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Protingent • Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States
Role & seniority: Senior Quality Engineering Manager (NPI & Electronics) — direct-hire, onsite leadership role
Stack/tools: Quality systems and methods:
AS9100 QMS, APQP (AS9145), NPI/Development integration
Electronics manufacturing: IPC-610 Class 3, J-STD-001, MIL-PRF-38534
Quality tools: FMEA, Control Plan, MSA, SPC, root-cause analysis
Regulatory/compliance: DCMA, DLA; supplier quality management
Lead and manage the Fort Walton Beach quality organization; ensure AS9100 QMS compliance, customer satisfaction, and regulatory adherence
Own APQP across product development/NPI; drive zero-defect culture and continuous improvement; deploy quality across development to production
Manage lifecycle quality of supply base/network; oversee supplier selection, qualification, monitoring; analyze defects and drive corrective actions
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (EE preferred; ME, MSc, Chem acceptable)
5+ years QA experience in defense/space electronics/high-end aerospace; 5+ years in a management role
Experience with APQP in high-reliability product development; familiarity with DCMA/DLA
Hands-on experience with IPC-610 Class 3, J-STD-001; ability to lead root-cause/problem-solving and data-driven improvements
Six Sigma (Black Belt) or ASQ certifications (CQE/CQM)
Lean/Six Sigma experience; AS9100 auditor experience
Automotive experience is a plus
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Job Description
Position Title: Senior Quality Engineering Manager (NPI & Electronics)
Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting direct hire opportunity for an Senior Quality Engineering Manager (NPI & Electronics) at our client's Fort Walton Beach, FL location. This is a 100% Onsite role.
This position provides quality leadership and has full responsibility for Quality at Fort Walton Beach Site regarding the Quality Management System (QMS), customer satisfaction, regulatory compliance, for product life cycle from Product development, Production, Supply Chain to Product Support. The incumbent must be a proven effective quality leader with exceptional interpersonal skills, sense of urgency, demonstrated performance results and a continual improvement mindset. Directly lead and manage functional quality organization on a day-to-day basis at FWB to meet all Aerospace AS9100 QMS requirements Lead Advanced Product Quality Planning (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 in Site business 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 to J-STD-001 and IPC610 and documentation and supplier quality improvements
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering required (EE -preferred, ME, MSc., Chem) from an accredited institution. 5+ years Quality Assurance experience in the defense, space electronics or high-end aerospace industry; additional Automotive experience is a plus. 5+ years in a management role, including experience managing Quality Engineers. Experience with advanced product quality planning in high reliability product development/ new product introduction Experience with DCMA, DLA. Experience with electronics manufacturing methods including IPC-610 Class 3 and IPC J-STD-001, MIL-PRF-38534 Hybrid Electronics Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (EE -preferred, ME, MSc., Chem) from an accredited institution.
Strongly preferred experience with APQP tools – Process flow Diagram, FMEA, Control Plan, MSA, Process Capability, SPC Preferred AS9100 Auditor experience, Six Sigma Black Belt, ASQ CQM, CQE Preferred experience with Lean and Six Sigma methodologies Automotive experience is a plus.
Job Type: Direct Hire.
Location: Fort Walton Beach, FL (Onsite)
Salary Range: $135K - $165K. An offer of employment is contingent on successfully passing a drug test and background check, and applicants who do not successfully pass both the drug test and background check will not be considered for employment. US Citizenship is Required.
About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.