Quality Manager

Title: Quality Manager – Supplier & Contract Manufacturing Quality Location: San Jose, CA My AMAZING client is seeking a Quality Manager who brings supplier quality and contract manufacturing experience. The Quality Managerwill lead supplier and contract manufacturing quality activities across a global manufacturing environment. This individual will serve as the primary quality liaison between internal teams, suppliers, contract manufacturers, and customers to ensure products consistently meet performance, reliability, and quality expectations. This is a highly visible role requiring strong leadership, sound judgment, and the ability to build effective partnerships with contract manufacturing organizations while driving continuous improvement and customer satisfaction. Key Responsibilities Lead supplier and contract manufacturer quality programs and performance management. Establish and maintain quality standards, specifications, inspection methods, and product acceptance criteria. Identify and mitigate product quality risks across manufacturing, packaging, handling, and distribution. Drive root cause investigations and corrective actions using CAPA, 8D, FMEA, SPC, and other quality methodologies. Conduct supplier assessments, audits, and performance reviews while ensuring compliance with quality requirements. Partner closely with Engineering, Product Management, Operations, Supply Chain, and Customer-facing teams. Monitor quality KPIs and implement data-driven improvement initiatives. Support customer audits, supplier audits, NPI activities, and production qualification efforts. Provide leadership, coaching, and guidance to quality engineers and cross-functional teams. Qualifications Required Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline. 7+ years of Quality Engineering and/or Quality Management experience in a manufacturing environment. Strong supplier quality and contract manufacturing experience. Working knowledge of ISO 9001 and quality management systems. Experience leading root cause investigations, corrective actions, supplier audits, and quality improvement initiatives. Proficiency with quality tools including CAPA, 8D, FMEA, and SPC. Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills. Preferred Experience within electronics, telecommunications, fiber optics, data center technologies, optical products, or electromechanical manufacturing. ASQ Certifications (CQE, CQA, CMQ/OE). Experience supporting customer audits, supplier audits, NPI, and production qualification activities. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable: The California Fair Chance Act Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers #J-18808-Ljbffr