Quality Manager

Overview 

You will own and stand up the manufacturing quality function at Protoshop, Amca’s R&D manufacturing shop, as it scales. Your primary responsibilities are to define and enforce the quality processes that govern how parts are produced and verified, to own inspection end to end, and to build out our metrology and calibration capability. You will also serve as the internal AS9100 auditor for the quality system and contribute to the broader, team-wide effort to stand up the quality management system. 

Responsibilities 

• Define, stand up, and enforce the manufacturing quality processes that govern how parts are produced and verified across the shop. 

• Own inspection end to end, including receiving, in-process, final, and first article inspection. 

• Stand up and run the metrology and calibration capability, including CMM inspection, gage control, and measurement system analysis. 

• Own the nonconformance and corrective action processes, leading root-cause analysis and verifying that corrective actions are effective. 

• Serve as the internal auditor for the quality system, conducting audits and driving findings to closure. 

• Establish supplier and special-process quality controls, including counterfeit-parts prevention and foreign object debris (FOD) control. 

• Support the broader, team-wide effort to build out the quality management system toward AS9100 certification, owning the elements within your areas of responsibility. 

• Define and track the quality metrics that drive performance, and build strong quality practices across the team as the shop grows. 

Qualifications 

Required 

• A background in manufacturing quality, ideally in an aerospace, defense, or other precision or regulated manufacturing environment. 

• Hands-on experience owning an inspection function and a calibration and metrology program. 

• Strong fluency in GD&T, with the ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings and technical data packages. 

• Experience with nonconformance and corrective action processes and structured root-cause analysis. 

• A bias toward building rather than maintaining, and comfort establishing a function where none exists. 

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by ITAR. 

Preferred 

• Familiarity with AS9100 or ISO 9001, and experience supporting an organization toward certification. 

• Internal or lead auditor experience or certification. 

• ASQ credentials (CQE, CMQ/OE, CQA) or Six Sigma and Lean training.