Director of Quality Assurance

Brief Description:

Our client is seeking a talented and driven Director of Quality Assurance to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for consistently improving overall quality and maintaining a Quality Management System (QMS), keeping up with an evolving product line, and changing customer requirements.

Job Function:

Role & Responsibilities

Evangelize quality practices throughout the Company, championing continual improvement.

Administer and maintain the company's AS9100-registered Quality Management System while serving as the expert resource on compliance across the company.

Manage the quality department, including quality engineers, reliability engineers, inspectors, and other personnel.

Administer internal Corrective and Preventative Action Requests (CAR/PAR)

Lead DLA qualification and retention actions for QPL products and new processes that may be implemented.

Respond to our customers' Supplier Corrective and Preventative Action Requests, including failure analysis reports and root cause analysis.

Perform and Oversee Internal Audits as part of company's QMS

Lead company-wide audits by external certifying agencies and customers, such as our annual AS9100 Audit

Prepare Company-wide Metrics for Management Review Process

Write new, update existing, and train employees on the Company's Corporation Standard Operating Procedures, RIIs and Forms

Perform failure analysis on RMA and in-house failures and produce reports.

Coordinate outside test lab analysis as needed

Job Requirement:

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in STEM field and 8+ years working experience

Proven leadership and mentorship skills.

Minimum 8+ years of experience in AS9100 environment (spaceflight preferred)

Minimum 5+ years of experience with hybrid microelectronics

Expertise in a wide range of manufacturing processes (e.g. MIL-PRF-38534 or J-STD-001 etc.)

Familiarity with test methods in MIL-STD-883 and MIL-STD-202

Experience with working in an ESD safe environment

Ability to work both independently and in cross functional teams with proven history of meeting deadlines.

Elite technical writing ability; this job requires consistent writing of reports and chart packages for customer delivery.

Expert proficiency with Microsoft Office products

Must be a U.S. Person as defined by EAR Part 772 and ITAR 120.15

Preferred Skills and Experience

Previous experience at DoD prime contractor

Experience in manufacturing of crystal oscillators or related RF technologies

Knowledge of testing for space qualification of electrical components and assemblies

Strong background in statistics

Ability to see the bigger picture in terms of the wider business and to think strategically.

Ability to communicate articulately and professionally across many organizational levels and cross functional teams.

Technical knowledge with Lean manufacturing practices and the Six Sigma methodology