Program Quality Engineer / Mission Assurance Lead

Date Posted : 2025-10-15

Country :

United States of America

Location :

TX190 : 2501 West University, McKinney 2501 West University , McKinney, TX, 75070 USA

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 : Secret - Current

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.

Are you ready for a new opportunity? Raytheon has an exciting opportunity for a Program Quality Engineer / Mission Assurance Lead position within our Advanced EOIR (Electro-Optical / Infrared) Solutions group at our McKinney, TX location.

The effective candidate will implement and develop processes to deliver compliant systems and specific customer quality flow down requirements throughout program lifecycles. They will be responsible for supporting programs ensuring that Mission Assurance technical requirements are developed using approved development processes and procedures. The effective candidate will create or tailor existing planning to administer customer and internal quality requirements to the program teams and supply base.

This is an onsite role in McKinney, Texas

What You Will Do :

• Represent Mission Assurance (MA) on a program or project leadership team and / or capture teams including writing basis of estimates (BOE’s) for the quality portion of new program bids.
• Support the communication of program goals, targets, requirements and customer feedback.
• Assist in providing program direction to ensure quality tasking is accomplished within budget, on time and as defined in program planning.
• Prepare, collect, analyze and maintain MA metrics.
• Establish customer relations and process and validate customer corrective action requests.
• Assess impact of potential customer escapes.
• Co-chair Program Corrective Action Board (CAB) to meet measures and metrics from stakeholder reviews.
• Ensure reviews and assessments of program performance are performed, including self-guided technical assessments of systems engineering, Quality Assurance (QA), lessons learned, technology, production and programmatic (cost, schedule, and risks) practices assuring Quality Management System (QMS) processes are defined and implemented.
• Review the Engineering program documentation, including specifications, requirements, specification control drawings, altered item drawings, assembly drawings, test plans, procedures, instructions and standard operating procedures prior to release for correctness to technical standards.
• Act as the voice of the customer, ensuring mission results.
• Execute new MA initiatives for CORE and APQP

Qualifications You Must Have :

Qualifications We Prefer :

What We Offer :

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.

Clearance Information : Clearance Information :  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 101,000 USD - 203,000 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.