Quality Assurance Manager

FullTime | Pinebluff, NC | BRS Aerospace

Saving Lives is Our Mission

At BRS Aerospace, saving lives is not a slogan. It is our mission and our responsibility. We engineer, test, certify, and improve so more people can enjoy flying and return home safely. We do not sell a parachute; we engineer each aircraft’s complete recovery strategy, from activation and deployment to descent and ground impact. For more than 40 years, BRS has led the way in rocket-extracted whole-airframe parachute recovery systems for ultralight, experimental, light sport, general aviation, and military aircraft.

About the Role

We are seeking a multi-disciplinary Quality Assurance Manager to protect the confidence our customers place in every system we build. This senior staff member shares quality information with process owners to improve their processes, works directly with our ISO registrar, customers, and aviation regulatory agencies including the FAA, and leads a team of inspectors.

Your Responsibilities

Quality System and Compliance

• Be accountable for a quality management system that meets process, product, customer, and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as company lead and point of contact for customers, ISO and FAA inspectors, and auditors.
• Execute and supervise internal and external audits; organize, lead, and finalize management reviews.

Inspection, Testing, and Product Quality

• Create quality plans that meet customers’ needs, and take part in product development and quoting so gauging and control plans are included.
• Create and improve incoming, in-process, and final inspection procedures that verify product quality compliance.
• Allocate resources for inspection, testing, and the quality system; control non-conforming products.
• Develop and implement process control methods to improve capability, and monitor raw material supplier quality metrics.

Continuous Improvement and Corrective Action

• Deliver accurate, timely quality reporting, and use performance data and analysis to drive continual improvement with the production floor and senior management.
• Establish procedures and metrics and develop a strategic quality improvement plan that engages all employees.
• Drive corrective action so short-term issues are fixed and long-term systemic improvement follows, holding people accountable.
• Resolve day-to-day quality issues with process owners, customers, and suppliers.

People and Training

• Manage the department’s personnel and equipment needs.
• Provide quality systems training for new and existing employees, manage company training procedures, and ensure the success of operator training.

Qualifications

Required

• Quality assurance or quality management experience in manufacturing, including leading a team.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 quality management systems.
• Experience supporting audits with ISO registrars, customers, and aviation regulatory agencies such as the FAA.
• Experience with inspection and testing, non-conforming material control, corrective action, and quality data analysis.

Required

• Aerospace or aviation manufacturing experience, ideally with FAA-certified products.
• Experience leading internal and external audits; ISO 9001/AS9100 lead auditor training or certification.
• Root cause analysis, process control, and continuous improvement methods; experience developing quality training programs.
• Experience with an ERP/MRP system for quality records and traceability.

Why Join BRS Aerospace

Every pilot deserves confidence, and every passenger deserves reassurance. As Quality Assurance Manager, your work is the discipline behind that promise. If you share our commitment to safety, accountability, and continuous improvement, we would like to hear from you.

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