Senior Manager, Quality

• Provide strong leadership to the Quality department setting expectations elevating performance and developing a culture focused on accountability problem-solving and continuous improvement.
• Ensure all products shipped meet customer regulatory and internal requirements through proactive quality planning process controls and verification activities.
• Lead the development implementation and continuous improvement of the AS9100-compliant Quality Management System ensuring audit readiness process discipline and organizational engagement.
• Drive reliability engineering activities including reliability planning testing protocols life-testing screening and reliability growth analysis to ensure consistent product performance.
• Oversee product and process testing and analysis ensuring appropriate test methods measurement systems and acceptance criteria are defined validated and improved.
• Lead structured failure analysis investigations ensuring identification of true root causes and implementation of long-term corrective actions.
• Own and lead FMEA activities (DFMEA PFMEA) to identify failure modes improve process robustness and drive preventive actions.
• Partner with Engineering and Operations to ensure build processes are robust deviations are controlled and nonconformances are rapidly contained investigated and eliminated.
• Strengthen data-driven decision making through statistical analysis capability studies trend monitoring and reliability metrics.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to increase yield reduce scrap and rework and enhance product reliability and performance.
• Manage Quality department staffing training and development to ensure team capability aligns with business needs.
• Direct CAPA and MRB activities ensuring timely disposition investigation and systemic resolution.
• Drive harmonization of quality processes across all sites to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Manage departmental budgets resources and priorities in alignment with operational demands.
• Support change control customer communication audits and compliance activities.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by senior leadership.

• Bachelors degree in Business Quality Engineering or a related field.
• 10 years of related experience including at least 5 years in a management or leadership role.
• Experience leading and maintaining a certified AS9100 Quality Management System.
• Experience working with certification bodies.
  • ASQ or other regulatory quality certifications.
  • AS9100 Lead Auditor certification or equivalent auditing credential.
• Experience leading and developing a technical team.
• U.S. citizenship required.

• Strong understanding of AS9100 requirements with demonstrated ability to lead a certified Quality Management System.
• Expertise in reliability engineering including reliability testing screening and statistical reliability analysis.
• Strong analytical capability with experience in test method development measurement system analysis and statistical techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to lead structured problem-solving such as 8D root cause analysis and fault tree analysis.
• Experience leading DFMEA and PFMEA activities and implementing preventive design/process improvements.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering operations supply chain and program teams.
• Strong leadership skills for developing and coaching quality teams.

• 20-25 Indirect reports
• 8-10 Direct reports

• Up to 25% travel required.
• The physical demands describe here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. This job operates in a professional office environment and a manufacturing environment. The employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions in the plant. The noise level in the work environment may be loud.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit stand talk and communicate use hands/finger feel and reach with arms. This position requires the ability to lift bend or stoop as necessary up to 20lbs.

• Robust medical dental vision & disability coverage.
• Healthcare concierge to help you navigate your benefit selections.
• Virtual health solutions for physical therapy menopause and diabetes.
• Company paid Basic Life Insurance. Additional Life & AD&D Insurances are available.
• On-site wellness clinic.

• Competitive compensation.
• 401k program to plan for your future with company match 75% up to 8% plus 1% Employer contribution.
• Company Paid Time Off (Vacation and Sick).
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption assistance.
• Fertility and family building assistance.

• Flexible work schedules available based on position:
  • 9/80 schedule providing every other Friday off
  • 5/8s
  • 4/10s
  • 3/12s
• Lifestyle spending account.
• Perks at work.
• Generous employee referral program.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Voluntary benefits available: longer term care legal identity theft pet Insurance and many more options

Required Experience:

Senior Manager