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What's your vision of tomorrow? At Raytheon, we aspire to be the most admired defense and aerospace systems supplier through world-class people and technology.

Raytheon is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world.

With a history of innovation spanning more than 80 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; command, control, communications and intelligence systems; as well as a broad range of mission support services.

Cleared Software Test Manager


Innovative technologies. Superior solutions. Outstanding opportunities.

Raytheon Company, with 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning more than 85 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; C3I (command, control, communications), mission support, mission systems integration, information assurance / information operations, and intelligence systems. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass., and employs 73,000 people worldwide.

At Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS), we transform data into intelligence. As a leading systems and solutions provider of intelligence, security, and advanced information technologies to government customers in the United States and internationally, IIS provides the right knowledge at the right time, enabling our customers to make timely and accurate decisions to achieve mission goals of national significance. IIS employs more then 9,000 people worldwide with major hubs in the Mid Atlantic Region, Aurora, CO, and national Headquarters in Garland, TX, IIS generated $3.1 billion in 2008 sales.

Bring your talent and skills to the following IIS team!

Raytheon SI Government Solutions (R_SI) is a software development company specializing in aggressive cyber security solutions. R_SI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN).



R_SI is recognized for innovative software security solutions specifically within the Information Operations domain. This has cultivated a deep expertise in software reverse engineering, low level systems programming and an ability to innovate solutions to demanding technical challenges facing our customer set.



As the Manager for software test engineering, you are responsible for creating a 'world class' QA organization with focus on the full life cycle of software product quality assurance, including: requirements and specification review; test resource management; test planning, design, review and execution. You will maintain a working knowledge of existing product functionality and stay abreast of future product plans. You will align other groups within the QA department and will be expected to provide strong leadership in an organization that values innovation rather than process. As a member of the leadership team, you will interface directly with program managers, development engineers and customer representatives to ensure the quality of R_SI products. This position reports directly to the president of R_SI.





Responsibilities:


Build a world class software QA organization within a high growth business unit of Raytheon


Develop, document and execute test strategies and plans


Maintain long and short term QA pipeline


Coordinate the testing phase of all projects


Represent QA across all projects to ensure efficient testing and bug fixing while being an effective advocate for the QA group


Report on product quality within the company via execution of ad hoc testing as well as detailed test plans/cases and accurate reporting of executed test cases, discovered bugs, and verifying fixed bugs, etc.


Manage the day-to-day activities of the QA team which includes management, hiring and development of software test engineers.


Identify opportunities for innovation within the QA domain and grow the organization to keep pace with overall product development expansion.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related disciplines. Masters degree a plus



8 or more years of software testing experience including at least a year as QA Team Lead or a QA Manager.



Solid understanding of quality assurance testing methodology relative to the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).



Strong understanding of all aspects of the QA role, and all areas of application testing. This position requires a strong familiarity with automated software testing.



Hands-on experience with white box and black box testing, automated testing, and a thorough understanding of SQA methodologies.



Experience creating test plans, creating test cases, executing test cases, and scripting automated tests.



Demonstrated ability to prioritize work effort & ensure that tasks are completed on schedule to meet business initiatives.



Strong leadership, assertiveness and interpersonal skills.



Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.



Additional responsibilities as required



Clearance: Must posses a secret clearance, TS/SCI preferred.

Desired Skills: Experience with the "STAFF" testing tool is highly desired.



Raytheon is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or Vietnam era, or other eligible veteran status, or any other protected factor.





©2009 Raytheon Company. All rights reserved. Raytheon is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and welcomes a wide diversity of applicants. U.S. citizenship and security clearance may be required.
 
     
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