Quality Engineering Manager

RTX

Patriot Program Quality Engineering Manager at RTX overseeing quality assurance for defense programs. Leading teams and collaborating across engineering to drive compliance and excellence in product quality.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeTewksbury • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $132,400 - $251,600 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Interface as the Program Quality Engineering Lead for Global Patriot
Drive Quality tasks, participate in design reviews, qualification planning, and flight test walk ups
Manage a team of Patriot Quality Engineers
Implement Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) in accordance with AS9145 and NPI
Use technical expertise to review Engineering work products and identify defects
Participate in technical peer reviews of design releases and test plans
Evaluate technical requirements and manufacturing trade-offs to assess risks
Lead root cause initiatives and implement corrective actions
Support new pursuits through proposal development

Requirements

What you’ll need

Requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
Minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience
Experience developing and managing teams
Experience in hardware design, reliability, and manufacturability assessments
Experience in leading root cause analysis and implementing corrective / preventive actions
Past work history implementing quality strategies
Experience analyzing quality and other metrics to direct and/or achieve measurable results.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision insurance
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
Holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

Advanced Product Quality PlanningAS9145root cause analysiscorrective actionshardware designreliability assessmentsmanufacturability assessmentsquality strategiesquality metricsmeasurable results

Soft Skills

team managementleadershipcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvinganalytical skillsorganizational skillstechnical expertiserisk assessmentproposal development