Senior Technical Program Manager, Quality

What you'll do

• Build systems that connect quality defects to root causes and measurable cost impacts.
• Own the financial narrative by tracking the dollar value of every defect and rework hour.
• Drive cross-functional resolution across engineering, production, and supply chain teams for quality issues.
• Develop KPIs that link operational quality metrics to program-level cost, schedule, and delivery outcomes.
• Use quantitative models like statistical process control and predictive modeling to identify systemic patterns.
• Manage the financial and schedule performance of all decisions related to quality improvements.
• Prepare technical documentation and analysis reports for internal teams and government stakeholders.
• Maintain reproducible analysis pipelines using version control, scripting, and scalable workflows.

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of experience in technical program management, quality engineering, or quality systems roles in complex hardware production environments.
• Demonstrated ability to build quality systems and cost-of-quality frameworks from scratch.
• Experience driving cross-functional resolution of quality issues across engineering, production, and supply chain.
• Technical depth in manufacturing processes sufficient to challenge root cause analysis and validate corrective actions.
• Experience interfacing with government quality oversight such as DCMA or equivalent.
• Ability to build or interpret quantitative models for quality and cost decisions.
• Familiarity with version control, scripting, scalable workflows, and reproducible analysis practices.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Lean Six Sigma certification or equivalent experience in structured problem solving (preferred).
• Experience in aerospace, defense, or autonomous systems production environments (preferred).
• Proficiency with data tools like Palantir Foundry or statistical process control software (preferred).
• Background in causal modeling, classification analysis, or predictive quality analytics (preferred).
• AS9100 or equivalent aerospace quality management system experience (preferred).
• Experience scaling quality systems during production ramps from low rate to full rate (preferred).