Head of Quality
About The Position
Tutor Intelligence is hiring a Head of Quality to lead quality as a function alongside the Head of Manufacturing. The role owns the quality system, supplier quality across the supply base, product safety certifications, and the company’s quality targets. Quality engineers and the quality manager report to this position, which will grow the team over time. The role reports to the CTO; as the operations organization grows, the Head of Quality and Head of Manufacturing will report to the leader of that organization. This is a building role. The team is putting initial incoming inspection, supplier controls, and failure analysis in place. The Head of Quality will develop these into a system that can support increasing production, establish a trusted supplier base, and maintain a quality record that customers and certifying bodies can verify. This role has authority to hold any shipment that does not meet requirements.
Requirements
- Experience leading a quality function at a company that builds complex electromechanical hardware in volume.
- Experience building or rebuilding a quality system and taking it through ISO 9001 or an equivalent certification.
- Experience running supplier quality across a supply base, including overseas suppliers.
- Experience taking a product through product safety certification.
- Experience building and leading a team of quality engineers and managers.
- Ability to make data-driven decisions and hold shipments when the data indicates a quality issue.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in robotics, automation, vehicles, or capital equipment.
- Experience with reliability engineering methods such as life testing, failure rate analysis, and design reviews.
- Experience building quality data and tooling used by other teams.
- Experience with manufacturing execution systems.
Responsibilities
- Lead quality as a company function alongside the Head of Manufacturing.
- Own the quality system, supplier quality across the supply base, product safety certifications, and company quality targets.
- Build and lead the quality team, including quality engineers and a quality manager, and grow it over time.
- Develop incoming inspection, supplier controls, and failure analysis into a quality system that holds up as production grows.
- Establish a supplier base the company can trust and maintain a quality record customers and certifying bodies can verify.
- Hold shipments that do not meet quality requirements.
Benefits
- Fully employer-covered health insurance.
- A managed 401(k).
- Unlimited PTO and all federal holidays off for full-time salaried employees.
- For hourly employees, 16 or more days of accrued paid time off and 1.5x pay on federal holidays.
- Regular in-office meals and team social events throughout the year.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
