Program director Jobs in Lowell, MA

Date Posted:

2026-04-08

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-MA-TEWKSBURY-TB3 ~ 50 Apple Hill Dr ~ CONCORD BLDG, Tewksbury Tb3 300 Concord

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:

Active and existing security clearance required on day 1

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.

Join our team as a Senior Program Quality Engineer (PQE) supporting the Advanced Technologies (AT) Strategic Business Unit. Program Quality drives customer, program, and business success by effectively synthesizing the support and results of all Quality and Mission Assurance (QMA) disciplines to ensure our customers receive quality products and services on time and on budget.

You will partner with the Program Quality Lead and interface with program and functional partners, across the full product life cycle, including technical development, production/manufacturing, integration and test and sustainment, and ensure alignment with key industry standards and initiatives, including AS9100, AS9145 and APQP, to ensure that customer expectations and end-user objectives are satisfied.

This is an Onsite role based in Massachusetts, likely Woburn or Tewksbury.

This role is contingent on contract award (expected in April 2026).

What You Will Do:

• Serve as a key member of the program execution team, ensuring successful program performance by ensuring conforming products and services through effective collaboration and compliance to processes and procedures.
• Assess technical risk of non-conformances utilizing critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Review change requests to assess technical impact.
• Support and provide oversight for failure investigations and nonconformance reviews.
• Plan and coordinate technical assessments and corrective actions.
• Work with cross-functional partners and customers to ensure alignment and ensure customer requirements are met.
• Drive compliance with the Raytheon Quality Management System while driving continuous improvement.
• Initiate and perform root cause analysis, facilitate corrective actions, and implement closed loop process controls to improve product/process predictability and capability.
• Implement Advanced Product Quality Planning in accordance with AS9145, as applicable.

Qualification You Must Have:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience in Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, and/or Operations.
• Working experience with ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 Quality Management Systems.
• Experience in providing quality technical expertise to ensure effective design/development and/or manufacturing results.
• Experience with programs/contracts/efforts that have content in remote sites, particularly Site Quality experience.
• Active and transferable U.S. government-issued Secret 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:

• Experience applying quality requirements and standards, including aerospace, commercial, defense, and/or space standards as well as internal policies, procedures and requirements.
• Experience with contracts / contractual requirements, particularly on U.S. Government contracts.
• Experience driving successful performance of major subcontractors, suppliers and/or IOTs.
• Experience with defense systems throughout the product life cycle, including design, production, installation, integration, test and sustainment.
• Experience identifying, evaluating, and documenting problems with requirements, program functionality, and/or software releases.
• Experience defining and evaluating Quality metrics.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally.
• Experience assessing Engineering work products (Peer Reviews, Configuration Control Boards, Code Reviews, Product Readiness and Sale, etc.) to identify and eliminate in-phase defects.
• Experience participating in test preparation and execution to ensure requirements are verified.
• Experience in risk mitigation and opportunity management.
• Experience utilizing data, quality science tools and facilitating cross-functional teams to drive root cause, corrective action, and systematic improvement activities.
• RTX CORE qualified and proficient.
• Earned Value certified and proficient.
• Experience communicating verbally and in written communications and networking with other stakeholders.

What We Offer:

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

Relocation assistance is not provided for this role.

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 Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here:

The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 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.