Date Posted:2026-07-28
Country:United States of America
Location:US-MA-TEWKSBURY-TB1 ~ 50 Apple Hill Dr ~ ASSABET BLDG
Position Role Type:Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Security Clearance Type: DoD Clearance: Secret
Security Clearance Status: Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date
Raytheon is seeking an LTAMDS (Lower Tier Missile Defense Sensor) Program Quality Engineer (PQE) within Land and Air Defense Systems (LADS) at our Tewksbury, MA and Andover, MA locations. You will serve as the Engineering Services Memorandum (ESM) Program Quality Engineering point of contact supporting system improvements, design releases, and field support. You will interface with various Raytheon Organizations including Engineering and our internal Program Quality Leadership Team.
This is an on-site position with the primary work location in Tewksbury or Andover, MA, with regular local travel between the two sites.
What You Will Do- Interface with the CPT (Cross Product Teams), IPT (Integrated Product Team), Functions, and program on key ESM tasks for Quality within the LTAMDS SSBU.
- Drive Quality tasks, participate in design reviews, CCB sign offs, qualification planning, flight test walk ups, IR (Independent Reviewer), and trade study in support of ESM tasking.
- Support sustainment team with fielded assets driving continued improvements in hardware, system, software, reliability, and maintainability.
- Coordinate program/customer reviews, meetings, internal handoffs and customer deliveries aligned to ESM execution.
- Implement Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) in accordance with AS9145 and New Product Introduction (NPI) to establish Product Maturity
- Use technical expertise to review Engineering work products (e.g., technical analysis, technical data packages) to identify and eliminate defects.
- Participate in technical peer reviews of initial design releases, change incorporation, prototype development, and test plans
- Evaluate technical requirements and manufacturing trade-offs to assess potential risks or opportunities and collaborate with Engineering on mitigation action plans
- Support root cause initiatives and implement corrective and preventative actions.
Qualifications You Must Have:- Requires I Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 2 years of prior relevant experience
- Relevant experience is work in engineering or quality engineering
- Experience in hardware design, reliability, and/or manufacturability assessments.
- Experience with quality tools (e.g. Pareto analysis, Histogram, Scatter Diagram, cause/effect diagrams, and/or process mapping)
- Ability to obtain INTERIM U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Qualifications We Prefer:- Design Engineering experience, with insight into common design challenges and potential quality risk areas
- Experience with quality frameworks, such as APQP, AS9145, ISO 9001, or AS9100; utilizing tools such as PPAP, Key Characteristics, DFMEA, DFMAs, or Critical Items
- Familiarity with Risk & Opportunity analysis
- Experience supporting audit and hardware sell-off activities
What We Offer:Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
Relocation is not offered for this opportunity.Learn More & Apply Now!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
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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.The salary range for this role is 68,900 USD - 131,100 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.
Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.
This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.
