Quality Manager

Space Tango is an innovative space technology small business based in Lexington, Ky. Space Tango's mission is to manufacture health and technology products in space that create value and transformational solutions. Space Tango provides space-based automated facilities and payloads to support research and development and small-scale manufacturing needs of our partners and customers in the Low Earth Orbit environment and beyond. As a leader in automated systems, Space Tango pursues pathways to on-orbit production. Our vision is to inspire, innovate, and create a better future for humanity by utilizing the environment of space.

The Quality Manager will lead the development, implementation, and ongoing management of a comprehensive quality management system supporting our engineering, science, custom hardware development, integration, testing, and mission services.

The ideal candidate combines experience establishing quality systems with a hands-on approach to implementation. This role will help teams incorporate quality into daily work, provide clear expectations and training, and hold teams accountable for meeting established requirements.

This is an on-site position in Lexington, Kentucky. Travel will be required for launches, partner integrations, and mission support.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess existing quality practices and lead the development, implementation, and ongoing improvement of a comprehensive quality management system.
• Develop practical policies, procedures, and documentation controls that incorporate applicable industry, customer, and contractual requirements.
• Partner with project teams to establish quality plans, reviews, inspection and test requirements, traceability, and acceptance criteria appropriate to each project’s scope and risk.
• Lead nonconformance management, root cause investigations, and corrective actions, ensuring issues are resolved before affected work proceeds or deliverables are released.
• Oversee supplier quality, inspection practices, and applicable handling and contamination controls.
• Train employees, integrate quality practices into daily work, and hold teams accountable for following established requirements.
• Lead audits, monitor quality performance, and report risks and improvement priorities to leadership.
• Implement and improve digital quality workflows using Epsilon3 or comparable software and ensure consistent adoption across teams.