Lead Quality Engineer — Aerospace AS9100 & QMS Leader

Socket.dev; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

15 days PTO

10 holidays + year-end shutdown

401K with 4% match

Disability & life insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

Cosmic Shielding seeks a hands-on Lead Quality Engineer to drive AS9100 compliance and quality excellence across design, manufacturing, assembly, inspection, and testing of space hardware in Huntsville.

You will own and advance the Quality Management System, lead root-cause analyses, CAPAs, supplier quality, and audits, partnering with manufacturing, engineering, and programs to ensure reliable, high-reliability products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, or Materials Science.
• 8+ years in progressive quality roles in manufacturing, aerospace, or high-reliability sectors.
• Hands-on AS9100 QMS implementation, audits, and certification experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the company’s AS9100 certification and ongoing certification maintenance, audits, compliance activities, training, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Build, implement, and continuously improve the Quality Management System for scalability and operational excellence.
• Own core quality processes including document control, configuration management, nonconformance management, CAPA, and audit readiness.
• Partner with manufacturing, engineering and programs to embed quality across the product lifecycle.
• Develop and implement quality plans, process controls, acceptance criteria, and manufacturing quality strategies for reliable delivery.
• Lead root cause investigations and continuous improvement to reduce defects and improve yields.
• Establish quality and reliability metrics, reporting systems, and data-driven improvement initiatives.

Skills

Quality leadership

Root cause analysis

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Quality/Materials Science

Tools

AS9100 QMS

Job description

Cosmic Shielding seeks a hands-on Lead Quality Engineer to drive AS9100 compliance and quality excellence across design, manufacturing, assembly, inspection, and testing of space hardware in Huntsville.

You will own and advance the Quality Management System, lead root-cause analyses, CAPAs, supplier quality, and audits, partnering with manufacturing, engineering, and programs to ensure reliable, high-reliability products.