Description

Quality Manager - West Coast

Department: Quality Management Reports To: General Manager

Location: On-Site - Newark, CA Travel: 25% to Carson City, NV Site

FLSA: Salaried, Full-Time, Exempt Revision Date: December 2025

SUMMARY:

The Quality Manager - West Coast will serve as a leader in advancement, improvement, and maintenance of quality functions and philosophies, in accordance with customer, industry, NADCAP, and AS9100 standards. This role will monitor and improve the company's products and services through the implementation of NADCAP and AS9100 quality standards, problem-solving tools, prevention methods, quality-at-the-source, and continual improvement techniques. This role is accountable for managing department resources to support achievement of operational objectives. This role interacts routinely with all functional areas as well as with customers, business development, regulatory agencies, corporate management, and suppliers. Commitment to and support of the Company Core Values are key to success in this position.

*This role is in Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing*

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Communicates customer, regulatory, and organizational requirements to assure product quality, contract compliance and customer satisfaction.
• Oversees the effective documentation and implementation of the quality management system to assure compliance with customer and regulatory requirements and the standards set by corporate/division policies.
• Works within the Leadership Team to ensure that individuals performing quality affecting functions are trained, demonstrate appropriate skills, and deliver performance results.
• Coordinates necessary personnel for internal, customer, and third-party quality system audits.
• Maintains a corrective action system to analyze and correct nonconforming conditions and complaints.
• Observe and analyze organizational performance and trends in product quality, services, customer satisfaction, and the cost. Use the results of performance evaluation to target improvement efforts.
• Assess supplier capabilities and monitor supplier quality to ensure desired levels of performance.
• Serves as Quality Management Representative of the West Coast.
• Direct internal audit programs and efforts.
• Serve as Management representative for AS9100 and NADCAP accreditations.
• Work collaboratively with Operations and Program Management to ensure internal, industry and customer specifications are reasonably and effectively identified and executed upon.
• Perform all functions of the job while adhering to established quality policies and procedures
• Uphold the company core values
• Other duties as assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Directly supervises Team Members and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities to include; interviewing, and training Team Members; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining Team Members; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Successful accomplishment of duties and responsibilities may require the following:

• Excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrated management experience
• Demonstrated NADCAP accreditation experience
• Software proficiency with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Auto Cad Inventor, Pro/Engineer
• and web-based applications.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Must be adaptable to a changing work environment and competing demands
• Standard development and implementation
• Process Improvement
• Ability to multi-task, make decisions, and maintain accountability
• Ability to interface directly with cross-functional teams and to build and maintain lasting relationships with other departments and key business partners
• Ability to motivate, lead, and manage Team Members
• Knowledge of International Standard ISO 9001 and AS9100 Quality Management Systems
• Knowledge of manufacturing and quality practices

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• B.S. Degree in an Engineering or related discipline; may be substituted by commensurate experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of directly related experience including MRB authority/participation in an AS9100 environment.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in a leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience leading NADCAP accreditation efforts.
• Experience with quality improvement tools and techniques (i.e., Lean, Six Sigma, Statistical Process Control, and Failure Mode & Effects Analysis)

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to speak and understand basic safety and manufacturing instructions.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers. Ability to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Authorization to work in the United States. To conform to U.S. export control regulations, you should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to stand, walk, and hear. The Team Member frequently is required to use hands and fingers; handle, feel, and reach with hands and arms. The Team Member is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and smell. The Team Member must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Team Member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this position, the Team Member is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The Team Member may be exposed to a hot and/or cold work environment, chemicals, fumes or airborne particles, loud noises, risk of electrical shock and vibration and/or other occupational hazards; personal protective equipment may be required.

NOTE: This job description identifies the general nature and scope of work to be performed. Vitesse Systems, LLC. reserves the right to revise all or any part of this job description and to add or eliminate essential job functions at any time. Designation of any job duty as an essential function is not intended as an assurance or guarantee that a team member has any right to perform the particular job duty, except as required by Vitesse Systems, LLC. This job description is subject to change based on the needs of the position and/or the Company.

Vitesse Systems, LLC performs work controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These statutes require the protection of technical data and products. The regulations require that such data not be disclosed in written, oral, or visual form to any foreign national without prior export authorization from the Department of State. A foreign national is defined by the U.S. Government under EAR 734.2(b)(2)(ii) and 8 USC 110 (a)(20) as one who:

• Is not a United States citizen
• Is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the U.S.
• Does not have politically protected status (embassy, refugee, or asylum)
• Has dual U.S. / foreign citizenship

Vitesse Systems, LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) Veterans / Disabled Employer