Sr. Quality Manager Job Purpose: This position will be responsible for managing, coordinating and administering all functions of the site's Quality Management System, including receiving inspection activities, quality engineering, supplier quality management.
Nature of Duties/Responsibilities: - Lead and mentor QA Department, consisting of quality engineers, receiving inspection, and QC personnel
- Be an outspoken advocate for Quality First throughout the plant
- Expediently and effectively communicate with customers on quality escapes, visits, escalations, etc.
- Maintain and improve the site QMS (including NCR and CAPA system, internal audit, training, etc.)
- Maintain the site QMS compliance with Aerospace AS9100:2016 and ISO14001 Environmental Program Registrations by coordinating and responding to site certification audits
- Responsible for ensuring effective quality planning (including PFMEAs, process flows and control plans) for NPI and production parts.
- Develop additional sources of quality data and track and report key Quality-related performance indicators (KPIs), including first pass yield, scrap, product return rates, etc.
- Manage and improve supplier quality
- Be an advocate for lean and six sigma manufacturing principles and drive continuous improvement.
- Drive cross functional projects with manufacturing, supply chain, and engineering, to verify and validate existing manufacturing processes and capabilities
- Participate in Design for Manufacturability (DFM) reviews with engineering
- Address customer escapes by driving cross-functional teams to develop and implement corrective actions
Education and Experience: - Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline required
- Minimum of 10+ years of experience in quality engineering or related area in a manufacturing environment in a leadership role.
- Experience with reading and interpreting GD&T requirements required
- Detailed knowledge and hands on experience with quality tools including process flowcharts, FMEA's, control plans, CAPA, RCCA and 8D required
- Experience in SMT processing and associated IPC workmanship requirements is required.
- Experience implementing Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies including statistical analysis techniques (Design of Experiments, Statistical Process Control (SPC), etc) preferred.
- Experience with machining and system integration/assembly preferred
- Experience with CMMs and AOI inspection systems is a plus
- Certified Green or Black belt a plus
- Internal audit experience is required
- Experience using Microsoft Office and Google docs product suite required
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
- ASQ certifications in QE, RE, QM is a plus
Salary Range (annual) : $107,000.00 - $150,000.00 Actual base pay within this range (determined at the offer stage) will be based on a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, and skills, and is just one element of our total rewards package. The total rewards package also includes a variety of benefits, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business and, depending on the role, may include eligibility for restricted stock unit awards and participation in a discretionary bonus program. This is an ITAR facility and applicant must be a US Citizen or a lawful permanent resident. 
