Senior Manager, Quality – Development Programs

About the role

The Senior Manager of Quality will lead all quality activities for a complex aerospace development program, guiding the effort from prototype through production readiness. Embedded within the program team, this role partners with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, flight test, and program management to ensure products meet rigorous quality, reliability, and mission success standards.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the quality strategy, objectives, and metrics aligned with program milestones.
• Integrate quality requirements throughout the product development lifecycle, including design reviews, verification, validation, and qualification.
• Lead risk management, FRACAS processes, and root‑cause investigations for design, manufacturing, supplier, and field failures.
• Oversee test quality for laboratory, ground, and flight activities, ensuring proper documentation of anomalies and nonconformances.
• Manage nonconformance and corrective‑action processes, including Material Review Board activities.
• Partner with manufacturing and supply chain to transition prototypes to production, defining inspection plans and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain compliance with AS9100 and other customer or regulatory requirements.
• Build, mentor, and lead a multidisciplinary quality team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Aerospace, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated industries.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing technical quality organizations.
• Proven experience supporting complex product development programs from concept through production transition.
• Strong ability to influence cross‑functional teams and senior leadership.

Required skills

• AS9100 quality management system knowledge.
• FRACAS (Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System) implementation.
• Root‑cause analysis and corrective‑action methodologies.
• Risk management and reliability engineering.
• Failure analysis and design‑for‑manufacturing principles.