Senior Director, Quality – Industrials

Location: Newburyport, MA, United States

Annual base salary: $225,000–$309,000, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops and operates digitally integrated laser metal additive manufacturing and precision machining capabilities for aerospace, defense, medical, industrial, and energy applications.

What you will do

• Build and lead the Quality organization supporting the Industrials & Energy business, including recruiting, developing, and structuring the team.
• Assess and improve Quality processes and resources for scalability, effectiveness, cost, and accountability.
• Develop risk-based qualification, inspection, measurement, traceability, documentation, and product release controls.
• Partner with Product Development and Manufacturing Engineering to embed Quality requirements into new products and transition processes into production.
• Establish Quality approaches for additive and advanced metal manufacturing, including process qualification, testing, and production controls.
• Define scalable Quality systems, metrics, infrastructure, and operating mechanisms across potential future manufacturing sites.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive Quality leadership experience in advanced, regulated, or high-performance manufacturing.
• Experience building or scaling Quality organizations and developing Quality strategies for new products, processes, sites, or rapidly growing businesses.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing Quality systems, process qualification, inspection, measurement systems, root cause analysis, corrective action, and continuous improvement.
• Experience partnering with Product Development, Manufacturing Engineering, and Operations to transition products and processes into production.
• Ability to balance Quality, cost, schedule, manufacturing performance, customer commitments, and business objectives.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials Science, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline; an advanced degree is preferred.

Nice to have

• Metal additive manufacturing or other advanced manufacturing experience.
• Aerospace and defense customer experience and familiarity with government or contractual requirements.
• Experience establishing Quality organizations across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Experience qualifying complex metal components and manufacturing processes.
• Six Sigma, ASQ, or another relevant Quality certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive culture centered on ownership, accountability, curiosity, and continuous learning.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Generous paid time off.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Competitive equity package.