Director of Quality

The role

The Director of Quality will lead the enterprise Quality strategy and scale the Quality Management System. This leader will guide processes, evidence, and behaviors to meet customer, regulatory, safety, and aerospace industry expectations.

What you will do

• Own the enterprise Quality strategy and roadmap.
• Maintain and continuously improve AS9100 certification and audit readiness.
• Lead ISO 45001 occupational health and safety management system maturation and certification readiness.
• Deploy practical Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) disciplines.
• Integrate Quality into design inputs, reviews, verification, validation, and product release.
• Establish scalable document and record controls, traceability, and CAPA systems.
• Develop supplier qualification, surveillance, and performance scorecards.
• Partner with Engineering and Operations to strengthen hardware quality and reliability.
• Improve the connection between PLM, MES, ERP, and compliance tools.
• Lead customer quality engagement, audits, and coordination with defense and aerospace stakeholders.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Significant progressive aerospace or defense quality leadership experience.
• Experience building or scaling an AS9100 QMS and leading certification or surveillance audits.
• Demonstrated success moving products from prototype or development environments into qualified, controlled, repeatable production.
• Working knowledge of APQP per AS9145, AS9102 first article inspection, supplier quality, configuration management, CAPA, and risk based process control.
• Ability to influence senior technical leaders.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, and conflict resolution skills.
• Experience with customer and supplier quality requirements, quality metrics, and cross functional improvement programs.
• Ability to work on site in Denver and travel periodically to suppliers and other Red 6 locations.
• Must be US Citizen to have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance.

Nice to have

• ISO 45001 implementation or certification leadership
• AS9115 awareness for deliverable software
• DoD prime contractor interfaces, DCMA, DFARS, and applicable government customer quality requirements
• Experience with PLM, MES, ERP, and integrated digital quality workflows, especially Windchill, Epsilon3, and Unanet
• Lean Six Sigma, ASQ quality credentials, GD&T, hardware reliability, and complex electromechanical systems
• Experience developing small teams into mature, business enabling quality organizations

Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision (100% coverage for Employees)
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick, paid holidays, and parental leave
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Voluntary Worksite Benefits (Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity)
• May be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus

Before you apply

• Must be US Citizen to have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance.

About the company

Red 6 is an innovative Augmented Reality (AR) technology startup leading the way in synthetic air combat training. The company develops advanced augmented reality capabilities for aerospace and defense applications.