Senior Quality Assurance Manager

The Green Recruitment Company; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Green Recruitment Company is seeking a Sr Quality Manager for a growing solar module manufacturer in the United States. You will lead plant quality, strengthen the QMS and ensure consistent product performance as manufacturing scales.

Responsibilities include overseeing incoming materials, processes and finished modules, establishing KPIs, driving CAPA, and coordinating with production and engineering teams to resolve quality issues and sustain continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of manufacturing quality experience in high-volume settings.
• Leading a plant or production quality function and managing a team.
• Strong knowledge of QMS, ISO 9001, CAPA, RCA, 8D, SPC and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality management across incoming materials, production processes and finished solar modules.
• Own and improve the site Quality Management System, including procedures, audits, documentation and compliance.
• Establish quality standards, inspection plans and KPIs for defects, yield, FPY, scrap and customer quality.
• Lead non-conformance management, root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions.
• Collaborate with Production, Process Engineering and Equipment teams to improve manufacturing consistency.
• Manage customer complaints, quality investigations and technical responses with timely closure.
• Support supplier quality management, incoming material qualification and supplier CAPA.
• Lead and develop the plant quality team of engineers, supervisors and inspectors.
• Support audits and maintain compliance with solar manufacturing and quality standards.

Skills

Quality management

ISO 9001

CAPA

RCA

8D

SPC

Continuous improvement

Data-driven quality

Audits

Supplier quality management

Customer quality

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing or related technical discipline

Job description

Our client is a growing solar module manufacturer expanding its U.S. production operations. They are looking for a Sr Quality Manager to lead plant quality, strengthen the QMS and ensure consistent product performance as manufacturing scales.

Responsibility

• Lead overall quality management across incoming materials, production processes and finished solar modules.
• Own and continuously improve the site Quality Management System, including procedures, audits, documentation and compliance.
• Establish quality standards, inspection plans and KPIs covering defects, yield, FPY, scrap and customer quality performance.
• Lead non-conformance management, root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions for manufacturing and product quality issues.
• Work closely with Production, Process Engineering and Equipment teams to resolve recurring quality issues and improve manufacturing consistency.
• Manage customer complaints, quality investigations and technical responses, ensuring timely closure and effective corrective actions.
• Support supplier quality management, incoming material qualification and supplier corrective actions.
• Lead and develop the plant quality team, including engineers, supervisors and inspectors.
• Support internal, customer and third-party audits and maintain compliance with applicable solar manufacturing and quality standards.

Qualification

• 7+ years of manufacturing quality experience, ideally within solar, semiconductor, battery, electronics or other high-volume advanced manufacturing.
• Previous experience leading a plant or production quality function and managing a quality team.
• Strong knowledge of QMS, ISO 9001, CAPA, RCA, 8D, SPC and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Proven experience managing incoming, in-process and finished-product quality.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, process controls and data-driven quality improvement.
• Experience handling customer quality issues, audits and supplier quality management.
• Solar module manufacturing experience and familiarity with relevant IEC/UL product standards would be highly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing or a related technical discipline.