Senior Quality Manager; Mission Assurance

Job Location:

Mason, OH

9/80, Employees work 9 hour days; 5 day work week with alternating Friday’s off

Rocketdyne is seeking a Senior Manager, Quality & Mission Assurance (Q&MA) to serve as the quality and mission assurance functional leader for the Space Electronics business unit facility in Mason, Ohio. The site is a center of excellence for the design, manufacture, integration, assembly, and test of high-reliability space electronics, including avionics and RF communications for launch vehicles and spacecraft.

This position leads a Q&MA organization of approximately 30 employees across Quality Engineering, Quality Control and Receiving/Inspection as well as Quality Management System compliance. The team ensures that products conform to contractual, customer, program, and company requirements throughout design, manufacturing, assembly, integration, test, delivery, and post-delivery support.

The Senior Manager will establish and execute strategies that strengthen defect prevention, product integrity, mission success, and on-time delivery. This role requires a visible, hands‑on leader who can translate requirements into effective quality practices, guide teams through complex technical issues, and build strong partnerships across Engineering, Operations, Program Management, Supply Chain, and other functional organizations.

• Provide leadership, direction, and support across Quality Engineering, Quality Control and Receiving/Inspection.
• Build and sustain a culture of safety, personal accountability, disciplined workmanship, and continuous improvement across the business.
• Execute the site Q&MA strategy in alignment with business objectives, customer commitments, program milestones, and applicable regulatory and government requirements.
• Guide teams to resolve technical challenges, ensuring successful tactical execution
• Promote a strong culture of quality focused on the engagement of every employee, with adherence to personal stamp warranty, workmanship fundamentals, and attention to detail in the prevention of defects
• Collaborate with site leadership peers within program management and other functional process teams. Collaborate with Q&MA functional peers at other Rocketdyne sites
• Develop and implement team & site-wide tactical quality improvement initiatives promoting sound and effective principles as set forth in company procedures, customer requirements and government standards.
• Champion, lead, and support the execution of flow‑down strategic initiatives for the Space Electronics business unit
• Measure, monitor, and take action to ensure quality‑focused key performance indicator targets are achieved or exceeded
• Report to senior leadership on business performance including action plans to improve business execution and status of strategic initiatives.
• Lead site efforts to maintain certification and compliance with AS9100, ISO 9001, and other applicable customer, contractual, regulatory, and government requirements.
• Chair the site Corrective Action Board to oversee rigorous root cause analysis, application of lean/six sigma methods and implementation of corrective and preventative actions.
• Apply recognized problem‑solving and continuous‑improvement methods, such as 8D, DMAIC, FMEA, cause‑and‑effect analysis, standard work, and value‑stream mapping, as appropriate.
• Ensure product quality technology is an integral part of engineering design and manufacturing processes
• Execute annual departmental budget and staffing plans
• Identify needed capital investment to support business need (including quality process capacity, capabilities, & technologies)
• Requires up to 10% business travel within the continental U.S.
• Ability to obtain a US Secret Security Clearance.

• Typically has broad experience across multiple related professional disciplines within the organization, combining theory, past practical experience and the organization’s business practices.
• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 12 years of prior experience or business knowledge, general management capability, and leadership experience managing a quality or mission assurance function
• Graduate Degree with a…