Senior Quality Manager - Design Assurance

Fusion Recruiters; Hagerstown (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Fusion Recruiters is supporting a global manufacturer in finding a Senior Quality Manager focused on Design Assurance. This role partners with engineering early in new-product development to identify design risks and ensure readiness for manufacturing launch.

The ideal candidate has a BS in engineering, 5+ years in quality/reliability/design, hands-on DFMEA, and strong communication to influence cross-functional teams in complex-product environments. U.S. Person required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of quality, reliability, design or product-development experience.
• Hands-on DFMEA experience.
• New-product development and manufacturing-launch exposure.
• Strong design-risk, verification or validation fundamentals.
• Technical credibility with excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience in heavy equipment, automotive, aerospace, defense, commercial vehicles or another complex-product environment is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Lead or facilitate DFMEA and design-risk activities.
• Integrate quality and reliability into new-product development.
• Support product verification, validation and reliability testing.
• Connect design requirements to PFMEA, control plans and launch readiness.
• Lead structured problem solving using 8D, RCCA or Six Sigma.
• Translate warranty and field-performance information into design improvements.
• Influence engineering, testing, manufacturing and other cross-functional teams.

Skills

DFMEA experience

Quality assurance

New-product development

Manufacturing-launch exposure

Design risk fundamentals

Verifications & validations

Cross-functional influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

DFMEA tools

Job description

Fusion Recruiters is supporting a global manufacturer in its search for a Senior Quality Manager focused on Design Assurance. This position will work upstream in new-product development, partnering with engineering to identify design risks, improve product reliability and ensure new products are ready for successful manufacturing launch.

Key areas of responsibility

• Lead or facilitate DFMEA and design-risk activities
• Integrate quality and reliability into new-product development
• Support product verification, validation and reliability testing
• Connect design requirements to PFMEA, control plans and launch readiness
• Lead structured problem solving using 8D, RCCA or Six Sigma
• Translate warranty and field-performance information into design improvements
• Influence engineering, testing, manufacturing and other cross-functional teams

We are looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline
• 5+ years of relevant quality, reliability, design or product-development experience
• Hands-on DFMEA experience
• New-product development and manufacturing-launch exposure
• Strong design-risk, verification or validation fundamentals
• Technical credibility combined with excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Experience in heavy equipment, automotive, aerospace, defense, commercial vehicles or another complex-product environment is valuable. Candidates from adjacent regulated industries will also be considered when they can demonstrate transferable design-assurance experience.

Work Authorization Requirement: Due to the nature of the work and potential access to controlled goods or technologies, candidates must qualify as a “U.S. Person” under applicable export-control regulations. This generally includes U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees and individuals granted asylum. Employment sponsorship is not available for this position.