Quality Manager - West Caldwell, NJ

As our Quality Manager, you will help lead our world-class Team in our Microelectronics Division, a leading provider of dense, rugged, secure microelectronics solutions for next generation defense applications. You will be a part of our Microwave Business where we design, develop, and produce the next generation RF/Microwave components, IMA's, modules and subsystems. We are an agile team focused on improving the quality of our products, processes, and customer experience.

You will support design quality, manufacturability and producibility, while ensuring product quality plans are compliant to the customers' requirements and applicable standards and regulations. This role ensures the implementation of quality plans and provides metrics/feedback to the organization to lead continuous improvement.

This role will focus on delivering quality product that meets customer requirements, identifying opportunities for yield improvement, process improvement, and product cost-reduction methods. An emphasis for this role is the support and improvement of our Quality Management System and underlying business practices and processes to enable consistency, efficiency, and ability to scale.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Monitoring and supporting all quality assurance activities to support operational objectives
• Performs root-cause analysis and other problem-solving activities to identify effective corrective actions and process improvements
• Reviewing and improving supporting documentation for products and processes
• Review Boards (MRBs) and Failure Review Boards (FRBs) which includes dispositioning nonconforming hardware, identifying hardware containment requirements, identifying appropriate root cause and corrective action (RCCA) is taken to prevent recurrence
• Presenting monthly metrics and taking action when KPI's are not met
• Supporting critical customer programs as the Program Quality lead
• Performing contract review, identifying applicable QA requirements, and executing to ensure compliance
• Reviewing and improving cost of poor quality and management of MRB

Required Qualification:

• Bachelor of Science degree, in an Engineering discipline, Business Management, or equivalent with 8+ years in manufacturing - engineering, operations project management, or quality position for complex microelectronics products
• Thorough knowledge of quality assurance methodologies and standards
• Knowledgeable of AS9100 standards and continuous improvement of Quality Management Systems
• Experience utilizing root cause and corrective action methodologies to provide robust solutions

Preferred Qualification:

• Lean / Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) and/or Certified Quality Improvement Associate (CQIA)
• Prior management or supervisory experience
• Experience utilizing APQP/PPAP (AS9145) methodologies
• Lean Manufacturing experience (Six-Sigma)
• Experience working in the RF Microwave (Microelectronics) Industry
• Experience with J standards for electronic manufacturing
• Experience working in the Defense Aerospace Industry
• Experience with Agile PLM, Oracle, SharePoint, Aegis Factory Logix or similar
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to successfully mentor and coach others and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
• Active Secret Level Security Clearance

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.

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
• 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
• Access to professional development and personal wellness platforms including LinkedIn Learning, Headspace, Aaptiv, and Virgin Pulse

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. To learn more, visit mrcy.com

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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Mercury Systems is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, creed, citizenship, disability, protected veteran or marital status.

As an equal opportunity employer, Mercury Systems is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact the number below.

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