Director, Quality (Aerospace)

Location: 100% onsite in Columbus, Mississippi, United States, except for approximately 15% domestic and international travel.

Company

hirify.global Helicopters manufactures UH-72A Lakota helicopters for the U.S. Army and H-125 aircraft for civil and commercial customers at its Columbus manufacturing and assembly site.

What you will do

• Lead the site-level Quality Management System and embed strategic quality objectives into business planning with the Executive Committee.
• Maintain and expand compliance with FAA, EASA, TCCA, and AS9100 requirements, certifications, and qualified personnel standards.
• Supervise inspections across supply chain, logistics, receiving, assembly, quality gates, component repair, and final aircraft conformity.
• Identify and eliminate operational and airworthiness risks, quality escapes, manufacturing anomalies, and recurrence through RCCA, PPS, and PDCA.
• Manage and develop 3–5 exempt supervisors or engineers and 10–25 non-exempt inspectors, including staffing, evaluation, and technical competence.
• Lead SQCDP metrics, quality budgets, audits, hirify.global standards harmonization, NPI support, Lean and Kaizen initiatives, production-flow coordination, and technical training.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Aviation, Industrial Engineering, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience of 4 years.
• 10+ years of Aerospace, Aviation Industry, Military, or Quality experience and 3+ years in a civilian or military leadership role.
• Ability to support repair station, manufacturing, composites, electrical or avionics backshop, warehousing or logistics, dynamic component repair, blades, and tail boom functions.
• Knowledge of FAA Regulations 14 CFR Parts 21, 43, and 145, including related Transport Canada and EASA sections.
• Knowledge of AS9100 Quality Requirements and Systems.
• Knowledge of aircraft design, maintenance, manufacturing processes, and build cycles.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Onbase, Orion eTechPub, Adobe Acrobat, SAP, Smartsheet, G Suite, OCE, ARAS, Bflow, and T.I.P.I.
• Must be a US Person under the ITAR definition: a U.S. citizen, green card holder, or person covered under an existing ITAR license.
• Must be able to work onsite in Columbus, Mississippi and meet the listed physical, production-floor, PPE, and travel requirements.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Aerospace, Aviation, Industrial Engineering, Engineering, or a related field.
• 12 years of Aerospace, Aviation Industry, Military, or Quality experience.
• A&P License.
• ASQ or CMQ certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Direct-hire employment with competitive base salary and incentive compensation, potentially including profit sharing.
• Retirement savings plan and participation in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
• Paid personal time, holidays, and parental leave.
• Medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental insurance coverage.
• Leadership University, more than 10,000 e-learning courses, certification opportunities, and national and international mobility programs.
• Equal employment opportunity and a workplace focused on integrity, psychological safety, and a “First Time Right” mindset.

Hiring process

• A full job description is provided to candidates who progress to the interview stage or upon request.