Sr. Manager - Process Assurance

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of engineers spanning configuration management, development assurance, process assurance, and software quality assurance.
• Own configuration management and partner with key leaders in the engineering and flight test organization to manage the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of these processes.
• Parter with all technical leaders to standardize and deploy core processes within engineering, ensuring they comply with established policies and guidance, and reflect best practices to support future certification.
• Establish and run a compliance auditing program verifying that engineering process documents and their execution meet established policy and guidance for military and civil certification of autonomous systems.
• Represent process assurance in interactions with certification authorities, designated engineering representatives, and customer quality, providing objective evidence of process compliance and maturity.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for DCMA and other government quality assurance representatives on military programs, providing evidence of process compliance during surveillance and audits.
• Drive continuous improvement of engineering processes based on audit findings, program lessons learned, and evolving regulatory guidance, balancing rigor with the pace a fast-growing company requires.
• Lead root-cause and corrective action analysis to close audit findings and prevent recurrence.

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field, with 12+ years of experience in aerospace systems, software, or hardware development, including significant experience in configuration management, process…
• Direct working knowledge on completed certification programs of configuration management, DO-178C, DO-254, ARP4754A/B, and ARP4761A.
• Working knowledge of software/tool qualification (DO-330) as applied to development and verification tools used on certification programs.
• 5+ years of experience leading or managing a team of engineers, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management across multiple technical disciplines.
• Experience developing, auditing, or defending engineering process documentation for regulatory or customer compliance with a track record of successful internal or external audits (System Reviews, e.g., FAA Stage of…
• Working knowledge of military airworthiness process, civil (FAA) certification frameworks, systems safety, and quality management system standards (e.g., SAE EIA-649B, MIL-STD-882E, AS9100D) as applied to engineering…
• U.S. citizenship required and ability to obtain security clearance.