Quality Engineer II - Torrance, CA

Quality Engineer II (#25-479)

Torrance, California, United States

The Quality Assurance Engineer will act as the Quality Program Lead for multiple design, development, and production programs. The Quality Program Lead is responsible for assuring the program(s) meet plans, processes, specifications, and contractual requirements.

• Assists with developing and improving standards and procedures.
• Creates Quality, test and inspection plans and reports.
• Ensures on-going ISO/AS9100/AS9100/ISO 17025 compliance with the Quality Management System.
• Verifies the accuracy or performance of the product and creates a Failure Analysis Report and participates in FACAR Analysis as necessary.
• Analyze failures, determine root cause and initiate corrective action on product and internal process failures.
• Troubleshoots inaccuracies or problems and share results and recommendations with team members.
• Ensures requirements are being met per functional specifications.
• Performs QA tasks to assure developed products meet requirements.
• Performs supplier qualification, visits, and audits.
• Utilizes Customer (Internal or External) feedback as an input to drive continual improvement.
• Verifies and validates information flowing to suppliers and validates that the suppliers are responding with requirements.
• Implements, administers, and maintains Quality Management System through design, development and production phases on Engineering/Production programs.
• Interfaces with Program Management, Engineering and Operations in program lifecycle.
• Defines, analyzes, manages, and improves program metrics.
• Reviews and performs first article inspections as required.
• Reviews program documentations (drawings, assemblies, procedures, reports, etc.)
• Perform other duties as necessary.

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in an Engineering discipline.
• Practical knowledge and experience with AS9100 Quality Management Standard.
• Certified AS9100 auditor a plus.
• 5+ years' experience performing Quality Assurance/Quality Engineering duties in a mission critical environment.
• Clearance eligible.

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

• ASME Y14.5 Dimensioning and Tolerancing, ANSI Z1.4 Sample Plans.
• Experience working with Lockheed.
• Basic understanding of DO-178 (Software QA).

• $65,200.00 - $ annual salary for in-office or hybrid employees in FL, GA, IN, AZ, AL, MD or TX, and all remote employees.
• $73,000.00 - $ annual salary for in-office or hybrid employees in VA, CA, NH or MA.
• $76,900.00 - $ annual salary for in-office or hybrid employees in NJ.

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).

Mercury Systems is a technology company that makes the world a safer, more secure place. We push processing power to the tactical edge, making the latest commercial technologies profoundly more accessible for today's most challenging aerospace and defense missions. From silicon to system scale, Mercury enables customers to accelerate innovation and turn data into decision superiority. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, Mercury employs more than 2,300 people in 24 locations worldwide.

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Our Culture

We are committed to making Mercury a great place to work, no matter where our employees are located. We offer a casual and enjoyable atmosphere that allows employees to learn and grow. We help and care for one another and work as one to achieve results for us and for our customers. We value communication and transparency, and strive to foster two-way dialogue at all levels of the organization.

We are committed to lifelong learning, offering comprehensive skills training and tuition reimbursement. Whether you're just starting out on your career journey or you are an experienced professional, it's important to us that you feel recognized and rewarded for your contributions.

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