Senior Director, Quality

The role

The Senior Director, Quality is the senior quality leader accountable for product quality, compliance, and the Quality Management System. This leader manages the full quality organization including quality control, inspection, metrology, and product quality engineering.

What you will do

• Own Ursa Major’s quality strategy, objectives, budget, and organization
• Build a culture of quality across all functions
• Serve as senior quality representative to DCMA, government customers, and prime contractors
• Lead quality across all business models including all-up-round deliveries and supplier deliveries
• Build an organization capable of reviewing proposals and contracts for quality requirements
• Own government source inspection, product acceptance, and customer audit readiness
• Partner with material control to ensure control of government-furnished property
• Lead response to customer corrective action requests, audit findings, and quality escapes
• Build the program quality function providing dedicated ownership for major programs
• Own the AS9100 Quality Management System and scale it across sites and product lines

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field
• 10+ years of progressive quality experience in aerospace, defense, or similarly regulated manufacturing
• 5+ years in senior quality leadership building, scaling, and leading quality organizations
• Direct, hands-on experience working with DCMA
• Direct experience serving U.S. government and prime contractor customers
• Demonstrated experience leading and sustaining an AS9100-certified Quality Management System
• Experience leading quality through the transition from development into production and rate ramp
• Track record of right-sizing quality rigor to risk
• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods and work on a computer for prolonged durations
• Occasionally required to lift up to 25 pounds

Nice to have

• Experience with solid rocket motors, energetic materials, propellant processing, munitions, or tactical propulsion
• Public company experience, including board-level reporting or supporting public company internal controls
• Experience through an IPO is a plus
• Experience in both a traditional prime and a startup or non-traditional defense environment
• Familiarity with avionics and electronics quality, such as electronics workmanship standards (IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A-610), ESD control, and software and firmware quality assurance
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field
• ASQ CMQ/OE, CQE, or CQA certification, or AS9100 lead auditor experience

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO - Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Bereavement
• Paid Parental and Adoptive Leave
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Tax Advantage Accounts (HSA/FSA)
• Employer Paid Short and Long Term Disability, Basic Life, AD&D
• Additional Benefit Options Including Voluntary Life and Emergency Medical Transport
• EAP Program
• Retirement Savings Plan - 401k with Company Match

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. Person (this includes U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents)
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance

About the company

Ursa Major designs and delivers propulsion and defense systems to solve national security demands. The company aims to revolutionize how America and its allies access high-performance propulsion.