Quality Systems Lead: AS9100 & AQAP

Precision Labs; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI seeks a Quality Systems Manager to lead the enterprise QMS, ensuring AS9100 and AQAP compliance across development, production, and fielded products. You will partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Program Management to maintain a scalable quality system for international defense customers.

You will own audits, corrective actions, and continuous improvement, establishing document control, quality records, and traceability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering/quality discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in Quality, Quality Assurance, Quality Systems, Compliance, or Product Assurance.
• 3+ years of leadership experience in Quality Systems, Quality Assurance, Compliance, or related function.
• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, or maintaining an AS9100 Quality Management System.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve the enterprise QMS, ensuring compliance with AS9100 and applicable AQAP, customer, contractual, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead the assessment, gap closure, implementation, and certification readiness activities required to support AQAP 2110.
• Develop and maintain a single integrated QMS that supports multiple programs, customers, and applicable international defense requirements.
• Own the internal audit program, including audit planning, auditor qualification, findings, corrective actions, and effectiveness verification.
• Lead preparation for AS9100, AQAP, customer, government, and third-party audits and assessments.
• Own enterprise corrective action and continuous improvement processes, ensuring systemic issues are effectively identified, corrected, and prevented from recurring.

Skills

Leadership

Quality Systems

Auditing

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Operations

Tools

AS9100 Lead Auditor

Job description

Shield AI seeks a Quality Systems Manager to lead the enterprise QMS, ensuring AS9100 and AQAP compliance across development, production, and fielded products. You will partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Program Management to maintain a scalable quality system for international defense customers.

You will own audits, corrective actions, and continuous improvement, establishing document control, quality records, and traceability.