Hardware PQE: Shape Reliable Defense Hardware Onsite

Raytheon; Woburn (MA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Holidays

Annual incentive compensation

Job summary

Raytheon is seeking a Hardware Program Quality Engineer (PQE) to support the Upper Tier Missile Defense portfolio across multiple MA sites. You will identify and mitigate quality issues early, ensuring reliability and conformance while collaborating with Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain through the product lifecycle.

Role requires a DoD Secret clearance and US citizenship, with on-site work and occasional travel.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelors’ Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and five (5) years of prior relevant experience.
• Relevant experience is in hardware quality or hardware design
• Experience in hardware design processes: Creation, reading, and/or interpretation of hardware drawings, product specifications and/or verification methods
• Experience in Common Product Data Management (cPDM) or similar data management system (SOLIDWORKS PDM, Autodesk Vault, PTC Windchill PDM, Aras Innovator, etc.)
• Experience analyzing data, using metrics, and/or driving process improvements.
• Experience in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and corrective / preventive action implementation.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Perform process walks and use metrics and data to drive quality improvements to achieve measurable results
• Apply technical design experience to support root cause analysis (RCA), corrective actions, and closed-loop process improvements to enhance quality and reliability.
• 10% out-of-town travel as required to various Raytheon facilities and/or supplier locations.

Skills

Quality engineering

Root Cause Analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

SOLIDWORKS PDM

Autodesk Vault

PTC Windchill PDM

Aras Innovator

Job description

Raytheon is seeking a Hardware Program Quality Engineer (PQE) to support the Upper Tier Missile Defense portfolio across multiple MA sites. You will identify and mitigate quality issues early, ensuring reliability and conformance while collaborating with Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain through the product lifecycle.

Role requires a DoD Secret clearance and US citizenship, with on-site work and occasional travel.