Quality Engineer II – Aerospace Defense, RCCA

Mercury Systems; Upper Saddle River (NJ); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

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

The role collaborates with cross-functional teams to plan for and ensure product quality through partnerships with customers, suppliers and internal departments, from development through manufacturing and ongoing production support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent experience
• 2+ years experience in quality assurance/quality engineering in mission-critical environments
• Experience with RCCA (root cause corrective action) 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 (SPC)
• Active DoD Secret Clearance OR ability to obtain; US Citizenship required

Responsibilities

• Ensure product compliance through functional tests and inspections
• Participate in supplier qualification and internal process qualification
• Assist in evaluating and improving manufacturing processes using lean concepts and APQP
• Review and flow down ECO changes into manufacturing and supply chain
• Execute processes for non-conforming material and MRB management
• Drive effective failure analysis and communicate with customers
• Facilitate continuous improvement of product and process across the organization
• Monitor KPIs and report metrics on a regular cadence
• Interface with customers regularly to provide quality status
• Promote adherence to AS9100 and drive improvements
• Support internal and external audits and report results
• Monitor factory performance via defect analysis and RCCA for trends
• Support Industry QMS Standards; update procedures as needed
• Address production quality issues using 8D and corrective action
• Assist with ESD, environmental control and FOD programs
• Develop quality inspection criteria and QC plans
• Support First-Article Inspections on all NPI products

Job description

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

The role collaborates with cross-functional teams to plan for and ensure product quality through partnerships with customers, suppliers and internal departments, from development through manufacturing and ongoing production support.