Director of Quality — Aerospace & Defense

Telemetry Today LLC; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 175,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare, Dental, Vision insurance

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) retirement plan

Disability benefits

FSA

Job summary

Red 6 is an innovative AR technology startup expanding a robust, auditable quality system for aerospace/defense applications. The Director of Quality will embed quality planning into product development, strengthen manufacturing readiness, and drive evidence-based decisions across Engineering, Operations, and suppliers.

The role leads AS9100 and ISO 45001 maturity, APQP, and production readiness, with a focus on preventing defects and ensuring compliant, traceable material and records.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a technical field with aerospace/defense quality emphasis.
• Progressive aerospace quality leadership, establishing AS9100 QMS and audits.
• Experience moving prototypes to qualified production with APQP and AS9145.
• Influence senior leaders, facilitate risk-based decisions, and drive cross-functional quality.
• Experience with customer and supplier quality requirements and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise Quality strategy and scale QMS to product maturity and volume.
• Maintain AS9100 readiness, lead audits, CAPA, and management reviews.
• Mature ISO 45001 with safety leadership in coordination with operations.
• Apply APQP disciplines, PFMEA, control plans, and production readiness reviews.
• Integrate quality into design inputs, verification, validation, and release criteria.
• Establish document controls, traceability, NC handling, and calibration systems.
• Develop supplier qualification and scorecards with corrective actions.
• Partner with Engineering/Operations to improve quality, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Improve data integrity across Windchill, MES, and ERP systems for audits.
• Lead customer quality engagements, audits, and defense/aerospace coordination.
• Lead a collaborative quality culture with clear roles and measurable outcomes.

Skills

AS9100 Quality Management

APQP

AS9145

First Article Inspection

Supplier Quality

Risk Based Thinking

Influence Leadership

Audits & CAPA

Windchill

Epsilon3

Unanet

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline

Tools

Windchill

Epsilon3

Unanet

Job description

Red 6 is an innovative AR technology startup expanding a robust, auditable quality system for aerospace/defense applications. The Director of Quality will embed quality planning into product development, strengthen manufacturing readiness, and drive evidence-based decisions across Engineering, Operations, and suppliers.

The role leads AS9100 and ISO 45001 maturity, APQP, and production readiness, with a focus on preventing defects and ensuring compliant, traceable material and records.