Quality Manager

Kforce has an enterprise client that is seeking a Quality Manager in Wilmington, MA. Summary: The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and scaling manufacturing test systems for complex electromechanical products - including hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, in-line functional test, and parametric data collection. You should have a track record of standing up test operations from scratch, driving multi-generational test strategy across product iterations, and influencing product architecture decisions to improve testability. This role demands strategic thinking, deep technical credibility, and the ability to align cross-functional teams - engineering, validation, software, manufacturing, and quality - around a unified test philosophy that scales. Key Job Responsibilities:

• Define and own the end-to-end manufacturing test strategy - what gets tested, where (in-line vs. EoL vs. sampling), and how - across build iterations from prototype through volume production; Set the multi-generational test roadmap and investment plan
• Serve as the test voice in design trades - influence product architecture, interface design, and tolerance strategy to improve testability; Drive design-for-test (DFT) considerations upstream as a co-designer, not just a reviewer
• Create clarity from ambiguity: establish test frameworks, standards, and decision criteria that guide the broader engineering team
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline
• 10+ years of manufacturing test engineering experience for electromechanical or robotic products, including experience spanning both NPI/prototype and high-volume production environments
• Experience owning manufacturing test strategy for a new product introduction (NPI) from concept through volume production
• Hands-on experience developing and deploying in-line and end-of-line functional test systems, including test sequence creation, pass/fail criteria definition, and parametric/SPC data collection
• Demonstrated experience architecting test data pipelines for dashboarding and analytics - structured data formats, schemas, and traceability frameworks designed for consumption, not just storage
• Proficiency in test software/frameworks (e.g., LabVIEW, NI TestStand, Python-based test automation or custom solutions) and DAQ/instrumentation specification
• Demonstrated ability to create clarity from ambiguity - defining test strategy, frameworks, and decision criteria for cross-functional teams
• Ability to influence at a senior level across engineering, validation, quality, and manufacturing leadership