• Typically requires Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Physics or Mathematics (STEM) and ten (10) years of engineering experience in the following;
  • Ten years of experience in Quality, Engineering, Operations, and/or Program Management.
  • Experience applying and adhering to Quality Management Systems IS09001 and AS9100.
  • Experience collaborating with program stakeholders to develop practical solutions to complex problems.
  • Experience in predictive and proactive measures and metrics assessments and taking actions to improve performance or mitigate problems.
  • Experience in program pursuit and capture and completion of Basis of Estimates (BOE).
  • Ability to travel as needed to support business needs (not expected to exceed 25% of time).
• Active and transferable Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as onl