Quality Assurance Manager
Listed on 2026-08-28
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Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Quality Engineering, Quality Control - QC Analysts/Managers, Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Production QC/QA
Job Title:
Quality Assurance Manager
Job Category:
Engineering and Technical Support
Time Type:
Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
None
Employee Type:
Regular
Percentage of
Travel Required:
Up to 25%
Type of Travel:
Continental US
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The OpportunityJoin CACI as a Quality Assurance Manager (QM) supporting our EO/IR Business Unit, where you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and mission assurance of cutting‑edge electro‑optical systems. This position offers the chance to work with complex electronic, mechanical, and optical systems in a dynamic aerospace and defense environment.
Responsibilities- Lead the quality staff, providing leadership and direction to quality engineers, analysts, inspectors, administrating an operator inspector program.
- Lead the team’s professional development, mentor staff, and strive to improve skillsets.
- Develop strategy for the future quality needs of the company to transition from engineering prototype to full-rate production.
- Provide quality assurance support and inputs to the order acquisition, product design, supply chain, production and post delivery processes.
- Work with manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain leads to define applicable quality assurance and inspection processes and criteria for the various product lines assemblies.
- Oversee the inspection process, review and approve inspection reports, assuring products are in compliance with engineering and customer requirements.
- Align and optimize processes across multiple sites to drive efficiency and improve fidelity of QA operations.
- Drive and collaborate with design engineering, supply chain and manufacturing on defect/scrap/rework reduction initiatives.
- Support the business to develop, manage, and evolve Quality KPIs/metrics for each site.
- Implement, manage, maintain and continuously improve the quality management system of ISO
9001 and transition to AS9100 certification. - Coordinate internal and external audits, implement corrective actions as necessary.
- Develop, manage, report and improve process performance via KPI’s, metrics and and QMS management review.
- Act as liaison with internal and external parties on matters relating to the quality system and product quality.
- Manage the non-conforming material report, corrective action, and supplier corrective action process, ensuring the timely resolution of issues.
- Lead the development and maintenance of a quality system training program.
- Oversee and manage metrology technical issues including calibration, gauge R&R, and production capability studies, etc.
- Evaluate and implement new inspection technology/ equipment as appropriate.
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 7 years of Quality Management and/or Quality Engineering experience or equivalent combination of education, skills, and experience.
- Knowledge of and experience with ISO
9001/AS9100 quality systems. - Knowledge in the areas of design, production, product evaluation and reliability, inspection/test, and/or contract review as they apply to product or process quality.
- Knowledge of Root Cause and Corrective Action tools, such as Ishikawa, FMEA, FMECA, 5
Why, etc. - Excellent written and oral communication skills as well as strong interpersonal, problem solving and time management skills.
- Ability to travel to customers or other CACI sites up to a maximum of 25% as needed.
- Must Be A US Citizen.
- Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Manager of Quality (CMQ/OE), Six Sigma Blackbelt, or similar certification
- Demonstrated ability to work successfully leading teams and successfully collaborating across organizational boundaries
At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.
An environment of trust.CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to…
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