Senior Quality & Process Improvement Leader

RTX; Pueblo (CO); On-site; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

RTX in Pueblo, CO is seeking a Senior Manager of Quality to lead a high‑impact team across Quality Engineering, Inspection, Metrology, MRB, and a fully equipped testing laboratory.

You will build a roadmap to elevate quality, implement CORE improvement initiatives, and partner with Operations, Program teams, Materials, and Engineering to ensure conformance and on‑time delivery. This role emphasizes leadership, data‑driven decisions, and scalable processes.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum of 10 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years’ experience.
• Degree in engineering, manufacturing, quality, or a related technical discipline.
• Aerospace/manufacturing/quality engineering experience with AS9100 (or equivalent) and audit management.
• Demonstrated success in leading teams (with direct reports), driving cross‑functional initiatives, and managing operational challenges.

Responsibilities

• Inspire and develop a growing workforce of engineers, inspectors, and technicians into a high‑performing team that feels ownership in site success.
• Strengthen skills in RCCA, data analytics, special processes, measurement systems, and audit readiness.
• Create and execute a roadmap to elevate Quality from today’s state to a future‑ready, performance‑driven function.
• Lead CORE (continuous improvement) initiatives that reduce defects, shorten cycle time, improve yield, and lower cost of poor quality.
• Work closely with Operations, Program teams, Materials, and Engineering to ensure process capability, product conformance, and on‑time delivery.
• Serve as a key voice in planning, risk reviews, and readiness assessments as volume grows while also providing leadership for MRB, escape prevention, FAI/PPAP, and engineering changes.
• Embed CORE tools across Quality to eliminate waste, reduce defects, shorten cycle time, and improve cost of poor quality.
• Introduce data‑driven insights to guide engineering, operations, and long‑term planning.
• Build short‑ and medium‑term quality strategies aligned to site expansion.
• Track and improve key performance metrics such as escapes, FPY, MRB cycle time, customer returns, audit findings, and lab throughput while also ensuring your organization has the right tools, resources, and specialty skills to meet increasing demand.
• Support business travel up to 10%.

Skills

Quality engineering

AS9100

Leadership

Cross-functional initiatives

Education

University degree

Advanced degree (preferred)

Tools

PFMEA

MSA

SPC

PPAP/FAI

Job description

RTX in Pueblo, CO is seeking a Senior Manager of Quality to lead a high‑impact team across Quality Engineering, Inspection, Metrology, MRB, and a fully equipped testing laboratory.

You will build a roadmap to elevate quality, implement CORE improvement initiatives, and partner with Operations, Program teams, Materials, and Engineering to ensure conformance and on‑time delivery. This role emphasizes leadership, data‑driven decisions, and scalable processes.