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Senior Quality Assurance Manager Jobs in Los Angeles Metropolitan Area at Expert Executive Recruiters (EER Global)
Title: Senior Quality Assurance Manager
Company: Expert Executive Recruiters (EER Global)
Location: Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Quality and EHS Manager – Aerospace Electronics Manufacturing – Los Angeles, California (On-site)
Our client, a globally active leader in the Aerospace Electronics Manufacturing space, is looking for a hands-on Quality & EHS Manager to lead and evolve our quality assurance, environmental health & safety, and compliance programs. This role is central to ensuring our products meet the highest standards across design, development, production, and delivery.
This role leads a small but growing team (3 QA staff), manages compliance frameworks, and partners cross-functionally with Engineering, Supply Chain, Production, and the PMO to ensure traceability, audit readiness, and performance across the full product lifecycle.
The ideal candidate has 10+ years in aerospace electronics quality, with official or unofficial leadership/mentorship experience. There is a clear path to directorship, including mentoring the team below to take over managerial responsibilities over time.
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead and maintain compliance with AS9100D and customer, industry, and regulatory standards. Conduct safety audits and foster a safety-conscious culture across the site.
- Manage and continuously improve the Quality Management System (QMS), including audits, non-conformance processes, and supplier quality.
- Oversee First Article Inspections (FAI), customer source inspections, and all inspection stages (incoming, in-process, final).
- Establish and track quality KPIs to identify trends, drive root cause analysis, and implement CAPA improvements.
- Coordinate and manage the FRACAS process, ensuring systemic reporting, analysis, and resolution of product or process failures.
- Drive timely resolution of CAPAs, CARs, SCARs, and customer-reported escapes.
- Lead and directly manage Configuration Management (CM) & Document Control (DM), ensuring product baseline integrity, ECO workflows with SLAs, and audit readiness. Quality owns CM/DM compliance; PMO and Engineering retain decision authority for baseline approvals and priorities.
- Own site-level EHS compliance, ensuring adherence to OSHA, environmental, and company standards. Develop proactive risk mitigation strategies, including incident tracking and root cause elimination.
- Integrate EHS metrics and procedures into the QMS framework for streamlined governance.
Requirements (Must-Have):
- Minimum 10 years of QA experience in aerospace electronics manufacturing.
- Strong hands-on experience with AS9100 implementation and audits.
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field (Engineering, Quality, Industrial Technology, Applied Science) OR equivalent technical training plus 10+ years aerospace electronics quality experience.
Preferred (Nice to Have):
- Familiarity with CM/DM processes, inspection methods, and EHS programs.
- Proven experience leading or supporting customer, certification, and regulatory audits.
- Strong analytical and data reporting skills.
- AS9100 Lead Auditor Certification.
- Six Sigma (Green or Black Belt).
- IPC-A-610 knowledge (Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies).
- Professional certifications: CQE / CRE / CQM.
- Familiarity with Software Quality Assurance.
- Knowledge of Reliability Engineering principles.
