Quality Manager

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

The Quality Manager is responsible for establishing, governing, and continuously improving Teledyne Scientific Cameras' Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure world‑class quality, compliance, reliability across different Commercial Product Lines including Defense and Space programs. This role provides strategic and operational leadership for Quality Assurance, Supplier Quality, and Compliance, ensuring adherence to AS9100, ISO 9001, customer contractual requirements, and applicable military and space standards.

The Quality Manager partners with Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, and Program Management to ensure products meet stringent customer, regulatory, and reliability requirements throughout the product life cycle-from development through production, delivery, and sustainment.

• Provide executive leadership for the Quality Assurance organization, setting vision, strategy, and measurable objectives aligned with business and mission priorities.
• Serve as the Quality authority for all customers, acting as the primary interface for customer, government, and regulatory quality matters.
• Ensure the integrity, effectiveness, and continual improvement of the Quality Management System in compliance with AS9100, ISO 9001, and customer‑specific requirements.

• Establish, implement, maintain, and continuously improve QMS policies, processes, procedures, and documentation (quality manuals, procedures, quality plans).
• Ensure compliance with applicable MIL‑STD, MIL‑PRF, IPC, J‑STD, and other applicable Defense and Space industry standards.
• Lead internal, external, customer, and supplier audits; ensure timely closure of audit findings with robust corrective and preventive actions.
• Ensure effective configuration management, document control, and change management in accordance with contractual and regulatory requirements.

• Lead mission assurance activities to ensure product quality, reliability, and risk mitigation for Defense and Space programs.
• Participate in program reviews, design reviews, and gated milestones to ensure quality requirements are fully integrated.

• Own root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action processes (CARs/PARs/FMEA).
• Lead failure analysis, customer complaint resolution, and systemic improvement initiatives.
• Champion continuous improvement methodologies including Six Sigma, Lean, and Kaizen, driving defect reduction, yield improvement, and cost of poor quality reduction.

• Define and manage supplier quality performance and risk management processes.
• Ensure timely resolution of supplier corrective actions; conduct supplier audits as required.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Procurement to ensure suppliers meet quality, reliability, and contractual requirements.
• Travel as required to supplier facilities to conduct assessments, audits, and improvement initiatives.

• Ensure effective quality inspection, testing, and acceptance processes for critical devices and assemblies.
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