Quality Manager

Your Job

Lead quality initiatives for Molex's Aerospace and Defense Solutions division, ensuring compliance with rigorous industry standards and driving continuous improvement across manufacturing processes, materials, and products. This role is critical to supporting high-reliability applications for military, aerospace, and defense markets.

Our Team

What You Will Do

• Develop and implement standards and methods for inspection, testing, and evaluation of products and processes.
• Design sampling procedures and create documentation for recording, evaluating, and reporting quality and reliability data.
• Establish programs to evaluate precision and accuracy of production equipment and testing facilities.
• Drive methods for disposition of discrepant material and assess cost and responsibility.
• Direct team members engaged in measuring and testing product quality and reliability.
• Compile and deliver training on quality control activities.
• Partner with suppliers to ensure quality standards through audits and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Interpret company policies and enforce safety regulations.
• Support quality functions of day-to-day manufacturing operations.
• Provide coaching and development to your team, and ensure your entire organization is leveraging its individual and collective comparative advantage.
• Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and drive improvement.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, quality, or related field OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in quality systems, manufacturing, or engineering within aerospace, defense, or high-reliability industries.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to apply statistical methods and quality tools such as SPC, root cause analysis, and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Ability to interpret technical standards and regulatory requirements.
• 3+ years of supervisory experience

What Will Put You Ahead

• ASQ certification (CQE, CQA) or Six Sigma certification.
• Experience with NADCAP, AS9100, or MIL standards.
• Proven leadership in supplier quality management and audits.

For this role, we anticipate paying $80,000 - $130,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a leader in aerospace and defense electronics, AirBorn, a Molex company, is a leader committed to engineering and manufacturing excellence.

With a legacy of over six decades, we take pride in our team of passionate and skilled professionals who play a pivotal role in developing and manufacturing mission-critical products. Our cutting-edge solutions are not only found on Mars, in fighter jets, submarines, and in the far reaches of space. We understand the mission critical environments in which our products operate, and our commitment to excellence drives us to ensure their unwavering reliability. Whether you are a seasoned industry expert or have fresh talent seeking to soar in your career, we invite you to embark on a journey of creativity, growth, and achievement with us.

Discover how your talents can take flight and make an impactful contribution to our mission-critical endeavors at AirBorn!

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).