Hiring: Quality Manager Company: Karman Space & Defense Location: Arlington, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 14:57:18 Employment Type: Full-time / On-site Target Skills & Keywords : Change Management, Embedded Systems, Quality Assurance, Risk Management About the job Experience: •8-12 years of experience in manufacturing quality or metrology. •50 years of success, we deliver Payload & Protection Systems, Aero/Hydrodynamic Interstage Systems, and Propulsion & Launch Systems to more than 80 prime contractors supporting over 130 space and defense programs. •12 years of experience in manufacturing quality or metrology. Required Skills: •Owns, maintains, and continuously improves the AS9100-certified Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance with customer, contractual, and regulatory requirements. •Leads internal audits, management reviews, corrective actions, and document control while serving as the primary interface for third-party, customer, and government audits. •Ensures quality is embedded throughout design, development, manufacturing, testing, delivery, and sustainment. •Partners with Engineering on design reviews, risk management, configuration control, and change management. •Oversees First Article Inspection in accordance with AS9102, nonconformance management, Material Review Board (MRB) activities, and root cause corrective actions. •Collaborates with Manufacturing to strengthen process control, inspection effectiveness, and production readiness. •Manages supplier quality activities, including requirements flow-down, qualification, performance monitoring, corrective actions, and risk mitigation. •Performs dimensional inspection and manual metrology work as needed and partners with the Metrology Engineer on coordinate measuring machine (CMM) programming strategy. Qualifications: •Demonstrated ownership of an AS9100-certified QMS, including audit leadership. •Solid functional working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) in accordance with ASME Y14.5 and dimensional inspection methods. •Comprehensive expertise in manual metrology methods and the ability to teach them. •Willingness and ability to personally perform quality, metrology, and audit work as a sole practitioner, not only manage others performing it. •Clear communication skills with executives, engineers, and technicians. •Strong leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills. •Demonstrated capacity to work full-time on-site. •Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical field. •This position requires U.S. person status under U.S. export control laws, including U.S. citizens and nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees. Compensation: •$125,000 - $145,000 / year •Medical, dental, and vision insurance 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!