Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Job Summary:

Mercury’s Manufacturing Engineering team in Oxnard has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced engineering manager who thrives in taking on new challenges, influencing and shaping a team and the product roadmap. As the Manager of Manufacturing Engineering, you will be managing an engaging team of 5-7 manufacturing engineers, implementing processes and procedures and collaborating to deliver leading edge electronics that are game-changing and impactful to our nation’s defense.  Mercury sits at the intersection of high-tech and defense – we are focused on accelerating innovations that matter to the aerospace, defense, and space sectors. We leverage our longstanding strategic partnerships to access the latest in commercial technologies to design, manufacture, test, and deliver rugged microelectronics that operate in the harshest environments, with extreme reliability and maintainability.  

Job Responsibility:

• Direct the Manufacturing Engineering team’s day-to-day work, ensuring successful execution of Mfg efforts and responsibilities on products and programs
• Identify, maintain, and grow technical expertise within the group and provide technical guidance to the manufacturing team.
• Execute strategic initiatives and assign responsibilities with the group to achieve business goals set by the business leadership and Annual Operating Plan.
• Work with direct reports to identify strengths and development needs and grow their talents and skillsets through cross-training, mentorship, and on-going career development discussions.
• Attract and retain talent that contribute to the growth and revenue of Mercury.
• Hold self and team members accountable for their work output quality and for achieving on-time delivery of project milestones.
• Align and motivate team around Mercury purpose, culture, and values, and drive clarity and understanding of project priorities, business goals and processes, roles and responsibilities.
• Build open, trusting, and respectful relationships across the engineering teams.
• Work closely with the Chief Engineer, Operations, Program Management, and Technical Project Managers to ensure OTD and quality on new product developments and production revenue.
• Address issues and challenges directly by making rapid course corrections and driving necessary changes to achieve business objectives.
• Establish professional and respectful collaborations with the rest of the functional groups and teams across Mercury.
• Manage relationships with current vendors and subcontractors to ensure they remain on budget and provide quality on-time results, and work to identify other vendors and subcontractors as necessary to provide the best solutions for our products.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience with process improvements and root cause analysis, such as 5 Whys and 8D
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Typically requires 7 years of experience in microelectronics packaging, hybrid microcircuit assembly, semiconductor packaging, RF module manufacturing, or a closely related manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with high-reliability, aerospace, defense, military, or space-grade manufacturing standards
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Leading a manufacturing engineering team
• Experience with one or more of the following: eutectic die attach, epoxy die attach, substrate attach, wire bonding, ribbon bonding, hermetic sealing, laser welding, seam sealing, or parallel-gap welding.
• Experience supporting microelectronics, RF, GaAs, GaN, power amplifier, or hybrid module manufacturing.
• Experience with MIL-PRF-38534, MIL-STD-883, MIL-PRF-38535, NASA workmanship standards, J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, or similar standards.
• Experience with process qualification, production readiness, FMEA, RCCA, DOE, or SPC.
• Experience using inspection or failure-analysis methods such as X-ray, CSAM, SEM/EDS, cross-sectioning, DPA, or visual inspection.

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