Quality Manager – $1,500 Sign-On Bonus

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Advanced Assembly, Inc. (AAI), located in University Research Park on the west side of Madison, is looking to add a Quality Manager to our well-trained and experienced staff. Advanced Assembly, Inc. is an electronics manufacturing services provider of electronic assemblies and products, including the Captioned Telephone (CapTel). Our exceptional reputation has been earned through the years, based on production capability, reliability, and quality.
This full-time position offers a first shift schedule, a competitive starting wage, and a full benefits package. Wage depending on experience. Absent undue hardship, Advanced Assembly will make reasonable accommodations for religious beliefs and individuals with disabilities. 
New Employees – Sign-On Bonus: The company is offering a $1,500 sign-on bonus to newly-hired, full-time employees. The bonus will be paid on the first check following successful completion of the employee’s 90-day probationary period. 
Advanced Assembly offers a diverse, friendly, and casual work environment. We have a proven track record of stability, growth, and providing advancement opportunities. If you have an interest in working in a high-tech manufacturing environment, while learning, developing, and advancing your career in a skilled trade, we highly recommend you apply!

Job Summary: The Quality Manager is responsible for building, operating, and scaling Advanced Assembly’s quality infrastructure and shaping the company’s quality culture. This includes evolving the Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring compliance across all products, and preparing for future International Organization for Standardization (ISO) audits and re-certifications. The Quality Manager functions as the quality representative during the New Product Introduction (NPI) process and collaborates with customer teams to execute quality plans for production.

Essential Functions: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Lead the overall implementation of quality initiatives for manufactured products.
• Manage internal audits, customer audits, and compliance with ISO 9001/2015; function as quality liaison during regulatory audits.
• Collaborate directly with customers and suppliers on product/component quality and non-conformance issues.
• Provide statistical monitoring of quality and train manufacturing personnel on quality measurement tools.
• This role may require up to 15% travel to maintain customer and supplier relationships and to conduct site visits.
• Lead core quality system elements: document control, training, deviations/Corrective Action and Preventative Action (CAPA), change control, equipment qualification, and batch record processes.
• Author Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), policies, and quality plans to support robust product quality and manufacturing workflows.
• Ensure traceability and consistency throughout the manufacturing pre-build, build, and post-build processes.
• Conduct internal gap analyses and prepare the organization for ISO certification.
• Support validation of methods and analytical procedures used to ensure product consistency and fitness for use.
• Lead quality oversight of product release, in-process controls, and supplier qualification.
• Train staff across departments on quality standards and ensure understanding of QMS elements.
• Build a continuous improvement culture using metrics and data driven decision-making.
• Provide guidance to leadership team on quality risks and compliance strategy that supports company growth.

Supervisory Responsibilities:  Directly supervises Quality Assurance and Document Control positions.

Other Duties: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Requirements: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required.

• Bachelor’s degree in quality, engineering, or management, or associate’s degree and equivalent work experiences required. Master’s degree in quality assurance, engineering, or business administration preferred.
• 3-5 years in quality management within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated leadership in implementing ISO 9001/13485 quality systems.
• Experience with quality tools like root cause analysis, Eight Disciplines (8D), Design of Experiments (DOE), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Six Sigma Lean a plus.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Professional certifications, e.g., American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB), Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) preferred.
• Experience in the Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry a plus.

Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, hear and talk; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Physical ability to move and communicate freely in a typical office/manufacturing environment.
• Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

General Sign-Off: The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies and to act as a role model in the adherence of company policies. 

All qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment without regard to sex, race, color, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, student status, physical appearance, sexual orientation, political beliefs, religion, genetic information, gender identity, a less than honorable discharge from the military, and any other status protected by federal, state or local law and regulations.