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Amro Fabricating Corporation • Mount Vernon, Washington, United States
Salary: $110,000 - $180,000 / year
Role & seniority: Quality Engineering Manager; mid-to-senior leadership overseeing Quality Engineers and quality personnel; reports to Director of Quality.
Stack/tools: AS9100 quality management system; GD&T; Statistical Process Control (SPC); design reviews; risk assessments; configuration management; design change control; nonconformance management; audits (internal, customer, third-party).
Lead, mentor, and assign QA resources across design, manufacturing, and programs; manage risk-based staffing.
Ensure AS9100 compliance and involvement in design/development activities; support qualification, FAI, and transition to production.
Drive quality risk management, data-driven improvements, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous QMS improvements; support audits.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field.
5+ years in quality/manufacturing engineering roles within aerospace/defense.
Expert knowledge of GD&T, SPC, and AS9100 QMS.
Ability to obtain DoD SECRET clearance; U.S. Citizen.
Experience with risk assessments, process capability studies, control plans, manufacturing risk assessments.
Experience supporting design reviews, transition to production, and program readiness activities; data-driven cost-of-quality reduction.
Location & work type: Not specified in the posting; assume full-time U.S.-based work requiring eligibility for DoD cle
SUMMARY
The Quality Engineering Manager is responsible for leading and managing Quality Engineering resources in support of design, development, manufacturing, and sustainment of complex defense products. This role ensures effective application of AS9100 requirements, customer and regulatory standards, and internal quality processes throughout the product lifecycle. The Quality Engineering Manager provides technical leadership, people management, and cross-functional influence to drive product conformity, risk reduction, and continuous improvement.
This position reports to the Director of Quality and manages Quality Engineers and assigned quality personnel supporting programs and operations.
ABOUT US
Karman Space & Defense provides concept-to-production solutions for mission-critical systems on spacecraft, launch vehicles, missiles, hypersonics, and integrated defense systems. We believe that solving the industry’s most complex and mission-critical challenges requires relentless determination and a willingness to push the boundaries of possibility. Karman Space & Defense brings to bear unparalleled production capabilities, unmatched engineering expertise, and unflinching analysis to render the impossible, possible.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
WHAT YOU WILL DO
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
*** Required:** Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical discipline.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
Karman is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis (“protected class”) including, but not limited to race; color; religion; genetic information; national origin; sex; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; age; disability; citizenship status; uniform servicemember status; or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.Our management is dedicated to ensuring the fulfillment of this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment advertising, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.