Quality Assurance Manager in Los Angeles

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Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Quality Assurance Manager to lead Quality operations within an aerospace/defense manufacturing environment. This individual will oversee Quality personnel and processes while ensuring compliance with AS9100 and ISO 9001 requirements, customer specifications, and internal quality standards. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with Quality Management Systems, MRB/nonconformance, corrective actions, audits, and customer/government quality requirements. Experience within electronics, electromechanical assembly, cable/harness, connectors, or related aerospace/defense manufacturing is highly .

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and support the company's AS9100 / ISO 9001 Quality Management System and ensure continued compliance.
• Lead and develop Quality personnel, including Quality Engineers, Inspectors, Technicians, and other Quality functions.
• Manage MRB, NCRs, CAPA, RCCA/8D, root cause investigations, and corrective/preventive actions.
• Lead and support internal, customer, supplier, and certification audits.
• Interface with aerospace/defense customers and government quality representatives/source inspectors regarding quality issues, requirements, audits, and corrective actions.
• Review customer contracts, specifications, drawings, and quality requirements to ensure manufacturing compliance.
• Oversee inspection, calibration/metrology, documentation, and quality-control processes.
• Monitor Quality KPIs including Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ), First Pass Yield (FPY), On-Time Delivery (OTD), defects, escapes, and nonconformance trends.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Operations to resolve quality issues and drive continuous improvement.
• Support supplier quality activities, including supplier corrective actions, audits, and performance improvement.
• Ensure products are manufactured, inspected, tested, documented, and released in accordance with customer and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and implement training, procedures, and process improvements to strengthen overall Quality performance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Quality experience within aerospace, defense, space, electronics, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Previous Quality leadership, supervisory, lead, or management experience.
• Strong working knowledge of AS9100 and ISO 9001 requirements.
• Hands-on experience with MRB, NCRs, CAPA, RCCA, 8D, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Experience supporting internal, external, customer, and/or supplier audits.
• Experience interfacing with aerospace/defense customers and government quality representatives strongly .
• Knowledge of engineering drawings, manufacturing documentation, inspection processes, and product acceptance requirements.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Electronics, or related technical discipline .

Highly

• Electronics/electromechanical manufacturing experience.
• Cable/harness, connector, wiring, or interconnect manufacturing experience.
• IPC-A-610 and/or IPC/WHMA-A-620 knowledge or certification.
• Supplier Quality and supplier audit experience.
• Calibration/metrology program experience.
• Lean Manufacturing / Continuous Improvement experience.
• Experience working with major DoD/aerospace customers and government source inspection.