Director, NPDI Quality & Launch Readiness

Panelmatic; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

HSA

401(k) matching

Paid PTO & holidays

Professional development

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Panelmatic, Inc. seeks a Director of NPDI Quality to lead the Quality function within the NPDI process. The role owns quality planning, gate governance, risk assurance, and launch readiness, partnering with Engineering, R&D, Test, and Manufacturing Quality.

This position does not own product development or engineering decisions; it ensures compliance with ISO 9001, performs DFMEA/PFMEA, controls plans, and ensures readiness before handoff to manufacturing. Extensive leadership required.

Qualifications

• NPDI quality leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001/QMS requirements.
• Experience with DFMEA/PFMEA, control plans, DVP&R/verification and validation.
• Ability to manage risk-based decision making in fast-paced manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Establish NPDI quality plans, gates, and deliverables across product families.
• Provide independent quality assessments at each gate with objective evidence.
• Ensure traceability of customer, regulatory, reliability, and critical-to-quality requirements.
• Lead NPDI Quality Engineers and develop cross-functional quality competencies.
• Integrate supplier quality deliverables (PPAP/FAI) into NPDI gates.

Skills

Leadership

Quality governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

ERP

PLM

eQMS

Quality data systems

Job description

Panelmatic, Inc. seeks a Director of NPDI Quality to lead the Quality function within the NPDI process. The role owns quality planning, gate governance, risk assurance, and launch readiness, partnering with Engineering, R&D, Test, and Manufacturing Quality.

This position does not own product development or engineering decisions; it ensures compliance with ISO 9001, performs DFMEA/PFMEA, controls plans, and ensures readiness before handoff to manufacturing. Extensive leadership required.