Sr Quality Director

211 Hydro-Aire Aerospace Corp.; Elyria (OH); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Crane Aerospace & Electronics seeks a Senior Director of Quality in Elyria, OH to lead AS9100 quality management across sites, directing APQP and continuous improvement initiatives. This executive will partner with engineering, operations, and supply chain to ensure safety, airworthiness, and reliability of critical aerospace products.

The role requires extensive experience in high-reliability aerospace quality leadership, with knowledge of DoD contracts, regulatory standards, and multi-site

Qualifications

• 15+ years QA experience in defense/space/aerospace in a management role
• Experience with APQP and product lifecycle quality
• Familiarity with FAA, EASA, CAAC Part 21 and Part 145; Government Contracts, DLA, DCMA; ITAR considerations

Responsibilities

• Lead AS9100 Quality Management System deployment across multiple sites
• Drive APQP within product development and NPI processes
• Manage supplier quality lifecycle and materials compliance
• Develop a quality organizational structure to support strategic initiatives
• Lead root-cause analysis training and corrective-action programs
• Collect and analyze data to predict trends affecting product quality
• Coordinate failure analysis for products and components
• Oversee corrective actions and supplier quality improvements

Skills

Quality leadership

AS9100 / QMS

APQP

Root cause analysis

FAA/EASA/CAAC familiarity

Multi-site management

Supply chain quality

Communication skills

Budgeting

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Job description

Crane Aerospace and Electronics has an exciting opportunity for an Sr Director of Quality at our Elyria, OH location. About Crane: Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You’ll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Elyria facility has been a bedrock in the community-friendly town of Elyria, Ohio, for more than a century. Known for our excellence in pumping technology, our Elyria site produced the first-ever positive displacement pump for high performance piston engine aircraft and even supplied pumps for Charles Lindbergh in the 1930s. We have more than 150,000 fuel and lubrication pumps in service today and are proud to offer custom thermal management system solutions for a range of next-gen applications. Start the next chapter of your career with Crane Aerospace & Electronics!

Job Summary:

The Senior Director of Quality for the Fluid Management Solution provides strategic and tactical quality leadership across multiple manufacturing sites, ensuring robust deployment of the AS9100-compliant Quality Management System (QMS), regulatory compliance, customer satisfaction, and product lifecycle quality. Scope spans Product Development, New Product Introduction (NPI), Production, Supply Chain, and Product Support. This leader is key to the continued implementation of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and the mentoring and coaching for the team in AS9145. The role requires a proven, results-driven quality leader with exceptional interpersonal skills, a strong sense of urgency, and a continuous improvement mindset.

Essential Functions:

The Sr. Quality Director is the lead facilitator of AS9100 Quality Management System through full compliance flow-down into all business aspects to assure safety, airworthiness, conformity and product reliability are met across multiple Crane sites. Lead APQP within Product Development/ New product Introduction Process by integrating organization, industry, and customer quality requirements into new design development projects using AS9145. Effectively manages the supply base quality performance over the lifecycle (selection, qualification, management, monitoring and measurement. Ensure that the quality of purchased materials meets requirements and comply with applicable regulations.

• Establish a zero-defect culture by leading the deployment and continuous improvement of based on AS9145
• Ensure the effectiveness of measurement and monitoring systems to achieve improvement across the multi-site businesses key metrics and quality processes key metrics.
• Develop and implement a quality organizational structure capable of supporting the strategic initiatives and lead the efforts to integrate quality into development of short and long terms business plans.
• Establish proactive business impact, planning, budgeting, resource allocation, leadership techniques, and coordination of people and resources for quality function.
• Lead effort to define and train employees on root‑cause analysis and problem‑solving tools to identify effective corrective actions/process improvements
• Establish collection and analysis systems of statistical data to predict trends that will affect improvement of product quality
• Analyze and resolve customer complaints and field reliability issues.
• Coordinate product and component failure analysis.
• Drive corrective action, and inspection of all program hardware and documentation and supplier quality improvements

Minimum Qualifications:

• 15+ years Quality assurance experience in the defense, space electronics or high-end aerospace industry in a management role, preferably with multi-site experience; additional Automotive experience is a plus.
• Experience with business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership techniques, and coordination of people and resources
• Experience with advanced product quality planning in high reliability product development/ new product introduction
• Experience with FAA, EASA, CAAC Part 21 and Part 145.
• Experience with Government Contracts, DLA, DCMA
• Education/Certification: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (EE, ME, MSc., Chem) from an accredited institution
• Eligibility Requirement: This position may require access to Controlled Data or Information. Where the position requires such access only US Persons will be considered.
• As a US Department of Defense contractor, we are bound by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strongly preferred experience with APQP tools – Process flow Diagram, FMEA, Control Plan, MSA, Process Capability, SPC AS9100 Auditor experience, Six Sigma Black Belt, ASQ CQM, CQE
• Preferred experience with electronics manufacturing methods including precision GD&T Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing for Machining and Grinding
• Preferred experience with NADCAP special processes requirements
• Preferred experience with electronics manufacturing methods including IPC-610 Class 3 and IPC J-STD-001, MIL-PRF-38534 Hybrid Electronics
• Preferred experience with DO-254 HW, DO-178 SW
• Preferred experience with Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.

Top Benefits:

• Health care, dental, vision, life and disability insurance starting the first day of the month
• Time Off: 15 days of paid time off that start accruing your first day at Crane and 12 paid holidays per year.
• 401k Retirement Plan: 401k plan with company match
• Education Reimbursement: eligible after 6 months of employment

You can see a list of our benefits at https://www.craneae.com/company/careers or visit our website at www.CraneAE.com for more information on our company and great opportunities.

We are committed to operational excellence and world class processes. We employ Lean manufacturing techniques to optimize manufacturing efficiency and accuracy on all product lines. Our products are known for their technical strength, proven reliability and overall value.

In our efforts to maintain a safe and drug‑free workplace, Crane Aerospace & Electronics requires that candidates complete a satisfactory background check. FAA sensitive positions require employees to participate in a random drug test pool.

Crane Company. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, general identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

At Crane, we believe that attracting and retaining the highest quality people is the best insurance of success. Our goal is to recruit talented people and train them within a culture that calls for performance with trust and respect. Join us. The unique backgrounds and differences of our associates make us stronger, more capable, and more successful.

Beyond an associate’s base compensation, we reward and reinforce wellbeing with a compelling package of both cash and non‑cash benefits, including comprehensive health, wellness incentives, assistance with retirement savings, paid time off, paid holidays, and tuition reimbursement — as well as performance-based bonus programs for certain positions. Crane prioritizes career development for our associates. All associates receive an annual development plan that includes a mixture of on-the-job coaching and formal training experiences to support individual development needs. We firmly believe in associate growth that supports career progression and we will proactively support your ongoing career development.