Director of Quality Assurance
Responsibilities
- Provide visible, hands-on quality leadership across multiple manufacturing facilities, maintaining a regular plant floor presence and leading Gemba walks and team touchpoints.
- Lead, develop, evaluate, and retain plant quality personnel — including Quality Engineers and Technicians — setting clear expectations and building a collaborative culture of continuous improvement.
- Own the Corrective Action Report (CAR) process from initiation through verified closure, applying structured problem-solving methods (8D, DMAIC, 5-Why) with root-cause rigor, including investigation of customer returns and field complaints.
- Own and report internal and external DPM (Defects Per Million) trends across all facilities, and lead defect reduction initiatives using Lean and Six Sigma to improve first-pass yield, scrap, and rework metrics.
- Own and execute print- and process-level quality training and qualification for new and existing staff, maintaining current training records and coordinating with Manufacturing Engineering on engineering-change and new-product training.
- Support New Product Introduction (NPI) quality execution in partnership with Product Engineering, and direct special projects assigned by manufacturing leadership.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent required; advanced degree a plus.
- 10+ years of progressive manufacturing quality leadership, including direct management of plant-level quality teams (multi-site experience strongly preferred).
- Experience in IATF 16949 and ISO 14001 environments required.
- Proven track record of corrective action ownership and measurable quality improvements.
- Strong technical proficiency with statistical quality tools including SPC, MSA/Gage R&R, FMEA and a presence-first, floor-visible leadership style.
Pay
Salary range: $110,000 - $135,000 per year
Schedule
Regular travel between facilities (1 to 2 hours' drive) is required.
Benefits
Excellent benefits are offered.
Requirements
This position is subject to ITAR compliance: International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which requires U.S. person status; ITAR defines U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e., "Green Card Holder"), Political Asylee, or Refugee. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
Skills
Strong technical proficiency with statistical quality tools including SPC, MSA/Gage R&R, FMEA and a presence-first, floor-visible leadership style.
Benefits
Excellent benefits are offered.
Pay
Salary range: $110,000 - $135,000 per year
Schedule
Regular travel between facilities (1 to 2 hours' drive) is required.
Job Title
Director of Quality Assurance
Location
Lock Haven, PA