This is a full-time, onsite role based at our headquarters in Denver, CO.

As the Head of Quality, you will lead the development, governance, and continuous improvement of Xcimer's Quality Management System (QMS). You will ensure our products, processes, and suppliers meet defined standards while building a scalable, disciplined, data-driven quality culture across the organization. You will apply your expertise in quality systems, structured problem-solving, crossfunctional collaboration, and leadership to positively impact the future of energy.

Responsibilities

• Define, govern, and continuously improve Xcimer's quality policies, standards, and overall QMS.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, structured problemsolving, and objective, metricsdriven decision-making.
• Ensure visibility to quality risks and lead escalation processes, including containment actions such as stopwork or stopship when necessary.
• Lead Quality Engineering, including ownership of the RCCA framework, ensuring investigation rigor and verification of corrective action effectiveness.
• Lead Quality Assurance and Quality Control functions, including defining the NCR process, inspection and verification planning, internal audits, and production line validation for special processes.
• Oversee Supplier Quality Engineering, partnering with Supply Chain on supplier qualification, monitoring, risk evaluation, audits, and supplier quality performance.
• Define and monitor key quality metrics including non-conformance trends, defect rates, rightfirsttime performance, and corrective action timeliness.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, Programs, and Leadership to ensure product integrity and process robustness.
• Ensure quality requirements are integrated into change control processes such as ECR/ECO.
• Build and develop the Quality organization, aligning staffing with strategic and functional needs.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering, physical sciences, quality, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• Experience: 5+ years experience leading quality organizations or demonstrated growth in quality responsibilities in complex hardware, systems engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or similar industries.
• Demonstrated experience establishing or scaling a Quality Management System aligned with ISO 9001 principles.
• Expertise in structured problem-solving methodologies (RCCA, 8D, Six Sigma, etc.).
• Experience leading QA/QC, Quality Engineering, and Supplier Quality functions.
• Proven ability to partner across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and leadership to influence without direct authority.
• Strong analytical skills with experience defining, interpreting, and acting on quality metrics.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Desired

• Experience in environments with high iteration velocity, evolving configurations, and rapid scaleup.
• Background implementing QMS in regulated or compliance-driven environments.
• Certification such as ASQ CQE, Six Sigma Black Belt, or similar.
• Experience with special process validation or complex systems manufacturing.

$170,000 - $190,000 a year

Candidates may be considered for other positions at Xcimer Energy, and our actual base salary will be determined on an individual basis and may vary based on job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience. The range is published in accordance with Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and California Equal Pay Act.

Benefits

Xcimer offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employee health, well-being, and long-term success. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; basic and supplemental life insurance; short- and long-term disability; paid parental leave for employees at the time of birth or adoption; and a 401(k) with a company match of up to 6%. Eligible employees also receive equity, allowing them to share in the company's long-term success.

Xcimer operates under a flexible Paid Time Off (ATO) approach. Rather than a fixed number of vacation days, employees are trusted to take the time they need to rest and recharge while meeting the expectations of their role and team. In addition, employees receive paid sick time, 13 company-paid holidays, and an annual paid company shutdown. Benefits are available to regular employees, including part-time and fixed-term roles, as well as interns, with eligibility varying by benefit.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.