Quality Systems Manager – Manufacturing

Optimize Technologies Inc.; Oregon City (OR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimize Technologies in Oregon City, Oregon is seeking a Quality Control Systems Manager to lead, maintain, and continuously improve the quality systems that support our manufacturing operations.

This on-site, hands-on role works with manufacturing, engineering, inspection, laboratories, and suppliers to ensure raw materials, components, processes, and finished products meet specifications and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing quality control, quality assurance, or quality systems.
• Experience managing or coordinating a quality system.
• Root cause analysis, corrective action, process improvement, and nonconformance management.
• Ability to interpret product specifications, drawings, inspection requirements, and technical documentation.
• Strong data analysis and interpretation of inspection results.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve quality control and quality assurance policies, procedures, and systems.
• Monitor quality and inspection activities throughout manufacturing, including incoming materials, components, in-process product, and finished goods.
• Review inspection results, test data, production information, and quality trends to identify potential issues.
• Lead investigations involving nonconforming products or processes, including root-cause analysis and CAPA.
• Establish inspection, sampling, testing, acceptance, and documentation requirements.
• Maintain quality documentation, including SOPs, work instructions, specifications, and quality records.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and engineering to identify critical process controls and improve quality and efficiency.
• Support development and review of product specifications and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate product testing and inspection activities and evaluate methods and equipment.
• Support supplier and contractor quality activities, communicating requirements and resolving deficiencies.
• Provide training and guidance to employees regarding inspection methods, procedures, documentation, and quality standards.
• Provide leadership to quality inspectors, technicians, lab personnel, and others in quality activities.
• Communicate quality requirements and concerns clearly to stakeholders.

Skills

Quality systems

Root cause analysis

Statistical analysis

Process improvement

Documentation

Leadership

Cross-functional

Inspection methods

Data analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in quality/engineering

Supervisory/quality-system leadership

Tools

Quality management systems

Statistical analysis tools

SPC

Job description

Optimize Technologies designs and manufactures precision components and fluid-path solutions for HPLC, UHPLC, LC/MS, and analytical instrumentation. Based in Oregon City, Oregon, we serve instrument manufacturers, laboratories, and customers around the world with both standard products and custom-engineered solutions.

About the Role

Optimize Technologies is seeking a Quality Control Systems Manager to lead, maintain, and continuously improve the quality systems that support our manufacturing operations.

This is a hands-on role that works closely with manufacturing, engineering, inspection, laboratory personnel, suppliers, and management. The Quality Control Systems Manager is responsible for ensuring that raw materials, purchased components, manufacturing processes, inspection methods, and finished products meet established specifications, customer requirements, and applicable quality standards.

The right candidate will be comfortable working at both the system and production levels: maintaining effective quality procedures and documentation while also investigating problems, reviewing data, supporting manufacturing, and helping prevent recurring quality issues.

Our goal is a quality system that is rigorous, practical, and supports both product quality and efficient manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve quality control and quality assurance policies, procedures, and systems.
• Monitor quality and inspection activities throughout manufacturing, including incoming materials, purchased components, in-process product, and finished goods.
• Review inspection results, test data, production information, and quality trends to identify potential product or process issues.
• Lead and participate in investigations involving nonconforming products or processes, including root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions.
• Establish appropriate inspection, sampling, testing, acceptance, and documentation requirements.
• Maintain quality documentation, including standard operating procedures, work instructions, specifications, quality records, and other controlled documents.
• Work closely with manufacturing and engineering to identify critical process controls and improve product quality, process capability, consistency, and efficiency.
• Support the development and review of product specifications and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate product testing and inspection activities and evaluate inspection methods, measurement equipment, and quality-control techniques.
• Support supplier and contractor quality activities, including communicating quality requirements and resolving deficiencies.
• Provide training and guidance to employees regarding inspection methods, quality procedures, documentation, and quality standards.
• Provide leadership and direction to quality inspectors, technicians, laboratory personnel, and others involved in quality activities.
• Communicate quality requirements and concerns clearly to manufacturing personnel, management, suppliers, customers, and other applicable parties.

The Quality Control Systems Manager has the authority to stop or place production on hold when significant product quality or compliance concerns are identified.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for someone with practical manufacturing quality experience who can evaluate problems carefully, make sound decisions, and follow issues through resolution.

Successful candidates should have:

• Experience in manufacturing quality control, quality assurance, or quality systems.
• Experience managing, maintaining, or coordinating a quality system.
• Practical experience with root cause analysis, corrective action, process improvement, and nonconformance management.
• Experience interpreting product specifications, drawings, inspection requirements, and technical documentation.
• Working knowledge of inspection, testing, measurement, and quality-control methods.
• Ability to analyze technical, inspection, and manufacturing data and identify meaningful trends.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively across manufacturing, engineering, management, suppliers, and customers.
• Leadership experience and the ability to train, guide, and develop employees.
• Strong judgment, organization, follow-through, and attention to detail.

Education and Experience

A bachelor’s degree in quality, engineering, chemistry, manufacturing, industrial technology, or another related technical field is preferred.

Significant relevant experience in manufacturing, quality control, or quality assurance may be considered in place of the preferred degree.

Previous supervisory or quality-system leadership experience is strongly preferred.

Experience with statistical analysis, quality-management systems, and manufacturing quality tools is beneficial.

Experience in precision manufacturing, engineered components, scientific instrumentation, laboratory products, or another technically demanding manufacturing environment is preferred. Familiarity with chromatography, HPLC, UHPLC, LC/MS, or analytical instrumentation is beneficial but not required.

This is a full-time, on-site position at Optimize Technologies in Oregon City, Oregon.

The role includes work in both office and manufacturing and laboratory environments and requires regular interaction with production employees, technical personnel, management, suppliers, and customers.

Appropriate personal protective equipment is required when working in designated manufacturing or laboratory areas.