Senior Manager - Quality Assurance

The Senior Manager, Quality Assurance will drive strategic and tactical quality initiatives, ensure compliance with industry standards, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and defect prevention. The position requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams, including Program Leadership, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee Quality Engineering and Inspection functions, ensuring compliance with company procedures, government standards, and industry methodologies.
• Develop and implement strategic quality initiatives to enhance customer satisfaction and mission success.
• Drive continuous improvement in product quality, delivery, and cost while promoting a defect-free culture.
• Collaborate with program teams to ensure alignment of quality practices throughout the product lifecycle, including design reviews and production transitions.
• Maintain and analyze quality records, ensuring data integrity for internal and external customer reporting.
• Lead compliance efforts for AS9100, CMMI, and other certifications, ensuring adherence to industry standards.
• Monitor key quality metrics, such as the Cost of Poor Quality, and implement strategies to improve yield and reduce rework.
• Manage Work Package Descriptions for Quality tasks in proposals and ongoing contracts.
• Provide leadership, training, and process improvements to enhance team efficiency.

Qualifications – Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, or Software Engineering, or equivalent technical field.
• A minimum of 12 years of relevant experience, or 10 years with a graduate degree.
• At least 5 years of experience in Quality management or operations leadership.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to drive cross-functional collaboration.
• U.S. citizenship required for security clearance eligibility.

Preferred Skills:

• In-depth knowledge of quality and reliability methods for hardware and software systems in the aerospace or electronics industry.
• Greenbelt or Blackbelt certification with proven experience in leading and implementing projects.
• Familiarity with configuration control management practices.
• Experience with Agile Oracle, Windchill, Cincom, or DOORS software suites.
• Knowledge of J-STD and IPC standards.
• ASQ certification.
• Experience managing AS9100-certified businesses.
• Active or eligible TS security clearance