Aerospace Quality Director: Scalable AS9100 QMS

Red 6; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 175,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare, Dental, Vision

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) retirement plan

Discretionary bonus potential

Job summary

Red 6 Aerospace, Inc. seeks a hands-on Director of Quality to scale the QMS for aerospace product development and production in Denver. You will embed quality planning, drive supplier readiness, and create auditable processes across Engineering, Operations, Programs, and the supplier base.

You will lead AS9100 and ISO 45001 maturation, APQP deployment, and design- and production-release practices, ensuring compliant, repeatable outcomes for defense and aerospace programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Significant progressive aerospace or defense quality leadership experience, including building or scaling an AS9100 QMS and leading certification or surveillance audits.
• Demonstrated success moving products from prototype or development environments into qualified, controlled, repeatable production.
• Working knowledge of APQP per AS9145, AS9102 first article inspection, supplier quality, configuration management, CAPA, and risk based process control.
• Ability to influence senior technical leaders without defaulting to authority or unnecessary bureaucracy. Strong facilitation, coaching, and conflict resolution skills.
• Experience with customer and supplier quality requirements, quality metrics, and cross functional improvement programs.
• Ability to work on site in Denver and travel periodically to suppliers and other Red 6 locations.
• Must be US Citizen to have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise Quality strategy and roadmap, scaling the QMS to match product maturity, production volume, and customer commitments.
• Maintain and continuously improve AS9100 certification and audit readiness. Lead management reviews, internal audits, corrective action effectiveness, risk based thinking, and process ownership.
• Lead ISO 45001 occupational health and safety management system maturation and certification readiness.
• Deploy APQP disciplines aligned to AS9145 where applicable, including quality planning, process flow, PFMEA, control plans, measurement system analysis, first article inspection, and production readiness reviews.
• Integrate Quality into design inputs, reviews, verification and validation, configuration control, design changes, manufacturing transitions, and product release criteria.
• Establish scalable document and record controls, product pedigree, serial level traceability, inspection and test evidence, nonconformance controls, material review, CAPA, and calibration systems.
• Develop supplier qualification, surveillance, performance scorecards, supplier corrective actions, and risk based oversight of contract manufacturers and critical suppliers.
• Partner with Engineering and Operations to strengthen hardware quality, reliability, manufacturability, process validation, FOD/ESD controls, and handling of nonconforming material.
• Improve the connection between Windchill PLM, Epsilon3 MES, Unanet ERP, and compliance tools to support auditable data across design, build, and delivery.
• Lead customer quality engagement, audits, contractual quality deliverables, and coordination with defense and aerospace stakeholders.

Skills

Influence senior leaders

Facilitation & conflict resolution

Program management

Quality metrics & improvement

On-site collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering/Quality/Manufacturing

Aerospace quality leadership

Tools

Windchill PLM

Epsilon3 MES

Unanet ERP

Job description

Red 6 Aerospace, Inc. seeks a hands-on Director of Quality to scale the QMS for aerospace product development and production in Denver. You will embed quality planning, drive supplier readiness, and create auditable processes across Engineering, Operations, Programs, and the supplier base.

You will lead AS9100 and ISO 45001 maturation, APQP deployment, and design- and production-release practices, ensuring compliant, repeatable outcomes for defense and aerospace programs.