Hiring: Compliance Manager Company: AST SpaceMobile Location: Midland, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-14 11:15:04 Target Skills & Keywords : Root Cause Analysis About the job Experience: •5+ years of quality/compliance experience in aerospace, defense, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment. Required Skills: •This role is ideal for someone who has taken an organization through AS9100 certification before (or has led major QMS builds in a regulated manufacturing environment) and wants ownership over shaping quality culture from the ground up, rather than maintaining an already-mature system. •QMS Design & Certification Strategy •Lead the end-to-end effort to bring the company to a high level of compliance to corporate process and procedures. •Design a single, unified Quality Management System that can be consistently deployed and audited across all company sites. •Develop the certification roadmap, timeline, and readiness milestones, and report progress to executive leadership. •Conduct a gap analysis against AS9100/ISO 9001 requirements at each site and prioritize remediation efforts and see where it makes sense to align to an international body and where to not. •Interface directly with the Quality organization to reconcile differing site-level processes, documentation, and quality practices into common, controlled procedures. •Establish standardized document control, forms, work instructions, and record-keeping practices company-wide. Qualifications: •Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Aviation/Aerospace, or a related field (or equivalent experience). •Direct experience leading or playing a central role in an organization achieving initial AS9100 or ISO 9001 certification. •Strong working knowledge of AS9100 Rev D, ISO 9001, and core quality tools (root cause analysis, CAPA, FMEA, internal auditing). •Demonstrated ability to standardize processes across multiple locations or business units. •Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to train and influence at all levels of the organization. •Willingness and ability to travel regularly between company sites. •Certified Lead Auditor (AS9100/ISO 9001), e.g., IRCA or Exemplar Global certification. •ASQ certification such as Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), or Certified Quality Manager (CQM). •Prior experience in a startup or scaling company where quality infrastructure was being built from scratch. •Operational familiarity with AS9145 (APQP/PPAP for aerospace), NADCAP requirements, or export control regulations (ITAR/EAR). Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!