Job Description
Quality Manager
Location: Onsite – Newark, CA
Compensation: $130 – $150,000 + full benefits
Overview
We’re seeking a Quality Manager to lead quality strategy and execution within a high-performance manufacturing environment. This role sits at the intersection of operations, engineering, and leadership, with responsibility for ensuring product quality, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across the business.
This is a hands-on leadership role—you’ll shape quality systems at a strategic level while also driving day-to-day execution, working closely with internal teams, suppliers, and customers.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and drive a comprehensive quality strategy aligned with operational and business goals
- Lead and develop the Quality function, including team performance, capability building, and succession planning
- Maintain and enhance the Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements
- Act as the primary quality representative for customers, auditors, and external partners
- Oversee nonconformance, CAPA, and root cause analysis processes, ensuring long-term corrective actions are effective
- Implement and drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and data-driven methodologies
- Partner with engineering, operations, and supply chain teams to integrate quality into product development and manufacturing processes
- Lead supplier quality programs, including qualification, performance monitoring, and corrective actions
- Support new product introduction (NPI) and product lifecycle activities to ensure quality is embedded from design through production
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field (advanced degree preferred)
- 7+ years of experience in manufacturing quality, ideally within electronics, semiconductor, or similar environments
- Strong background managing QMS frameworks (ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ISO 13485 or similar)
- Experience leading audits, compliance efforts, and customer quality interactions
- Deep knowledge of quality tools and methodologies (APQP, PPAP, FMEA, CAPA, 8D, etc.)
- Demonstrated success driving continuous improvement initiatives in a production environment
- Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and supply chain teams
- Proven leadership ability with strong communication and stakeholder management skills
What They’re Looking For
- A leader who can own quality end-to-end, not just maintain systems
- Someone who balances strategic thinking with hands-on execution
- Ability to influence across functions and drive accountability
- Strong problem-solver who focuses on root cause and long-term solutions, not quick fixes
Why This Role
- High visibility position with broad organizational impact
- Opportunity to shape and evolve quality practices in a growing environment
- Strong collaboration across engineering, operations, and leadership teams
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package