Key Responsibilities

1. Customer &
- OEM Quality Leadership

- Serve as primary quality interface for OEM customers, including direct engagement with quality representatives from Boeing and Airbus.

- Lead customer audits, source inspections, and program-specific quality reviews.

- Ensure compliance with OEM-specific requirements (e.g., DPD/MBD, FAI per AS9102, traceability, configuration management).

- Drive timely containment, root cause, and corrective actions for escapes and customer complaints.

- Maintain strong OEM scorecard ratings (PPM, OTD impact, responsiveness).

1. Quality Management System (QMS)

- Maintain and continuously improve the site QMS in compliance with AS9100 (latest revision).

- Ensure alignment with customer flow-down requirements and regulatory obligations (e.g., ITAR/EAR where applicable).

- Lead internal audits, management reviews, and third-party certification audits.

- Ensure robust configuration management and document control in a complex program environment.

1. Product &
- Process Quality

- Oversee incoming, in-process, and final inspection and where source inspection exists, develop action plans in conjunction with the customers to attain the required level of quality to facilitate their removal.

- Ensure compliance with First Article Inspection (FAI) requirements and production part approval processes.

- Lead structured problem-solving initiatives (8D, RCCA, 5 Whys) based on key areas of CNQ.

- Drive reduction of escapes, rework, and scrap and improvement of FPY.

1. Operational Quality &
- Continuous Improvement

- Partner with Operations and Engineering to embed quality into manufacturing processes.

- Support new program launches and production ramp-ups.

- Establish or improve data-driven dashboards and KPIs

1. Supplier Quality Oversight

- Oversee supplier performance management





- Lead supplier corrective actions for critical components and special processes.

- Ensure supplier compliance with aerospace traceability and special process requirements.

- Support risk mitigation within the supply chain.

1. Team Leadership &
- Culture

- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Quality Engineers, Inspectors, and Technicians.

- Build a proactive quality culture focused on prevention and right-first-time execution.

- Promote cross-functional collaboration across Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Program Management.

Required Qualifications/Experience

- Bachelor's Degree in Quality, Engineering or related discipline is preferred. Equivalent education or professional work experience may be acceptable.

- Seven to ten years of quality experience in a regulated manufacturing industry; 3 years of which are in a managerial position. Interconnection systems experience adecuado.

- Good familiarity with AS9100, ISO, FAA
- NADCAP special processes and military contracts is preferred including past experience as the ISO/AS9100 Quality representative.

- Demonstrated knowledge and applied experience of continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kanban, Six Sigma.

- Strong communication and presentation skills and be capable of representing the organization to customers, suppliers and corporate leaders as the authority on Quality Management.

- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office, spreadsheet applications and databases.

Key Competencies

- Excellent English skills.

- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills; able to lead without direct authority.

- Exceptional organization and prioritization skills.

- Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.

- Analytical thinker with the ability to interpret data and assess systemic risks.

- Strong verbal and written communication; able to present findings to all levels of the organization.

- High integrity and objectivity in evaluating compliance and performance.

📌 Production And Quality Manager (Hermosillo)
🏢 Higher Recruitment
📍 Hermosillo