About the position
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. We have an immediate need for an “onsite” Principal Software Systems Quality Engineer (Quality Assurance/Compliance) to support Land & Air Defense Systems (LADS). The successful candidate must reside within 50 miles of McKinney (travel compensation not included). Within Quality & Mission Assurance, the Software Quality Engineering (SWQE) department provides services to the Business throughout the product development lifecycle. Job duties include classified activities in secure labs and unclassified activities in a dedicated workspace. Common SWQE tasks involve review of SW Release Packages (Windchill PDM, Azure DevOps Server), CDRL Deliverables (IR, CN, ECP), SW Investigation Requests (SIRs), SW Trouble Reports (STRs, Code Reviews), Physical Media (LV), Test Artifacts, and participation in Peer Reviews (SW, SE), Control Boards (CCB/SRB, SSRB), Tracking Books (Metrics), Command Media (Policies), Test Witnessing (SQT, FQT), and Audits.
Responsibilities
- Ensure digital products adhere to contractual and corporate requirements.
- Review and approve inputs and outputs to/from Software, Systems, and Integration & Test organizations.
- Leverage modern experiences with software development and quality best practices.
- Perform evaluations and risk assessments across lifecycle.
- Facilitate root cause and continuous improvement with corrective actions.
- Ensure integrity of the technical data package.
- Identify, collect, and measure software quality attributes, metrics, and data.
- Monitor and participate in test and release.
- Interact with customers, product development, and test personnel.
- Provide guidance to senior managers, team members, and group peers.
Requirements
- Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) Education.
- Eight (8) years of Quality Experience (Assurance, or Compliance, or Engineering) or Engineering Experience.
- 8 years working experience in a Quality or Technical role applying advanced concepts across at least five specified areas.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Quality concepts via ISO9001, AS9100, AS9115.
- Experience with a Quality Management System (QMS) or Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Experience with Integrated Development Environment (IDE) applications, modeling, or databases.
- Experience in related processes (SCRUM teams, sprints / increments, stories / points, backlog / burndown, defect).
- Experience with Toolchains (Jira, Confluence, ADS, Jenkins, GitHub, Coverity, Grafana, JFrog Artifactory).
- Experience in Continuous Improvement methods (e.g., Six Sigma, CORE).
- Experience in test-driven development and phase-gate reviews.
Benefits
- 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.
