Aerospace Quality & Compliance Leader — Multi‑Site

Confidential Careers; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Careers seeks a Quality Compliance Manager to lead the Compliance Engineering team at a multi-site aerospace manufacturing site in California and Ohio. You will own the QMS, drive audit readiness, and ensure compliance with AS9100D, ISO 9001:2015, and government regulations while mentoring Quality Engineers and partnering with Operations and Engineering.

Travel up to 25% and a hands-on, practical leadership style are required to improve quality metrics, lead audits, and advance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in regulated manufacturing quality roles.
• 5+ years leading Quality/Compliance engineers.
• Experience with ISO 9001 or AS9100 quality systems.
• Government audit experience preferred.
• Lean, Six Sigma, or AS9100/ISO 9001 Lead Auditor certification preferred.
• Multi-site quality systems leadership preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the daily operations of the Compliance Engineering team.
• Coach and develop Quality and Compliance Engineers through clear expectations, technical guidance, and career development.
• Own and continuously improve the site’s QMS to meet AS9100D, ISO 9001:2015, customer requirements, and applicable government regulations.
• Lead internal, customer, certification, and government audits, including DCMA audits and Production Process Baseline assessments.
• Manage Government, Customer, and Internal Corrective Action Requests.
• Lead root cause investigations and strengthen corrective and preventive action processes.
• Partner with Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, Supplier Quality, Quality Inspection, and Program Management to resolve quality and compliance issues.
• Establish quality performance metrics and lead Management Review activities.
• Improve audit readiness and operational performance through Lean practices, digital quality tools, automation, and analytics.

Skills

Quality leadership

Audit readiness

Root cause analysis

Lean manufacturing

Cross-functional collaboration

Program management

Multi-site leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Job description

Confidential Careers seeks a Quality Compliance Manager to lead the Compliance Engineering team at a multi-site aerospace manufacturing site in California and Ohio. You will own the QMS, drive audit readiness, and ensure compliance with AS9100D, ISO 9001:2015, and government regulations while mentoring Quality Engineers and partnering with Operations and Engineering.

Travel up to 25% and a hands-on, practical leadership style are required to improve quality metrics, lead audits, and advance