Director, Quality

Toray Advanced Composites (TAC) is a leading supplier of advanced composite materials for the aerospace, sporting goods, motor sport, and industrial markets. You will find our thermoset composite products on nearly every satellite, space launch vehicle, unmanned aircraft, military and commercial aircraft in production today. TAC also provides composites materials to industrial and recreational applications including mountain bikes, medical prosthetics, and sports equipment.

Our thermoplastic prepregs, known in the industry as Cetex®, are found in a wide range of commercial and military aircraft, including large wing structures and interior applications like seats and galleys. Our Cetex products are available in unidirectional tape or fabric form in a variety of engineered thermoplastic resins including PEEK, PPS, PEI as well as a full line of performance thermoplastics including Nylon, PET, PC/ABS, HDPE, and PP.

The Director of Quality will be responsible for leading and facilitating Toray’s TAC QA Systems and Lab activities across the Morgan Hill and Fairfield sites. The Director will play an active role for the department by supporting the quality mission and focus on areas of improvement to ensure quality of products. As the quality director, this person will lead the strategic planning, coordination of Compliance, Risk Management, Quality, Improvement, and Innovation initiatives to our Aerospace and Defense products.

Some of the areas of responsibility will include procurement standards, receiving inspection, manufacturing work instructions, testing, certification and shipment of composite materials and parts. This person will be a point of contact for the organization in investigating and setting standards for quality and analyzing the effectiveness of processes and quality management systems. Additionally, the Director, Quality will mentor and be an advocate for their team by supporting and providing feedback regarding their goals and accomplishments.

Lastly this person will identify patterns of risky behavior within the organization and take appropriate action to resolve them and escalate serious issues as appropriate.

Please note roles and responsibilities are subject to change with or without advanced notice.

• Serve as an executive and technical leader with responsibility for strategic planning, coordinating, and directing Compliance, Risk Management, Quality, Improvement, and Innovation initiatives toour Aerospace and Defense products.
• Support the quality mission and focus on areas of improvement to ensure quality of products.
• Partner with functional leaders across the organization to integrate “Built In Quality” into all levels and activities.
• Serve as the advisor for government requirements regarding matters of compliance, risk management, safety, and quality for operations.
• Develop and implement Advanced Quality Systems and quality control processes and procedures to ensure product quality and reliability.
• Use data driven tools like Statistical Analysis, Statistical Process Control, capability analysis and Six Sigma to solve problems and promote critical thinking.
• Ensure strategies/management systems are in place and ensure product quality meets the expectations of customers and stakeholders.
• Must have a “Gemba Mindset” making frequent visits to the production and Quality Test lab areas building to build trust and encourage a quality mindset at the place work happens.
• Plan, budget and execute resource needs to maintain an efficient but effective department for the both the lab and systems.
• Responsible for the coaching and mentoring of the managers and supervisors in the Quality organization to ensure continued growth and development of a succession plan
• Manage compliance to AS9100 and NADCAP certifications, including all aspects of the Quality Management system.
• Responsible for internal audits, annual compliance and sustaining audits
• Conduct quality audits and supplier evaluations to ensure compliance with standards and specifications.
• Administer the document control and configuration management system.
• Follow-up on and drive closure of…