Quality Manager (Greater Seattle Area)

Job Title: Quality Manager

Location: Greater Seattle Area, WA

Pay Range: $80,000 - $120,000 DOE

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability options, PTO, Holidays, Sick Leave, tuition reimbursement, commuter stipends & wellness allowances

Employment Type: Full-Time Direct Hire

An established precision aerospace and defense manufacturer in Greater Seattle Area is hiring a Quality Manager to lead quality operations and an established team of inspectors. This is a hands-on leadership role with real ownership — you will set the standard for how quality runs at a company producing parts for some of the most demanding programs in aerospace and defense. The role is responsible for ensuring products, processes, and documentation conform to AS9100D and applicable customer specifications, while driving continuous improvement.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain and continuously improve the AS9100D-certified Quality Management System, including internal audits, management review, and corrective/preventive action (CAPA) processes
• Serve as primary liaison with the AS9100 registrar/certification body and lead or coordinate external audits and surveillance visits
• Oversee incoming, in-process, and final inspection activities, including First Article Inspections (FAI) per AS9102
• Develop, review, and approve inspection plans, quality procedures, work instructions, and control plans
• Review and interpret customer purchase order requirements, drawings, and specifications for quality/inspection flow-downs (including special process and ITAR/export control requirements where applicable)
• Investigate nonconformances, customer complaints, and returns; lead root cause analysis (e.g., 8D, 5-Why, fishbone) and drive corrective action to closure
• Manage the calibration program for gages, inspection, and test equipment
• Maintain material and process traceability records, Certificates of Conformance, and device/part history records as required by customer or contract
• Track, analyze, and report quality metrics (scrap rate, on-time delivery quality, audit findings, cost of quality) to leadership
• Prepares weekly Team Meetings to report performance metrics, FOD issues, safety alerts, and QMS information to all employees
• Supervise, train, mentor, and evaluate quality department staff (inspectors, QA technicians), serving as an escalation path when needed
• Support engineering and production in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), PPAP-style qualification, and new part introduction/first-run activities
• Coordinate supplier quality activities, including supplier corrective action requests (SCARs) and approved supplier list maintenance
• Lead or participate in continuous improvement initiatives (Lean, Six Sigma, 5S) affecting quality and process capability
• Maintain document control and records retention in accordance with AS9100D and customer/contractual requirements
• Prepare for and support customer quality audits and on-site visits
• Exposure to CAD software and capable of creating basic drawings

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Manufacturing, or a related technical field
• 5+ years of progressive quality experience including 2+ years in a supervisory or managerial capacity
• Hands-on mechanical inspection experience
• Proficiency with GD&T and blueprint reading
• Experience with CMM and standard inspection equipment (calipers, micrometers, height gauges)
• Aerospace or defense manufacturing background, highly preferred
• Working knowledge of AS9100D and ISO 9001
• Statistical process control (SPC) and root cause/corrective action methodologies
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to interface with customers and auditors

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