Associate Director R&D Quality Engineering

Skills

About the Role

You will lead R&D quality engineering across prototype builds, suppliers, production, and quality systems. You will establish quality controls, manage investigations and corrective actions, build traceability and analytics, develop quality engineers, and communicate quality risks.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Quality Engineering or related field or equivalent experience
• 12+ years of progressive quality engineering experience in complex hardware environments
• 5+ years leading quality teams through NPI prototype or low-volume production
• Structured problem solving using 8D DMAIC or equivalent
• GD&T
• Measurement systems analysis
• Process capability
• First-article inspection
• Process validation
• Supplier quality program experience
• Quality data systems traceability genealogy and MES-based defect management
• Executive communication
• Eligibility to work in the United States

Responsibilities

• Define and execute R&D quality strategy
• Establish quality gates and acceptance criteria across build stages
• Track escape metrics and drive systemic fixes
• Advise leadership on quality risk in rate decisions
• Own the 8D program and corrective-action closure
• Lead cross-functional root-cause investigations
• Own first-article inspection and process validation for critical purchased parts
• Qualify suppliers and drive supplier corrective actions
• Develop incoming inspection strategies
• Own serial and revision traceability across builds
• Build defect capture disposition and analytics workflows
• Establish process-validation standards
• Provide quality status in program reviews and executive forums
• Build develop and retain the quality engineering team
• Coach engineering and operations teams on quality methods

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Annual bonus structure