Director of Quality

Round-Peg Solutions (RPS); Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading space technology company in California is seeking a Director of Quality Engineering to establish and enhance quality standards for flight hardware. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Engineering, extensive experience in quality engineering, and a successful track record in optimizing Quality Management Systems. This role involves defining methodologies, leading quality initiatives, and collaborating across engineering and production teams. Join a pioneering environment that influences the future of space mobility.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in implementing and maintaining AS9100-aligned processes.
• Ability to define and implement quality methodologies across manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement quality methodologies across the full manufacturing lifecycle.
• Lead cross-functional quality improvement initiatives across engineering, production, and supply chain.

Skills

Extensive experience in manufacturing quality or reliability engineering

Demonstrated success building or optimising Quality Management Systems

Strong leadership and communication skills

Education

Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Job description

Are you a quality leader ready to define and elevate the standards for flight hardware in a fast-moving space environment? Do you thrive on building robust quality systems that enable rapid production without compromising reliability? Are you motivated by collaborating across propulsion, vehicle, and avionics teams to deliver mission-ready hardware?

If so, this could be your next defining leadership opportunity.

This organisation is shaping the future of in-space mobility, developing advanced propulsion and transfer technologies that dramatically accelerate post-launch payload movement. By reducing mission timelines from months to days, their scalable and cost-effective solutions are transforming access to high-energy orbits. Backed by world-class technical leadership, the business partners with major space agencies to deliver next-generation space logistics capabilities.

Reporting into senior leadership, the Director of Quality Engineering will define and own quality standards across all flight hardware programmes. You will design, implement, and continuously enhance quality systems that balance speed, reliability, and certification readiness across manufacturing and supply chain operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement quality methodologies across the full manufacturing lifecycle
• Establish systems to identify, track, and resolve quality issues while driving reliability improvements
• Lead cross-functional quality improvement initiatives across engineering, production, and supply chain
• Oversee non-conformance management and root cause resolution
• Develop and maintain manufacturing quality standards, inspection processes, and compliance frameworks

What You Will Bring

• Degree in Engineering or related technical discipline
• Extensive experience in manufacturing quality or reliability engineering
• Demonstrated success building or optimising Quality Management Systems
• Hands-on experience implementing and maintaining AS9100-aligned processes
• Strong leadership and communication skills across technical and production teams

As Director of Quality Engineering, you will operate at the heart of pioneering space missions, shaping the quality frameworks that enable faster deployment cycles, scalable vehicle platforms, and sustained mission performance. This environment rewards technical depth, accountability, and pragmatic problem-solving in support of cutting-edge space mobility programmes.

All successful applicants will be contacted within two working days.