Quality Manager
Karman Space & Defense · Arlington, VA · Yesterday
On-siteQuality AssuranceFull-time
Responsibilities
- Owns, maintains, and continuously improves the AS9100-certified Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with customer, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
- Leads internal audits, management reviews, corrective actions, and document control while serving as the primary interface for third-party, customer, and government audits.
- Ensures quality is embedded throughout design, development, manufacturing, testing, delivery, and sustainment.
- PARTNERS WITH ENGINEERING ON DESIGN REVIEWS, RISK MANAGEMENT, CONFIGURATION CONTROL, AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT.
- OVERSEES FIRST ARTICLE INSPECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH AS9102, NONCONFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, MATERIAL REVIEW BOARD (MRB) ACTIVITIES, AND ROOT CAUSE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.
- COLLABORATES WITH MANUFACTURING TO STRENGTHEN PROCESS CONTROL, INSPECTION EFFECTIVENESS, AND PRODUCTION READINESS.
- MANAGES SUPPLIER QUALITY ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS FLOW-DOWN, QUALIFICATION, PERFORMANCE MONITORING, CORRECTIVE ACTIONS, AND RISK MITIGATION.
- PERFORMS DIMENSIONAL INSPECTION AND MANUAL METROLOGY WORK AS NEEDED AND PARTNERED WITH THE METROLOGY ENGINEER ON COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE (CMM) PROGRAMMING STRATEGY.
Requirements
- 8-12 years of experience in manufacturing quality or metrology.
- Demonstrated ownership of an AS9100-certified QMS, including audit leadership.
- Experience supporting the design and manufacturing of aerospace products.
- Experience with supplier quality management and supplier corrective action.
- Working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) in accordance with ASME Y14.5 and dimensional inspection methods.
- Deep understanding of manual metrology methods and the ability to teach them.
- Willingness and ability to personally perform quality, metrology, and audit work as a sole practitioner, not only manage others performing it.
- Clear communication skills with executives, engineers, and technicians.
- Strong leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Able to work full-time on-site.