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 Quality Control Function covering factory quality, supplier quality, repair station quality, quality inspection, and quality engineering.
- Manage and oversee the Design Quality Assurance (DQA) Function and the DQA Engineering Staff.
- Manage and oversee the Material Review Board (MRB) Processes and MRB Administration.
- Manage and oversee the Metrology and Preventive Maintenance Processes and Administration.
- Manage and oversee the Record Management Processes 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 Customer Property Management 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.
Please note the salary range posted below is a general guideline for this job level and location. When extending an offer, a variety of factors are considered such as responsibilities of the position, relevant education and experience, certifications, knowledge and skills.
