Quality Manager

About the role

The Quality Manager is responsible for leading all quality assurance, quality engineering, and compliance activities for a single-site, AS9100-certified defense contractor. This role serves as the senior authority for the Quality Management System (QMS) and ensures compliance with AS9100, customer, contractual, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own, maintain, and continuously improve the AS9100-certified Quality Management System.
• Ensure compliance with customer quality requirements.
• Lead internal audits, management reviews, corrective actions, and document control.
• Serve as the primary interface for third-party, customer, and government audits.
• Partner with Engineering on design reviews, risk management, configuration control, and change management.
• Oversee First Article Inspection (AS9002), nonconformance management, MRB activity, and root cause corrective actions.
• Work with manufacturing to ensure process control, inspection effectiveness, and production readiness.
• Manage supplier quality activities, including flow down, supplier qualification, performance monitoring, and corrective actions.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical field. 8-12+ years of quality experience in aerospace or defense manufacturing. Demonstrated ownership of an AS9100-certified QMS, including audit leadership. Ability and willingness to be hands-on in a small-company setting. Clear communicator with executives, engineers, and technicians.

Qualifications

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, certain positions may require applicants to be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C.1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Skills

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Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision
Company Paid Life Insurance
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid Holidays

Pay

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Schedule

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