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# Design Quality Engineer II onsite Andover, MA

- **Company:** RTX
- **Location:** Andover, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $75,800.0 - $144,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Configuration Management, Design Studio, Hardware Design
- **Published:** October 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3467628679&tx=JK4539FFF&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required., * A degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and two (2) years of prior relevant experience.

 * Relevant experience is prior work in engineering or quality
 * Experience in hardware design, reliability, and manufacturability assessments.
 * Experience with quality tools (e.g. Pareto analysis, cause/effect diagrams, Fishbone diagram, 5-Whys, process mapping, etc.)
 * The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance., * Experience in Hardware Design Engineering, with insight into common design challenges and potential quality risk areas
 * Understanding of the product lifecycle, from initial design through sustainment
 * Knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and AS9145.
 * Experience with ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 Quality Management Systems.
 * Experience following engineering work instructions and repair and replace procedures

## Description

Land & Air Defense Systems Quality and Mission Assurance is seeking a Design Program Quality Engineer to support quality assurance throughout the product design and development phase. This role is crucial in identifying and mitigating potential quality issues early in the development process, ensuring product reliability and compliance with quality standards.

You will collaborate with Engineering, Operations, and Supply Chain to implement quality strategies and drive improvement. Your understanding of engineering design and processes will help identify and address early-stage quality improvements in hardware design. This role involves both technical work and regular interaction with cross-functional teams to meet quality, cost, schedule and technical objectives.

This is an on-site position with the primary work location in Andover, MA. Travel to a local offsite facility in Lowell, MA is required 75% of the time for the first year before transitioning full time to the Andover, MA office.

There will be occasional travel opportunities (3-4 weeks/year) to various Raytheon facilities and/or supplier locations.

What You Will Do

 * 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
 * Work off-site with the engineering design team to ensure retrofit work instructions are properly followed, and all hardware is correctly installed and tested.
 * Apply technical design experience to support root cause analysis, corrective actions, and closed-loop process improvements to enhance quality and reliability.
 * Travel to offsite work location and between local Raytheon facilities as required.