Commodity Supplier Assurance Engineer - up to 50% travel

Raytheon is dedicated to helping the nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. The Commodity Supplier Assurance Engineer (CSAE) will act as the primary liaison between Raytheon and its suppliers, ensuring compliance with product requirements and driving quality improvements. This role involves conducting supplier assessments, managing relationships, and overseeing quality activities to support the production of weapon systems.

Responsibilities:

• Drive Process Improvements: Implement strategies to enhance manufacturing processes at supplier facilities
• Foster Strong Relationships: Build and maintain effective partnerships with internal and external customers, key collaborators, and stakeholders
• Guide Decision-Making: Provide quality assurance expertise to influence decisions, ensuring alignment with customer priorities and mission success
• Communicate Technical Requirements: Interpret and convey purchase order technical and quality requirements to ensure compliance by suppliers
• Ensure Compliance with Product Requirements: Verify that product specifications are properly communicated and adhered to by suppliers and sub-tier suppliers
• Evaluate Supplier Performance: Conduct supplier assessments focused on quality, engineering, manufacturing capabilities, capacity, risk and opportunities
• Perform Technical Evaluations: Conduct in-depth technical evaluations to support cost and price analysis
• Manage Supplier Change Requests: Oversee supplier requests for product and process changes to ensure alignment with requirements
• Report Supplier Health: Communicate the technical health and performance of suppliers to stakeholders, providing clear updates and insights
• Resolve Supplier Risks: Identify and address supplier risks and systemic issues through detailed root-cause analysis and corrective actions
• Drive Continuous Improvement: Apply Six Sigma, lean methodologies, and other analytical tools to advance continuous improvement initiatives
• Oversee Quality Activities: Manage First Article Verification, Source Inspection, supplier assessments, audits, and reviews to ensure compliance
• Mitigate Risks and Support Program Objectives: Proactively resolve supplier risks and ensure alignment with broader program goals and objectives
• Up to 50% domestic travel

Requirements:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in engineering, quality assurance, supplier management, or supplier auditing
• Relevant experience is working in engineering in any of the following disciplines: mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, and/or quality disciplines that include technical supplier management
• Experience assessing / auditing the technical capabilities / performance of suppliers to ensure compliance with requirements and standards
• Experience leading corrective action initiatives using Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) methodologies (e.g. 5 Whys, Fishbone Diagram, Fault Tree Analysis, 8D Problem Solving, or similar tools)
• Experience executing process improvements discovered during RCCA and presenting data to support decision-making activities (e.g. utilizing Six Sigma, Lean, Kaizen, Value Stream Management, or other analytical tools)
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance is a mandatory requirement. U.S. citizenship is required, as it is a prerequisite for obtaining a security clearance
• Active U.S. government-issued Secret Security Clearance
• Certification in Six Sigma, Lean methodologies, and/or American Society for Quality (ASQ) programs such as CSSGB, CMQ/OE, CQE, CQPA, CQA, or CRE
• Experience working with aerospace and defense industry standards, including AS9100, AS9145, AS9102, and ISO-9000
• Experience in Department of Defense (DoD) product and process oversight, encompassing requirements definition, manufacturing, integration, testing, and final delivery
• Hands-on experience with industry technical standards, including but not limited to ANSI, ASE, ASME, ASTM, IEEE, and similar frameworks
• Experience with Guidance and Navigation Systems, including technologies such as Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), accelerometers, gyroscopes, actuators, flight and navigation systems, GPS, and related components
• Technically proficient engineer with excellent communication abilities, a strong sense of professional presence, influential interpersonal skills, and a proven track record as a self-driven and effective technical contributor
• Proven experience working collaboratively with engineering, manufacturing operations, and supply chain teams to achieve program objectives and deliver results