AS9100 Quality Leader & QMS Owner

Talent Match Recruiting; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Top Echelon Software, LLC is seeking a Quality Manager to own the Quality Management System, drive AS9100 compliance, and lead corrective actions across both production and administrative processes.

The role emphasizes proactive quality leadership, audits, PPAPs, and coaching of teams to uphold high quality standards while balancing floor presence with documentation and improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field; three years or more of quality checks and AS9100 audits.
• Hands-on inspection experience and dimensional validation of parts produced.
• Experience leading PPAPs and customer-required quality deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain AS9100 Quality Management System across the organization.
• Lead internal audits and coordinate external audits (customer and registrar).
• Monitor quality performance and address issues impacting product quality in real time.
• Communicate quality performance, risks and significant issues to leadership promptly.
• Perform hands-on inspection of parts to verify quality standards.
• Provide training and coaching for quality awareness on the production floor.
• Lead corrective actions (8D, CARs, SCARs) across departments.
• Serve as primary contact for customer quality issues and responses.
• Oversee supplier quality including corrective actions and on-time delivery.
• Drive improvements in key metrics like returns, scrap and supplier performance.
• Support validation activities such as dimensional inspection and laser scanning.

Skills

QMS ownership

Audits

Corrective actions

On-floor inspections

Training & coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Supplier quality

PPAP & inspections

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Dimensional inspection

Laser scanning

Job description

Top Echelon Software, LLC is seeking a Quality Manager to own the Quality Management System, drive AS9100 compliance, and lead corrective actions across both production and administrative processes.

The role emphasizes proactive quality leadership, audits, PPAPs, and coaching of teams to uphold high quality standards while balancing floor presence with documentation and improvement initiatives.