Quality Manager

AnySignal

$100K — $120K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in Manufacturing Quality or related roles
  • 3+ years of experience leading teams or cross-functional quality initiatives
  • Strong experience with inspection, NCR/MRB, CAPA, and RCA workflows
  • Ability to interpret technical drawings, GD&T, and CAD models
  • Experience in high-complexity industries like aerospace, defense, or electronics
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to interface with customers.

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve the Quality Management System (QMS) aligned with ISO 9001/AS9100
  • Build and lead the quality team while defining quality strategy for the product lifecycle
  • Establish and track key quality metrics and drive improvement using methodologies like Lean and SPC
  • Manage logistics and documentation for RMA and CoC with customers
  • Collaborate with Supply Chain to ensure supplier quality and corrective actions
  • Own inspection processes and metrology systems to improve yield and reduce rework
  • Lead MRB, NCR/CAPA/RCA workflows and partner on design reviews to prevent product escapes.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to build and lead a quality function in a fast-paced environment
  • Engage in cross-functional collaboration with key teams like Engineering and Manufacturing
  • Potential to influence company-wide quality strategy and initiatives
  • Experience with evolving quality systems in a startup environment
  • Involvement in high-impact projects in regulated industries.
Full Job Description
Role Summary

We are seeking a Quality Manager to build and lead AnySignal's quality function across development and production. This role combines hands-on ownership of inspection and quality execution with strategic leadership to scale our quality systems, team, and culture.

You will be responsible for ensuring product reliability and compliance from early design through manufacturing and test, while evolving our Quality Management System (QMS) into a scalable, high-impact system. This is a highly cross-functional role partnering closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain to improve yield, prevent escapes, and enable mission success.

Responsibilities

Quality Leadership & Strategy
  • Own and evolve the QMS (ISO 9001/AS9100 aligned), keeping it compliant yet practical for a fast-moving hardware environment, including documentation, policies, and audit support.
  • Build and lead the quality team while defining the company's quality strategy across the full product lifecycle.
  • Establish and rack key quality metrics (yield, escapes, nonconformances, reliability) and drive improvement through methodologies like Lean, SPC, and DOE.

Supplier & Cross-Functional Quality
  • Own responsibility and interface with customers for logistics and documentation of RMA and CoC.
  • Partner with Supply Chain on supplier quality - incoming inspection, corrective actions, and qualification.
  • Establish strong cross-functional collaboration with Engineering and Manufacturing to drive continuous improvement.

Manufacturing & Product Quality
  • Own inspection processes (incoming, in-process, final) and the metrology systems behind them, partnering with Manufacturing and Engineering to improve yield and reduce rework.
  • Lead MRB, NCR/CAPA/RCA workflows to closure, and partner with Engineering on design reviews, manufacturability, and quality plans to prevent escapes.


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in Manufacturing Quality, or related roles in a hardware production environment
  • 3+ years of experience leading teams or owning major cross-functional quality initiatives
  • Strong experience with inspection, NCR/MRB, CAPA, and RCA workflows
  • Ability to interpret technical drawings, GD&T, and CAD models
  • Experience working in high-complexity or high-reliability industries (e.g., aerospace, defense, electronics to PCBA level)
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to solely interface with customers and drive alignment across teams

Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with AS9100 and/or ISO 9001 quality systems
  • Experience scaling or evolving a company's quality systems in a startup or high-growth environment
  • Familiarity with IPC standards, metrology tools, and advanced quality methods (SPC, DOE, PFMEA, APQP)
  • Supplier quality experience including SCARs, FAI/PPAP, and vendor audits
  • Experience supporting regulated or mission-critical programs (space, defense, medical, etc.)


Export Control Requirements

To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including ITAR, applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the necessary authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

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