Sr. Operations Quality Engineer

Date Posted:

2025-08-01

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:

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

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.

As part of the Operations Quality Engineering team, the Sr. Operations Quality Engineer will provide quality engineering support and expertise to Raytheon to ensure compliance with contractual, company, and regulatory requirements.  You will have a great and direct impact in our Customer Satisfaction.

What You Will Do

• Use critical thinking resources and methods to improve product design; minimize inspection; resolve manufacturing defects/problems; complete such specialized quality functions as data preparation, analyses, and reporting.
• Perform product and process audits for compliance to various standards and product requirements.
• Conduct product / process and area audits or assessments.
• Develop product acceptance techniques and plans.
• Lead and support factory and product process improvements.
• Lead First Article Inspection process and complete Frist Article Inspection Reports.
• Engage cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on top priorities to drive containment, Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) implementation.
• Lead / Facilitate Process Failure Modes & Effects Analysis on processes and products to prevent product defects and mitigate risk.
• Develop product Quality Control Plans.
• Support hardware quality drawing & design reviews.
• Support Mission Assurance requirements for an electronic assembly and integration area with high product mix where review and quality disposition of products is essential.
• Assure Special Test Equipment (STE) and tooling comply with approved assembly and tooling drawings, assembly instructions, test procedures and metrology requirements.
• Act on all applicable material, product and equipment alerts to prevent impact to product reliability using the nonconformance and/or purge process.
• Manage dropped and damaged hardware processing and incident reporting.

Qualifications You Must Have 

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Math, Science, or Technology or other STEM related field of study and (5) years related engineering experience within one of the following disciplines: Quality, Manufacturing or Engineering capacity
• Experience with AS9100 or ISO9001 Quality Management systems
• Experience with electronics manufacturing and assembly
• Experience with Project Management, and Risk Assessment and Opportunity Management
• Experience with customer interface for product acceptance and/or corrective action response
• Previous experience delivering presentations and technical reports utilizing MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• 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

• Thorough organizational, collaborative and communication skills
• Experience with metrology, measurement resources and practices
• Knowledge and inspection application of J-STD-001
• Knowledge with the application of Advance Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) (AS9145)
• Practical experience of CORE/Six Sigma methodologies (e.g. Kaizen, Lean, Define/Measure/Analyze/Improve/Control (DMAIC), and Define/Measure/Analyze/Design/Verify (DMADV) ) and resources (e.g. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Capability Analysis, Design of Experiments (DOE), and Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA) ).
• Experience in aerospace-related manufacturing environment
• Experience with project / program bid and proposal development
• Project Management Professional Certification
• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Engineer Certific