Job Description

Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) has a new and exciting position as a Program Quality Engineer located in Goleta, CA.

Raytheon Vision Systems (RVS), a division of Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) based in Goleta, CA, strives to be the most admired firm in the industry for discriminating focal plane arrays. RVS has been a technology development and manufacturing leader of infrared systems for 70 years, and it continues to be one of the industry stakeholders in the production of high tech vision products for a variety of space, tactical and commercial applications. RVS is seeking an experienced professional to implement and develop Quality Engineering and customer quality flow-down requirements throughout proposal and program life cycle.

The selected team member will perform with minimal supervision to:

* Create or tailor existing quality planning to administer customer and internal quality requirements to Raytheon program teams and supply base
* Implement Quality Engineering responsibilities as a member of a program integrated product team (IPT)
* Ensure programmatic and technical risks are identified, contained, and managed throughout each phase of business pursuit and program implementation
* Ensure Quality Engineering engagement in program development, design, test requirements and verification, including the transition of design to production
* Lead multi-functional teams in problem resolution and continuous improvement activities with an emphasis on Six Sigma, Lean practices and other critical thinking improvement methods and resources
* Guide business and program performance utilizing predictive and proactive measures and metrics
* The ability to maintain positive relationships with program administration, cross-functional program stakeholders, suppliers, customers and government representatives.

U.S. Citizenship required as the candidate must have the ability to obtain a U.S. DoD Secret Security Clearance within first year of start date.

Required Skills

* Minimum of 4 years experience in Quality, Engineering or Operations with working knowledge of business strategic planning and proposal, engineering development, material and service acquisition, production, test, product acceptance and post-delivery support.
* Application and adherence to Quality Management Systems IS0 9001, AS9100 or ISO/TS 16949
* Working knowledge of Industry and Government Quality Requirements and Standards
* The ability to lead, support, and mentor others in routine settings and difficult situations
* Ability to collaborate with program team members to develop practical solutions to complex problems
* Working knowledge of Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) methodology, systems and resources
* Experience in predictive and proactive measures and metrics assessments and supporting actions to improve performance or mitigate problems
* Thorough written and verbal presentation skills
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Desired Skills

* Infrared industry, semiconductor processing or DoD industry experience
* Past or present regular member or chair of Material and Failure non-conformance review boards (MRB/FRB)
* Experience in developing or a member of risk & opportunity management, assessment, mitigation and capture
* Six Sigma Greenbelt Certification
* ASQ Certified Quality Engineer or Six Sigma Black Belt
* Experience in Earned Value Management (EVMS) and Cost Account Management (CAM) including Bases of Estimation (BOE)
* Experience with statistical and metrics software (e.g. Tableau, Minitab)
* Experience with factory systems and software (e.g. PRISM, SAP, Windchill)
* Hands on experience working with technicians in a production environment.

Required Education

* Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics
* Bachelor of Art Degrees in an appropriate field of science (Computer Science, Chemistry or Physics)
* Bachelor of Art Degree in Mathematics

Desired Education

* For the Bachelor of Art Degrees listed above, ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard

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