Manager Quality

Since 2018, Elevate Aircraft Seating has been enhancing the passenger experience through innovative aircraft seat design and manufacturing. With locations in California, Washington, and Germany we are guided by creativity, collaboration, and a shared commitment to quality.

We are looking for a skilled Manager Quality to join our team in Santa Maria, CA. This is an on-site position based in Santa Maria, CA. We value teamwork, inclusivity, and continuous professional development, and we offer competitive benefits along with opportunities for growth.

The Manager, Quality is responsible for overseeing quality assurance operations, ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, industry standards, and company quality objectives. This position provides leadership and direction to quality engineering, quality administration, and inspection teams while driving continuous improvement initiatives, process effectiveness, and operational excellence. The Manager, Quality collaborates cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, customers, and suppliers to resolve quality-related issues, strengthen quality management systems, and ensure product conformity and customer satisfaction.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Lead and manage daily quality assurance and quality control operations, providing direction, oversight, and development to quality engineering, quality administration, and inspection teams.
• Develop and execute departmental quality objectives, initiatives, and improvement plans aligned with organizational goals, operational priorities, and customer requirements.
• Manage departmental resources, workload distribution, performance expectations, and employee development to ensure timely execution of quality deliverables and continuous improvement of team capabilities.

• Ensure compliance with applicable FAA/EASA regulations, AS9100 standards, customer specifications, and internal quality management system (QMS) requirements.
• Maintain and continuously improve the site's QMS, ensuring processes, procedures, and documentation support regulatory compliance, product conformity, and operational effectiveness.
• Support product conformity, airworthiness, and applicable certification requirements by ensuring quality processes and inspection activities meet established regulatory and customer standards.
• Lead and coordinate internal, customer, regulatory, and third-party audits, ensuring audit readiness, timely resolution of findings, and implementation of sustainable corrective actions.

• Oversee nonconformance management, Material Review Board (MRB) activities, and corrective and preventive action (CAPA) processes to ensure effective root cause analysis, resolution, and prevention of recurring quality issues.
• Establish, monitor, and report key quality performance indicators (KPIs), departmental deliverables, and improvement initiatives to drive accountability and measurable performance improvements.
• Monitor quality deliverables against program milestones, production schedules, and site operational objectives to ensure timely execution and compliance with established requirements.
• Identify quality-related risks, regulatory compliance concerns, and potential operational impacts, developing and implementing appropriate mitigation and corrective action plans.

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across quality operations to strengthen process effectiveness, product quality, and overall operational performance.
• Apply Lean methodologies, statistical process control (SPC), root cause analysis, and structured problem-solving tools to identify opportunities for improvement and prevent recurring quality issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop, implement, and sustain standardized processes that improve quality, efficiency, and operational consistency.

• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Program Management, and Supply Chain to resolve quality-related issues, support program milestones, and ensure compliance with contractual and customer requirements.
• Oversee supplier-related quality issues in…