Director of Quality

Attalon, Inc. • Longmont, CO

1d • $152,145 - $262,423

About The Position

Attalon is hiring a Director of Quality to oversee and optimize its quality operations across three business segments. Each business segment is supported by its own local quality team, responsible for managing day-to-day Quality Management System (QMS) functions. As the company’s most senior quality leader, this person will wear two hats, leading both a local quality team at one of our sites and providing enterprise-wide guidance to the functional quality organization. This role is pivotal in providing strategic direction, implementing industry best practices, and ensuring alignment across all manufacturing and engineering activities. It is a highly visible position, offering significant exposure to the business leadership team.
The ideal candidate will embody a “player-coach” mindset, balancing strategic leadership with hands-on execution. Alongside leading local teams, this role involves directly managing tasks such as critical root-cause analyses, compliance mapping, and high-stakes customer quality reviews. The quality function supports a wide range of programs through Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and a successful candidate will possess strong interpersonal skills to foster relationships with Program Managers across the organization, identifying opportunities to enhance customer outcomes through rigorous quality improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, materials science, physics, business, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience working in a quality assurance or quality engineering role.
• 5+ years working for an aerospace & defense focused business.
• 10+ years of demonstrated leadership skills.
• Demonstrated experience managing AS9100 compliance, First Article Inspections (AS9102), and Material Review Board (MRB) processes.
• Experience utilizing advanced quality tools such as APQP, PPAP, FMEA, and Root Cause Analysis (8D/5-Whys).

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in engineering, business, or a related technical field.
• 15+ years of experience working in a quality assurance or quality engineering role.
• 10+ years working for an aerospace & defense focused business.
• 10+ years of demonstrated leadership skills in a multi-site business.
• ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE).
• Six Sigma Black Belt certification.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and execute comprehensive enterprise-wide quality strategies that drive product excellence across all business units and programs.
• Define and implement corporate standards and processes that align Attalon's enterprise quality management and with local quality management systems with aerospace industry best practices.
• Ensure full compliance with aerospace regulations and maintain strict adherence to AS9100 across all sites.
• Partner with supply chain teams to embed rigorous supplier quality metrics into vendor selection, flow down requirements, and oversee critical supplier audits.
• Direct the corporate Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) program, utilizing Lean Six Sigma methodologies to minimize process variations and scrap rates.
• Collaborate closely with Integrated Product Teams to ensure quality-by-design principles are met during product development and qualification phases.
• Develop, implement, and monitor key quality metrics (e.g., Cost of Poor Quality, First Pass Yield, Escapes) to measure and improve organizational performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director