Senior Quality Engineering Manager

Protecting What Matters. Powering The Future Of Naval Technology.

Your work here has global impact. From developing sonar and radar systems to advancing unmanned and undersea platforms, our technologies empower the U.S. Navy and allied forces to operate in some of the world’s most complex environments.

As the maritime and underwater battlespace evolves, we continue to push boundaries—driven by innovation, accountability, and a shared commitment to excellence.

Join us as we shape the future of naval warfare—safeguarding the seas and strengthening navies worldwide.

Due to the nature of the programs we support, certain roles may require candidates to meet U.S. nationality requirements and be eligible to obtain a security clearance.

Your mission:
As the Senior Quality Manager, Programs, you will lead Quality Assurance across an assigned portfolio of complex defense programs and product families. You will be accountable for product assurance, contractual and customer compliance, technical Quality Engineering, program risk, customer readiness, and the performance and development of VSM-Aligned Quality Partners and other assigned Quality Engineers.

You will serve as the senior Quality partner to Program Management, Value Stream leadership, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, Configuration Management, and our customers. You will help teams understand and meet program and business commitments while maintaining independent Quality judgment and ensuring that product conformity, objective evidence, and customer requirements are never compromised by schedule pressure.

This role is ideal for a seasoned Quality leader who understands how to operate in a fast-paced, cross-functional defense environment; can balance technical, contractual, schedule, cost, delivery, and customer priorities; and can develop Quality Engineers into true senior technical partners rather than routine inspection resources.

• Lead Program Quality strategy and execution across assigned programs and product families, ensuring Quality plans align with contract requirements, customer expectations, technical risk, production schedules, delivery commitments, and business objectives.
• Serve as the senior Quality representative to Program Managers, VSM leaders, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, Configuration Management, and customer or government Quality representatives.
• Maintain clear visibility of Quality risks that could affect product performance, compliance, cost, schedule, revenue, delivery, or customer acceptance, and drive timely cross-functional recovery actions.
• Ensure contract requirements, statements of work, specifications, drawings, quality clauses, data-item requirements, and customer direction are correctly interpreted, flowed down, implemented, verified, and supported by objective evidence.
• Lead preparation and Quality readiness for customer and government inspections, source inspections, audits, formal acceptance events, corrective-action responses, and other customer-facing activities.
• Maintain effective working relationships with DCMA, Department of Defense customers, prime contractors, and other customer Quality organizations.
• Lead, coach, prioritize, and develop VSM-Aligned Quality Partners and other assigned Quality Engineers as senior technical and cross-functional business partners.
• Establish clear program assignments, technical expectations, deliverables, escalation thresholds, and decision authority for Quality Engineering personnel.
• Ensure Quality Engineers focus primarily on prevention, technical analysis, process assurance, risk reduction, corrective action, readiness, configuration assurance, and program support rather than routine inspection.
• Partner with the Quality Operations Manager to ensure routine Receiving, In-Process, Final, and other inspection activities are properly staffed and that QE inspection support is limited to technically appropriate or temporary business-risk situations.
• Develop employees transitioning from inspection-centered work into true Quality Engineering through planned…