Quality Manager (Aerospace & Defense)

Location: Chandler, Arizona, United States; onsite manufacturing environment. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Company

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems, components, and integrated assemblies for aerospace and defense applications.

What you will do

• Lead and manage the functional quality organization and ensure compliance with aerospace AS9100 quality management requirements.
• Lead APQP for product development and new product introduction using AS9145.
• Manage supplier quality performance, qualification, monitoring, and purchased-material compliance.
• Develop quality structures, metrics, statistical analysis, resource plans, and continuous-improvement programs.
• Train employees in root-cause analysis and problem-solving methods, and drive corrective actions.
• Resolve customer complaints and field reliability issues, coordinate failure analysis, and ensure hardware inspection and supplier-quality improvements.

Requirements

• 2–5 years of quality assurance experience in defense, space electronics, or high-end aerospace, including management or quality-supervisor experience.
• Experience with APQP in high-reliability product development or new product introduction.
• Experience with DCMA and DLA.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or Chemistry.
• Only US Persons will be considered where access to controlled data or information is required; ITAR and government security eligibility requirements apply.
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment and use required personal protective equipment.

Nice to have

• Experience with IPC-610 Class 3, IPC J-STD-001, and MIL-PRF-38534 hybrid electronics.
• Experience with APQP tools, including process flow diagrams, FMEA, control plans, MSA, process capability, and SPC.
• AS9100 auditor experience or ASQ CQM/CQE certification.
• Lean and Six Sigma experience.
• Automotive quality experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance starting the first day of the month.
• 15 days of paid time off accrued from the first day and 12 paid holidays annually.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Education reimbursement available after six months of employment.
• Lean manufacturing environment focused on operational excellence and world-class processes.