Program Quality Assurance Lead, Turbomachinery

About Barber-Nichols

Step into a place where custom turbomachinery shapes the future of Defense, Aerospace, Cryogenics, and Energy. At Barber-Nichols (BN), you’ll collaborate with experts at the top of their craft—inside BN and across our customer base—to push boundaries, build trust, and deliver market-defining hardware. If you thrive in a get-it-done environment that develops your skills and celebrates wins, you’ll feel right at home here.

A Day in the Life

You’re the quality voice for complex, multi-stakeholder programs. Morning standup with Program Management to align on deliverables. Midday review with Engineering to flow down contract requirements into drawings and route cards. Afternoon source inspection with a customer, followed by coaching Manufacturing on inspection plans and hold points. You finish by packaging a Certification of Conformance and data deliverables that stand up to any audit.

What You’ll Own

• Guardianship of program quality—from contract review to final delivery—ensuring all quality and contractual obligations are met and sustained.
• Translation of contract clauses into clear internal and supplier requirements; verify purchase orders reflect and communicate those requirements.
• Leadership of customer source inspections and audits; guide auditors to objective quality evidence of compliance.
• Process input to production route cards, including quality, customer, and applicable hold points; review drawings for manufacturability, inspectability, and contract compliance.
• Creation of Certifications of Conformance and complete data packages; manage and report as-built conditions per contract.
• Program quality reporting to top leadership; monitor and improve design, in-process, inspection, and assembly performance.
• Subject Matter Expert for DFMAIT from design through manufacturing handoff; present program quality content in design reviews.
• Author / support contract deliverables : Quality Plans, Configuration Management Plans, program-specific BNTIs, and other required documents.
• Coordinate incoming inspection to contract / internal standards; review supplier certifications and data packages.
• Document nonconformances to the MRB and drive corrective / preventive actions, ensuring product safety and compliance.
• Conduct internal process audits; continuously refine procedures and methods toward zero defects / escapes.
• Identify and escalate improvement opportunities; lead / assist continuous improvement teams across the business.
• Develop, monitor, and update data for internal BN and customer communications.

Qualifications

Desired

Skills & Working Style

Travel & Schedule

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this role is $90,000-$115,000. This range represent the anticipated minimum and maximum base + bonus for this position based upon a good faith and reasonable estimate. The final compensation for this position will be set based on the applicant’s qualifications (education, training and / or experience related to this role), and therefore, may fall outside the range shown, depending on the circumstances.

To view our benefits provided please visit Careers | Barber-Nichols.

Compliance

ITAR Requirements :

To conform to U.S. Government commercial space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3), applicants for employment at Barber-Nichols must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e., current green card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1157-1158.

Security clearance is not required for this position

Equal Opportunity Employer :

Barber-Nichols is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any protected status as defined by law.

Application Window

Barber-Nichols anticipates the application window closing approximately 30 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require Barber-Nichols to shorten or extend the application window.