Senior Manager, Quality Assurance- Aerospace Industry
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Job Location:
Clifton, NJ - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 200000 - 218000
Posted on:
10-09-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Relocation bonus
Job Title: Senior Manager Quality Assurance- Aerospace Industry
Location:Clifton New Jersey United States
Industry:Aerospace / Aviation / Defense
Job Category:Manufacturing - Quality
Job Description:
Essential Functions:
Responsiblefor the Quality Engineering and Inspection functions supporting all business
practices includingquality planning compliance monitoring and validation for programs
hardware software and inspection.
Responsibility for resolving technical challenges ensuring successful tactical execution as
well as creating and implementing the strategic vision for the Quality department.
Developand implement strategic Quality initiatives and programs in support of the
Electronic Warfare Division promoting sound and effective principles as set forth in company
procedures government standards anddirectives and commercially proven methodology
and ensure that the department conforms to these principles.
Promote a strong culture of quality focused on every employee engaged and enhancing the
customer experience through rigorous attention to detail and prevention of defects.
Work closely with the program teams and the functional organizations to ensure that all
phases of the product life cycle from early customerinvolvement through post-delivery
support meet the requirements for mission success.
Ensurethat manufacturing engineering operations and design engineering
interactsufficiently throughout the product planning and design phases to ensure
aseamless hand-off during product transition to production including design reviews and
facilitating quality concurrent Engineering.
Responsiblefor the maintenance of quality records that document the quality status
ofmaterial/products and provide necessary information and cumulative data for internal
and external Customer responses.
Develop reviewand verify compliance of all Work Package Descriptions issued for Quality
tasks for proposals and ongoing contracts/projects.
Improvethe efficiency of the Quality organization through effective leadershipindividual
and group training and process improvement.
Collect and analyzekey quality measures such as Cost of Poor Quality to develop zero defect
plans improve yields and reduce rework duringengineering and manufacturing efforts.
Report to senior leadership on business performance including action plans to improve
business execution and status of strategic initiatives.
Maintaincertification and compliance efforts for AS9100 CMMI and other required
certifications.
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace/Electrical/Mechanical/Software Engineering or
technical equivalent with a mimimum of 12 years of prior related experience or Graduate
degree with a mininum of 10 years of prior related experience.
5 years Quality management or operations leadership experience.
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills including communications facilitation consulting
coaching and influencing
Self-motivated and possess demonstrated ability to motivate others to achieve timely
results.
Highly collaborative style capable of working acrossmultiple functional areas to drive
results.
Preferred Additional Skills:
In depth knowledge of quality and reliability methods and procedures for hardware and
software systems as they apply to the aerospace or electronic industry.
Greenbelt or Blackbelt certification and/or proven education or work history in leading and
implementing projects.
Experience with Configuration Control management practices.
Experience with Agile Oracle Windchill Cincom and/or Doors software suites
Experience with J-STD and IPC standard implementation.
ASQ certification preferred; Experience managing AS9100 certified business.
Willingness to travel up to 20 percent
Active TS security clearance or ability to obtain a DoD TS security clearance
Location:Clifton New Jersey United States
Industry:Aerospace / Aviation / Defense
Job Category:Manufacturing - Quality
Job Description:
Essential Functions:
Responsiblefor the Quality Engineering and Inspection functions supporting all business
practices includingquality planning compliance monitoring and validation for programs
hardware software and inspection.
Responsibility for resolving technical challenges ensuring successful tactical execution as
well as creating and implementing the strategic vision for the Quality department.
Developand implement strategic Quality initiatives and programs in support of the
Electronic Warfare Division promoting sound and effective principles as set forth in company
procedures government standards anddirectives and commercially proven methodology
and ensure that the department conforms to these principles.
Promote a strong culture of quality focused on every employee engaged and enhancing the
customer experience through rigorous attention to detail and prevention of defects.
Work closely with the program teams and the functional organizations to ensure that all
phases of the product life cycle from early customerinvolvement through post-delivery
support meet the requirements for mission success.
Ensurethat manufacturing engineering operations and design engineering
interactsufficiently throughout the product planning and design phases to ensure
aseamless hand-off during product transition to production including design reviews and
facilitating quality concurrent Engineering.
Responsiblefor the maintenance of quality records that document the quality status
ofmaterial/products and provide necessary information and cumulative data for internal
and external Customer responses.
Develop reviewand verify compliance of all Work Package Descriptions issued for Quality
tasks for proposals and ongoing contracts/projects.
Improvethe efficiency of the Quality organization through effective leadershipindividual
and group training and process improvement.
Collect and analyzekey quality measures such as Cost of Poor Quality to develop zero defect
plans improve yields and reduce rework duringengineering and manufacturing efforts.
Report to senior leadership on business performance including action plans to improve
business execution and status of strategic initiatives.
Maintaincertification and compliance efforts for AS9100 CMMI and other required
certifications.
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace/Electrical/Mechanical/Software Engineering or
technical equivalent with a mimimum of 12 years of prior related experience or Graduate
degree with a mininum of 10 years of prior related experience.
5 years Quality management or operations leadership experience.
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills including communications facilitation consulting
coaching and influencing
Self-motivated and possess demonstrated ability to motivate others to achieve timely
results.
Highly collaborative style capable of working acrossmultiple functional areas to drive
results.
Preferred Additional Skills:
In depth knowledge of quality and reliability methods and procedures for hardware and
software systems as they apply to the aerospace or electronic industry.
Greenbelt or Blackbelt certification and/or proven education or work history in leading and
implementing projects.
Experience with Configuration Control management practices.
Experience with Agile Oracle Windchill Cincom and/or Doors software suites
Experience with J-STD and IPC standard implementation.
ASQ certification preferred; Experience managing AS9100 certified business.
Willingness to travel up to 20 percent
Active TS security clearance or ability to obtain a DoD TS security clearance
Compensation: $200000.00 - $218000.00 per year
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- Headquartered in New Jersey
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relationships with each employment candidate we work with. You can trust our professional
recruiters to invest the time required to fully understand your skills explore your professional
goals and help you find the right career opportunities.
Required Experience:
Senior Manager
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- Quality Assurance
- FDA Regulations
- Root cause Analysis
- TFS
- Food Processing
- ICH Q10
- Jira
- Software Testing
- Quality Management
- Selenium
- Github
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