Design Quality Engineer II onsite Andover, MA
RTX · Design Quality Engineer II onsite Andover, MA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Travel
- 75%
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 4 days ago
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An engineer-level quality role at RTX (aerospace & defense) in Design Quality Engineer II onsite Andover, MA. Establish partnerships with Engineering, Program Leaders, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and Functions to implement Quality strategies.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, APQP, ISO 9001, AS9100
- Day to day
- about 75% travel · relocation help
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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
What You Will Do
- ◆Establish partnerships with Engineering, Program Leaders, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and Functions to implement Quality strategies.
- ◆Leverage engineering experience to evaluate designs and specifications, testing plans, methods, and equipment to ensure product reliability and compliance to quality standards
- ◆Conduct engineering work products reviews, including Peer Reviews, Configuration Control Boards, Drawing Reviews, Design Reviews, Product Readiness, and Sale to identify and eliminate in-phase defects
- ◆Serve as Engineering Hardware Quality Representative on Engineering Review Boards (ERB), Configuration Change Boards (CCB), Risk/Opportunity Management Boards (ROMB), and Material Review Boards (MRB).
- ◆Evaluate design and manufacturing trade-offs to assess potential risks or opportunities
- ◆Work off-site with the engineering design team to ensure retrofit work instructions are properly followed, and all hardware is correctly installed and tested.
- ◆Apply technical design experience to support root cause analysis, corrective actions, and closed-loop process improvements to enhance quality and reliability.
- ◆Travel to offsite work location and between local Raytheon facilities as required.
You Must Have
- ✓A degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and two (2) years of prior relevant experience.
- ✓Relevant experience is prior work in engineering or quality
- ✓Experience in hardware design, reliability, and manufacturability assessments.
- ✓Experience with quality tools (e.g. Pareto analysis, cause/effect diagrams, Fishbone diagram, 5-Whys, process mapping, etc.)
- ✓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.
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Country
United States of America
Location
US-MA-ANDOVER-AN0 ~ 366 Lowell St ~ BLDG AN0
Position Role Type
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status
Security Clearance Type
DoD Clearance: Secret
Security Clearance Status
Active and existing security clearance required after day 1
At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.
Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.
Land & Air Defense Systems Quality and Mission Assurance is seeking a Design Program Quality Engineer to support quality assurance throughout the product design and development phase. This role is crucial in identifying and mitigating potential quality issues early in the development process, ensuring product reliability and compliance with quality standards.
You will collaborate with Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain to implement quality strategies and drive improvement. Your understanding of engineering design and processes will help identify and address early-stage quality improvements in hardware design. This role involves both technical work and regular interaction with cross-functional teams to meet quality, cost, schedule and technical objectives.
This is an on-site position with the primary work location in Andover, MA. Travel to a local offsite facility in Lowell, MA is required 75% of the time for the first year before transitioning full time to the Andover, MA office.
There will be occasional travel opportunities (3-4 weeks/year) to various Raytheon facilities and/or supplier locations.
We Prefer
- •Experience in Hardware Design Engineering, with insight into common design challenges and potential quality risk areas
- •Understanding of the product lifecycle, from initial design through sustainment
- •Knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and AS9145.
- •Experience with ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 Quality Management Systems.
- •Experience following engineering work instructions and repair and replace procedures
What We Offer
Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation. Check us out online: RTX YouTube Channel
Relocation assistance is not available.
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Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role. Onsite: Employees who are working in onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm
As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office l