Program Supplier Quality Engineer onsite Tucson, AZ
RTX · Program Supplier Quality Engineer onsite Tucson, AZ
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Travel
- 50%
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
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- Today
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An engineer-level quality role at RTX (aerospace & defense) in Program Supplier Quality Engineer onsite Tucson, AZ. Ensure the flow down of product and process requirements to suppliers through purchase orders, quality notes, and statements of work.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Root cause, SPC, FMEA, PPAP
- Day to day
- about 50% travel
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Arizona: typical posted base $112k–$150k.
Median of the low and high ends of 13 live postings that list pay, out of 33 quality engineer openings in Arizona, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 32 other live quality postings in Arizona.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Typical $112k–$150k, from 13 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 67%
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 58%
- ✓ Supplier quality 58%
- New product launch 45%
- ✓ FMEA 42%
- ✓ SPC 36%
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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
- ◆Ensure the flow down of product and process
requirements
to suppliers through purchase orders, quality notes, and statements of work.
- ✓Interpret quality
requirements
and ensuring suppliers understand and comply with these standards.
- ✓Perform on-site activities such as source surveillance, inspections, corrective action reviews, and factory risk assessments.
- ✓Drive continuous product and process improvements using tools such as Root Cause Corrective Actions (RCCA), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Lean methodologies.
- ✓Participate in design reviews, process change reviews, qualification test reviews, and test equipment validation.
- ✓Apply Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) processes to enhance supplier performance and improve manufacturing processes.
- ✓Review supplier manufacturing instructions and processes to mitigate risks and ensure compliance.
- ✓Represent the organization in program reviews, supplier reviews, and technical interchange meetings.
- ✓Communicate supplier quality performance and status updates to leadership and customers.
- ✓Travel up to 50% domestically to support supplier assessments, audits, and reviews.
You Must Have
- ✓Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience
- ✓Relevant experience is in an engineering discipline, quality engineering, manufacturing, or supplier quality
- ✓Experience with one or more aerospace or commercial equivalent preventative tools such as SPC, FMEA, QFD, or PPAP.
- ✓Experience conducting root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.
- ✓Experience with quality management standards such as ISO 9001, AS9100, AS9145, and/or MDA Assurance Provisions.
- ✓Experience interpreting schematic drawings and/or hardware inspection techniques.
- ✓The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued Secret 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-AZ-TUCSON-9030 ~ 9030 S Rita Rd ~ BLDG 9030
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.
Our Tucson, AZ, facility has an immediate opening for a Program Supplier Quality Engineer (PSQE). As a PSQE you will play a critical role in ensuring supplier compliance, driving process improvements, and mitigating risks across the supply chain. You will engage with suppliers to uphold quality standards and ensure alignment with program requirements.
This is an onsite position with up to 50% domestic travel.
We Prefer
- •Certification in Six Sigma, Lean, or American Society for Quality (ASQ) (e.g., CQE, CQM/OE, CSQE, CQA, CRE).
- •Experience building and maintaining relationships with multiple suppliers or customers.
- •Experience in Department of Defense (DoD) product and process oversight, including requirements, build, integration, testing, and delivery.
- •Experience in engineering, development, project planning, and collaborating remotely.
- •Working knowledge of ISO 9001/AS9100 quality management systems, AS9145 APQP & PPAP requirements, and FAI Standard AS9102.
- •General knowledge of industry technical standards such as ANSI, CMMI, and ASTM.
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.
Relocation is not offered for this opportunity.
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This role is designated as 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 War, 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 locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.
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