Quality Engineer III - Hudson, NH

Job Summary

Mercury Systems is seeking a talented individual to help drive cutting edge technology to mission critical aerospace and defense applications. During product development, this role participates in guiding the design for quality, manufacturability and producibility, while ensuring project quality plans are compliant to the customers' requirements and applicable standards and regulations. This role becomes a key technical interface between engineering development and the manufacturing team, to provide metrics and feedback to the organization on the NPI process, and lead improvement.

This position will focus on delivering quality product that meets customer requirements, identifying opportunities for yield improvement, process improvement, and product cost-reduction methods.

• Prevent defects through use of process, supplier, manufacturing, and quality controls
• Develop and implement product quality plans, PFMEA, control plans
• Ensure product compliance through a comprehensive set of functional tests and inspections
• Lead the qualification of new suppliers and internal processes
• Understand sources of variation in the supply chain, manufacturing and test processes and control them
• Assist in the evaluation and improvement of manufacturing processes, through lean concepts and Six Sigma, while driving a lean quality culture
• Lead a robust root-cause and corrective action process, working with engineering, suppliers and customers
• Oversee the effective review, implementation, and flow down of changes (ECOs) into manufacturing and the supply chain, including material disposition actions
• Drive efficient processing of customer RMAs, effective failure analysis, and responsive communication to customers
• Interface and communicate with customers regularly, providing quality status as required
• Facilitate continuous improvement of product and process
• Monitor, measure and communicate metrics on a predicted cadence
• Prepare and deliver quality reviews with management, peer groups and customers
• Review customer score cards and ensure alignment of improvement initiatives to customer satisfaction; drive 8D corrective action
• Promote adherence to the Quality Management System (AS9100), and drive improvements

This position requires you to have or obtain a government security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.

• BS in an engineering discipline
• Typically requires a minimum of 4+ years' experience in a manufacturing engineering, operations project management, or quality position for complex electromechanical assemblies and systems
• Must have experience working on DoD programs and working in an aerospace environment
• Familiarity with the following workmanship criteria: IPC-A-610, IPC J-STD, MIL-STD-883
• Experience with AS9100 rev D and AS9102 FAIR
• Experience working in a matrix organization, supporting multiple products and projects
• Knowledge of relevant manufacturing processes such as soldering, machining, brazing/welding, painting and plating
• Experience with Agile PLM (or similar), Oracle, Solid Works, Jira, and Jama software

• Understanding of GD&T requirements
• Knowledge of wiring bonding

This position requires you to access information that is subject to U.S. export regulations. You may only access such information if you are a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. government.

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Mercury considers a variety of factors to determine individual base salary offers to candidates, including:

• the role and related responsibilities;
• prior work experience;
• education, training, skills and certifications;
• internal equity with others employed by Mercury in similar roles;
• geographic location; and
• alignment with market data.

In addition to base salary, Mercury provides a variety of benefits for team members including:

• bonus opportunities (or special incentives for sales positions);
• health, life and disability insurance;
• company-paid holidays and time off;
• 401(k) retirement plan;
• discounted employee stock purchase plan;
• tuition reimbursement; and
• access to professional development and personal wellness platforms including Linked In Learning, Headspace, Aaptiv and Virgin Pulse.

Team members at the Director or Vice President level are also eligible to receive annual stock-based awards.

Mercury offers a 9/80 alternative work schedule that provides employees more opportunity for work/ life balance (available based off location)