Senior Quality Assurance Manager

Senior Quality Manager – Government Programs Overview

Seeking a hands‑on Senior Quality Manager to lead quality initiatives across complex product life cycles within a high‑performance engineering environment. This role combines strategic leadership with direct technical involvement, overseeing quality engineering activities across development, manufacturing, and sustainment. The ideal candidate brings a strong background in hardware and/or software quality, supplier improvement, and government compliance, along with a passion for mentoring teams and driving continuous improvement.

• Serve as the lead Quality Engineer for a major program, overseeing planning, execution, and success metrics.
• Partner with program management, engineering, and operations teams to ensure all quality goals and compliance standards are met.
• Lead and develop a high‑performing team of quality engineers to support program and enterprise objectives.
• Drive supplier quality improvement initiatives in collaboration with Supply Chain and Operations.
• Work closely with Reliability Engineering to monitor and enhance system reliability and product availability.
• Collaborate with Engineering to develop automation, testing, and failure‑detection processes.
• Establish and track Quality Assurance (QA) metrics and key performance indicators across multiple sites.
• Support new business and emerging market initiatives by implementing scalable quality systems and processes.
• Coach and develop future quality leaders within the organization.

• 8+ years of experience in Quality, Operations, or Engineering within a development or manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of experience managing and developing teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required;
  Master’s degree preferred.
• Working knowledge of government quality and compliance standards (DCMA, FAR, DFARS, GIDEP, Government Property Management).
• Strong understanding of Quality Management Systems (AS9100 / AS9110 / ISO 9001).
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings, procedures, and technical documentation.
• Proficiency with PLM and ERP systems (Agile, Oracle, or SAP preferred).
• Experience using Lean Six Sigma and other root‑cause analysis tools (FMEA, 8D, 5 Whys).
• Proven ability to lead distributed teams across multiple locations.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.

• Background in hardware and software quality for Government, Aerospace, or Telecommunications sectors.
• Familiarity with Agile software development and industry standards (IPC 610, IPC 620S, J-STD-001S, MIL-STD-883, MIL-PRF-38534, EEE-INST-002, Aerospace TOR).
• Experience applying statistical process control and data‑driven quality improvement methods.