Lead Quality Systems Engineer - Maritime

Job description

Job responsibilities

• AS9100 Certification Ownership: Own the Maritime Division's AS9100 QMS, including all documentation, internal audit programs, corrective action tracking, and management review processes.
• Multi-Site QMS Architecture: Design and implement a quality management system structure that accommodates multiple manufacturing sites operating under a single or coordinated AS9100 certification scope.
• Audit Preparation and Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact for third-party certification body audits, customer audits, and regulatory reviews.
• Cross-Site Process Harmonization: Establish standardized quality processes, procedures, and documentation practices that work across all division manufacturing sites.
• Risk and Gap Analysis: Continuously assess QMS gaps and certification risks as new product lines and sites are brought online.
• Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA): Own the division-wide CAPA process. Track nonconformances, drive root cause analysis, and ensure corrective actions are implemented and verified across all sites.
• Training and Culture: Build quality awareness across the Maritime Division. Develop and deliver training programs that ensure personnel at all sites understand AS9100 requirements, their role in maintaining…
• Stakeholder Coordination: Work across Corporate Quality, site leadership, production teams, and business line leads to ensure QMS requirements are integrated into operational planning.

Job requirements

• 5+ years of experience in quality management within aerospace, defense, or government-contract manufacturing
• Direct experience managing or significantly contributing to AS9100 certification and surveillance audits
• Demonstrated experience with multi-site or multi-scope quality management systems
• Strong knowledge of CAPA processes, internal auditing, and management review requirements under AS9100
• Effective communicator who can work across organizational boundaries and present to leadership
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
• AS9100 Lead Auditor certification (e.g., through Exemplar Global, RABQSA, or equivalent)
• Experience in a scaling or startup manufacturing environment where QMS processes were being built or significantly expanded