Chief Quality Architect for Safe, AI‑Driven Ops

Detector Electronics; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Det-Tronics, a Det-Tronics brand within Detector Electronics, seeks a Head of Quality to define and lead the quality strategy across the organization. You will shape a strong quality function and drive modernization, data-driven decisions, and AI-enabled quality improvements to safeguard safety-critical products.

You will work across supplier, manufacturing and product quality domains, building capability and ensuring compliance with ISO 9001 and regulatory requirements while delivering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, quality, manufacturing or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive quality experience in manufacturing, including at least 5 years leading quality teams.
• Demonstrated leadership across quality management systems and supplier/customer quality issues.
• Experience owning or leading ISO 9001 quality management systems, audits and CAPA processes.
• Proven results in improving first-pass yield, reducing cost of quality and warranty costs.

Responsibilities

• Translate business objectives into a quality strategy, operating plan, budget and priorities.
• Lead, coach and develop the quality team and build succession plans.
• Embed quality into decisions across Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain and Product Management.

Skills

Quality leadership

ISO 9001

Continuous improvement

Lean Six Sigma

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related

10+ years quality experience

5+ years leading quality teams

ISO 9001 knowledge

Root cause analysis and CAPA

Job description

Det-Tronics, a Det-Tronics brand within Detector Electronics, seeks a Head of Quality to define and lead the quality strategy across the organization. You will shape a strong quality function and drive modernization, data-driven decisions, and AI-enabled quality improvements to safeguard safety-critical products.

You will work across supplier, manufacturing and product quality domains, building capability and ensuring compliance with ISO 9001 and regulatory requirements while delivering