Quality Assurance Manager

Raytheon; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A major aerospace and defense company is looking for a Quality Assurance Manager in Abu Dhabi. The role involves overseeing quality assurance processes, managing compliance with customer and production requirements, and leading cross-functional teams to improve quality systems. Candidates should possess a degree in a STEM field, along with substantial engineering experience and knowledge of quality management systems. This onsite role requires some travel within the UAE.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years related engineering experience.
• At least 3 years in a Quality, Manufacturing, or Engineering role.
• Experience with AS9100 or ISO9001 Quality Management systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with quality management systems.
• Lead product and process audits for compliance.
• Engage with cross-functional teams for alignment on priorities.

Skills

Critical thinking

Project Management

Risk Assessment

Quality Management Systems

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Math, Science or Technology

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Date Posted: 2025-09-01

Country: United Arab Emirates

Location: 8660: Level 10, Al Maqam Tower, ADGM, Al Maryah Island, PO Box 500131, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Position Role Type: Unspecified

About Us:

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.

Overview

Job Summary: A key role in a larger International Supplier Commodity Assurance organization, the Quality Assurance Manager is poised to be the primary quality interface between Raytheon Emirates Limited (REL), the Program, and the global supply base. This position will be responsible for ensuring components, assemblies, and procedures produced in-country comply with mission and part requirements, REL’s quality management system, and customer requirements. The successful candidate will also play a significant role in developing and maintaining quality systems and processing within the REL production area. This position is onsite and located in Abu Dhabi, UAE, developing, managing, and executing REL’s quality processes. Travel within UAE will be required upwards of 20%, as required to support local sites’ production schedules. This position will interface with local suppliers in UAE. We value diverse skills and experience, so don’t hold back. Your qualification could add tremendous value to our team. Our customers come from all different backgrounds, and so do our employees. If you’re passionate about what you could accomplish here, we’d love to hear from you. 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.
• Support the implementation of local business area quality management systems and maintain them; ensuring process, product, and policy compliance.
• 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 First 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, based on technical key product characteristics.
• Support hardware quality drawing & design reviews.
• Support Mission Assurance requirements for an electromechanical assembly and integration area with high product mix where review and quality disposition of products is essential.
• Assure Special Test Equipment 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
• Minimum of (8) years related engineering experience
• Minimum of (3) years of experience within one of the following disciplines: Quality, Manufacturing or Engineering capacity
• Experience with AS9100 or ISO9001 Quality Management systems
• Experience with electromechanical 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

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, DMAIC/DMADV) and resources (ANOVA, SPC, Capability Analysis, DOE, MSA)
• Experience in aerospace-related manufacturing environment
• Experience with project / program bid and proposal development
• Ability to lead a team and drive team growth amid individual development
• Project Management Professional Certification
• External industry Quality certification, i.e. ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, ISO9001, or equivalent

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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