Director, Quality Assurance

Description

Teledyne Controls specializes in providing cutting-edge onboard avionics systems and ground-based applications to facilitate efficient data access, management, and utilization for both civil and military aircraft operators.

We are hiring a Director of Quality Assurance to work onsite in El Segundo.

The Director of Quality is an integral part of the organization senior management team The Quality Director will be responsible for the compliance of Teledyne Controls’ Deliverable Products and Services to our customers or contractual requirements, and applicable regulatory or statutory provisions and guidelines.

This person will also assure the compliance of Teledyne Controls product development projects, and thereafter the product technical baselines, with the company’s established engineering development processes, and when applicable, with our customers and / or our contractual requirements.

The Quality Director must ensure that functional managers and employees across the company are in compliance with the rules and regulations of regulatory agencies and applicable industry standards;

and that the company Quality Management System (QMS) Policies, Procedures, and Work Instructions are being followed, and behavior in the organization meets the company’s Standards of Conduct.

Responsibilities :

Manage and oversee the covering factory quality, supplier quality, repair station quality, quality inspection, and quality engineering.

Manage and oversee the Function and the DQA Engineering Staff.

Manage and oversee the Processes and MRB Administration.

Manage and oversee the Processes and Administration.

Manage and oversee the and Records Administration covering outside record retention storage, record scanning and hosting processes, record retrieval process, and suppliers record service support.

Manage and oversee the Processes and Administration.

Maintain Company Regulatory Approvals : FAA PMA, FAA FSDO, CAAC, and EASA.

Maintain Company AS9100D and ISO 9100 : 2015 Approvals.

Provide Sales & Marketing with quality & regulatory compliance related proposals inputs, and quality compliance matrix when required.

Provide Customer Administration & Contracts with feedback regarding customer-imposed Purchase Orders (POs) quality provisions, and address and resolve customer / PO Regulatory PMA issues.

Perform contract review for quality provisions as part of the contract formation process.

Review and support required updates to QMS Processes, Quality System Manual (QSM), Quality Policy and Procedure Manual (QPPM), Design Quality Assurance Manual (DQAM), FAA Supplemental Quality Manuals, Repair Station Manuals (FAA, EASA, and CAAC) for compliance with internal QMS Requirements, external customer requirements, AS / ISO standards, and regulatory requirements.

Review and support manufacturing quality process changes for compliance with imposed requirements (AS / ISO, Regulatory, and customer).

Review and support the development processes and provide guidance for compliance with internal and customer-imposed requirements.

Review and approve Teledyne Process Specifications (TPS) or Teledyne Material Specification (TMS) and support the TPS or TMS process changes for compliance.

Define, capture, and maintain Customer, Program, and Regulatory Quality requirements to be imposed on Suppliers and on specific new development programs / products.

For new development projects, review new or updates to Supplier related Statement of Works (SOWs) to ensure that they include appropriate quality provisions and quality requirements.

Communicate quality issues, defect trends, and quality escapes to all relevant organizational departments.

Review and address External Customer Corrective Action Requests. Perform Root-Cause Analysis and other problem-solving activities regarding reported non-conformance of products or processes, and / or quality escapes in order to identify and implement effective, containment actions, corrective actions, and process improvements.

Interface with supplier(s) and customer(s) quality representatives concerning problems with quality control and assure that effective containment or corrective actions are implemented.

Participate in and support as required internal and external quality audits.

Review technical publications, articles, regulatory standards, industry trends and abstracts to stay abreast of issues in the quality control industry.

Work to avoid erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results that may cause scrap, rework, use of excessive overtime, and / or delays in schedules.

Interact with subordinate supervisors, outside customers, and functional peer groups at various management levels. Interaction normally requires the ability to inspire and gain cooperation of others, to conduct or aid other in conducting presentations or to exchange information.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements :

Bachelor's degree in a related field, Engineering preferred.

10+ years of experience in Quality Assurance in Aerospace, Quality Compliance.

10+ years of experience working in an AS9100 or ISO 9001 environment.

Experience and / or training in FAA Part 21 and Part 145; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Must be a US Person.

Must be able to read, write, and speak English (FAA Requirement).

Working knowledge of OEM Processes such as Airbus ASR & ABD0100 is preferred.

Knowledge of DO-178 & DO-254 Product Life Cycle Processes is preferred.

Experience or working knowledge with AS9145 APQP / PPAP Standard is preferred.

Must be able to work with minimal supervision.

Must be able to work and communicate well in a team environment.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

ASQ Certificate in Quality Leadership, Quality Audit, Quality Engineering or Six Sigma is preferred.

Recent experience with IPC-610, IPC-620, IPC-600, and J-STD-001is highly preferred.

Salary Range :

$149,600.00-$199,980.000

Pay Transparency

The anticipated salary range listed for this role is only an estimate. Actual compensation for successful candidates is carefully determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, location, education / training, work experience, key skills, and type of position.

Teledyne conducts background checks on qualified applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Background checks may include, but are not limited to, education verification, employment history and verification, criminal convictions, Motor Vehicle Report (MVR & driving history), reference check, credit checks / credit history and drug testing.

All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders.

Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.