Quality Engineer III

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.

Job Responsibilities:

• 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

• Participate in the qualification of new suppliers and internal processes

• Understand sources of variation in the supply chain, manufacturing & 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

Required Qualifications:

• BS in an engineering discipline

• Typically requires 3+ years' experience in a manufacturing engineering, operations project management, or quality position for complex electromechanical assemblies and systems