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Job Title: Quality Assurance (QA) Manager
Location: Santa Ana / Irvine, CA
Salary: $100,000 annually
Employment Type: Full-Time
Job Title: Quality Assurance (QA) Manager
Location: Santa Ana / Irvine, CA
Salary: $100,000 annually
Employment Type: Full-Time
We are seeking a skilled Quality Assurance Manager to lead the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of our Quality Management System (QMS). This role ensures compliance with AS9100D, ISO 9001, and customer-specific requirements across aerospace, medical, and industrial manufacturing. The QA Manager will drive process assurance, audit readiness, documentation control, and quality training to prevent defects and support operational excellence.
Quality Management System
- Maintain and improve AS9100D and ISO 9001 QMS.
- Ensure compliance with customer-specific quality requirements.
- Manage documentation control, procedures, work instructions, and records.
- Plan, lead, and support internal, customer, and third-party audits.
- Drive corrective/preventive actions (CAPA) to closure.
- Ensure AS9102 First Article Inspections (FAIs) are properly documented.
- Collaborate with engineering and production teams to ensure processes are documented, repeatable, and compliant.
- Implement process audits, layered audits, and training programs to enforce quality discipline.
- Monitor and report on QMS performance metrics (audit results, NCRs, CAPAs).
- Provide training on QMS procedures and quality standards to employees at all levels.
- Serve as a liaison between customers, regulatory bodies, and internal teams regarding quality system requirements.
- Identify systemic quality risks and lead cross-functional efforts to prevent recurrence.
- Support Lean and Six Sigma initiatives focused on process improvement and waste reduction.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years in QA management within aerospace, medical device, or contract manufacturing.
- Deep knowledge of AS9100D, ISO 9001:2015, AS9102, and related quality system standards.
- Experience leading internal and external audits.
- Strong background in documentation control, CAPA management, and process assurance.
- Familiarity with IPC standards for electronic assemblies (preferred).
- Excellent communication, training, and cross-functional leadership skills.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. For unincorporated Los Angeles county , to the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions.
Seniority level
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Job function
Manufacturing-
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Manufacturing
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