Quality Manager

Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing Inc; California (MO); On-site; USD 145,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical insurance

401(k) plan with company match

9/80 work schedule where applicable

Paid volunteering time

Employee discounts

Job summary

Ontic Engineering and Manufacturing Inc. Chatsworth, CA is seeking a senior Quality Manager to lead the site Quality system, oversee inspections, MRB activities and audits, and develop a high-performing Quality team.

You will translate customer and regulatory requirements into effective processes and drive continuous improvement across the site. You will report to the Director of Quality and shape a culture of quality compliance, ensuring readiness for surveillance and sustaining product

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Quality experience within an aerospace, electronics or manufacturing environment, including leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of CFR 21, CFR 145, AS9100 and AS9110 requirements, along with applicable customer and government quality requirements.
• Experience managing Quality Systems and activities including inspections, Material Review Board, return material, First Article Inspection and corrective action.
• Experience leading customer, regulatory and internal audits and maintaining organisational audit readiness.
• Demonstrated capability in structured problem solving and root cause analysis.
• Strong communication, influencing, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills, together with experience coaching and developing Quality professionals.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate site Quality activities across new, overhauled and production products, including inspection, quality planning, First Article Inspection and root cause and corrective action.
• Maintain the effectiveness and integrity of the Quality System, including applicable quality manuals, procedures and guidance.
• Lead Source and Receiving Inspection, return material investigations, Material Review Board quality analysis and Quality support for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul activities.
• Ensure customer, licensor, regulatory and government quality requirements are effectively implemented and maintained across products and processes.
• Support internal and external audits and maintain site readiness for customer and regulatory surveillance.
• Monitor Quality performance measures, including cost of poor quality and process turnaround times, using trends and data to prioritise improvement activity.
• Lead and develop your team through clear objectives, performance management, coaching and capability development.

Skills

Leadership experience

Quality systems knowledge

Audits (customer, regulatory)

Root cause analysis

Communication & stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you'll enjoy a career with us! Quality Manager Chatsworth - California, USA | Regular, Full-Time | 9/80 Work Schedule

About Ontic Chatsworth

Our 114,000 sq ft Chatsworth facility in Los Angeles specializes in electronic and electro-mechanical aerospace products, supporting critical systems including airborne radar, cabin and cockpit lighting, flight controls, engine and environmental controls and pilot controls. Behind those products is a team solving complex technical and operational challenges every day. With specialist manufacturing and testing capabilities on site, Chatsworth combines decades of aerospace expertise with the opportunity to keep improving how we deliver for our customers.

Join the team and your work will contribute directly to the reliability and availability of systems used across civil and military aviation around the world.

The opportunity

As Quality Manager at Ontic, you'll lead the people, systems and activities that help ensure our products, processes and repair operations consistently meet customer, regulatory and company requirements. Reporting to the Director of Quality, you'll have an important role in maintaining the integrity and effectiveness of our Quality System while building a strong culture of quality and compliance across the site.

You'll oversee a broad range of Quality activities, including inspection, Material Review Board activity, quality planning, audits and corrective action. You'll also act as a key interface with customers and regulatory bodies, helping ensure the site remains ready for surveillance and that requirements are effectively translated into our products and processes. Just as importantly, you'll lead and develop the Quality team itself. Through clear expectations, coaching and capability development, you'll help your people succeed while using performance data and structured problem solving to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

What you'll be doing

Lead and coordinate site Quality activities across new, overhauled and production products, including inspection, quality planning, First Article Inspection and root cause and corrective action. Maintain the effectiveness and integrity of the Quality System, including applicable quality manuals, procedures and guidance. Lead Source and Receiving Inspection, return material investigations, Material Review Board quality analysis and Quality support for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul activities. Ensure customer, licensor, regulatory and government quality requirements are effectively implemented and maintained across products and processes. Support internal and external audits and maintain site readiness for customer and regulatory surveillance. Monitor Quality performance measures, including cost of poor quality and process turnaround times, using trends and data to prioritise improvement activity. Lead and develop your team through clear objectives, performance management, coaching and capability development.

What you'll bring

10+ years of Quality experience within an aerospace, electronics or manufacturing environment, including leadership experience. Strong knowledge of CFR 21, CFR 145, AS9100 and AS9110 requirements, along with applicable customer and government quality requirements. Experience managing Quality Systems and activities including inspections, Material Review Board, return material, First Article Inspection and corrective action. Experience leading customer, regulatory and internal audits and maintaining organisational audit readiness. Demonstrated capability in structured problem solving and root cause analysis. Strong communication, influencing, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills, together with experience coaching and developing Quality professionals. A bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience; relevant industry Quality certifications would be advantageous.

Why Ontic?

At Ontic, we're specialists in keeping critical aircraft flying. Our work supports civil and military aviation around the world, giving established aircraft products the long-term support they need to remain safe, reliable and available. But it's our people who make that possible. We're a growing, global team where you're trusted to take ownership, encouraged to challenge how things have always been done and supported to develop your career as our business grows. We believe in embracing the challenge - working together to solve complex problems and create opportunities for our customers, our business and each other.

Benefits at Ontic

At Ontic, we're committed to supporting our people to thrive - at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to support your wellbeing, development and financial security, while giving everyone the opportunity to share in our success.

• Goal Share bonus program - everyone at Ontic is automatically enrolled, giving us all the opportunity to share in our success
• Paid volunteering time - giving you time to support a cause or community that matters to you
• 24/7 wellbeing support - confidential support available through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee discounts - access to discounts and offers across a range of retailers and services
• Learning and development - opportunities to build your skills, develop your career and grow with Ontic
• Employee referral program - rewarding you for introducing great people to Team Ontic
• Comprehensive medical insurance
• Competitive PTO, holiday pay and sick leave
• 401(k) plan - with up to 4% company match
• 9/80 work schedule - where applicable

Compensation

Pay Range $145,000 - $165,000/year, based on experience

Ready to embrace the challenge? If this sounds like the kind of opportunity where you could make an impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Ontic Engineering and Manufacturing Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person ” as defined by 22. C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee. Ontic is a leading manufacturer to the world’s civil and military aircraft. By becoming the OEM to critical parts others originally developed, we provide continuity, availability and longevity to our customers’ fleets, supporting them for a lifetime of flight. Through our in-house manufacturing and engineering, MRO, spares, and AOG support, we ensure certified, safety-critical components remain available, compliant, and reliable across the full operational life of the aircraft we support. We use our expertise and experience to reduce supply chain risk, improve production outputs and deliver for our customers, so they can keep their aircraft flying now and in the future.