Lead QA Manager - Nuclear Quality & Compliance

Curtiss-Wright Corporation; Brea, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

401K with Employer Match and Profit Sh

Health and Wellness Benefits

Learning and Development Opportunities

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Curtiss-Wright Corporation seeks an experienced Quality Assurance Manager to lead QA across engineering, manufacturing, projects, and customer activities at our Brea, CA site.

You will guide QA engineers, oversee project-specific quality, and ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, contractual, and company requirements. Strong leadership, audits experience, and regulatory know-how are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Quality, Manufacturing, or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years in quality assurance management in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience with audits, nonconformance, corrective actions, root-cause analysis, and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop the QA engineering and project quality organization.
• Assign QA resources to projects and company initiatives.
• Provide QA leadership from contract review through manufacturing, testing, and delivery.
• Ensure project quality requirements are identified and implemented.
• Interface with Project Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales, and customers on quality matters.
• Monitor project quality performance, nonconformances, corrective actions, and metrics.
• Ensure QA personnel are trained and qualified.
• Promote a quality culture based on prevention, accountability, continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Quality Assurance

Audits

Root cause analysis

Regulatory compliance

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Quality/Manufacturing or related technical discipline

Job description

Curtiss-Wright Corporation seeks an experienced Quality Assurance Manager to lead QA across engineering, manufacturing, projects, and customer activities at our Brea, CA site.

You will guide QA engineers, oversee project-specific quality, and ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, contractual, and company requirements. Strong leadership, audits experience, and regulatory know-how are essential.