Aerospace Quality Engineer II - RCCA & AS9100 Expert

Mercury Systems; Franklin (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercury Systems Quality Engineering team in NJ is seeking an eager Quality Engineer to drive continuous improvement and resolve complex quality challenges in a fast-paced aerospace/defense environment.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product excellence, support delivery, improve customer satisfaction, and guide quality through development to manufacturing and ongoing production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent work experience.
• 2+ years in quality assurance/quality engineering in mission-critical environments.
• Experience with RCCA methodologies.
• Experience with failure and defect analysis.
• Experience driving COPQ initiatives, scrap reduction and rework.
• Knowledge of quality standards, methods and practices.
• Knowledge of fault trees and statistical process control.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance OR ability to obtain one; US citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure product compliance through tests and inspections.
• Qualify new suppliers and internal processes.
• Improve manufacturing processes using lean concepts and APQP.
• Review and flow down ECOs into manufacturing and supply chain.
• Manage non-conforming material and MRB.
• Drive failure analysis and communicate with customers.
• Foster continuous improvement of product and process.
• Monitor KPIs and report metrics.
• Review customer scorecards and align improvements with satisfaction.
• Interface with customers to provide quality status.
• Promote adherence to AS9100 and drive improvements.
• Participate in internal/external audits.
• Monitor factory performance via defect analysis and RCCA.
• Support Industry QMS standards and AS9100 updates.
• Address production-related quality issues using 8D for RCCA.
• Assist with ESD, Environmental Control and FOD programs.
• Develop Quality Inspection Criteria and QC Plans.
• Support First-Article Inspections on NPI products.
• Support West Caldwell, NJ on-site and Saddle River, NJ one day/week on-site.

Skills

RCCA

Failure analysis

COPQ initiatives

Quality engineering

DoD clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent

Job description

Mercury Systems Quality Engineering team in NJ is seeking an eager Quality Engineer to drive continuous improvement and resolve complex quality challenges in a fast-paced aerospace/defense environment.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product excellence, support delivery, improve customer satisfaction, and guide quality through development to manufacturing and ongoing production.