Full-Time

Head of Quality

ABL Space Systems

ABL Space Systems

201-500 employees

Rockets for small satellite launches

Aerospace

Senior, Expert

El Segundo, CA, USA

Requirements
  • Bachelor's aerospace engineering, manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, or similar degree from accredited university or 10+ years' experience in quality organization
  • 2+ years in a quality leadership role
  • 5+ years leading quality initiatives in an aerospace field
  • Experience with AS9100 certification processes and GIDEP
  • Dedicated team player who's excited about ABL's mission!
  • Critical thinking: ABL engineers understand the “why” behind all design decisions, operational events and test outcomes
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity: ABL engineers must be comfortable defining their own pathway to an objective
  • End-to end ownership: projects are delivered fully complete and ready for flight
  • Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time
  • Ability to use a computer to complete assignments
  • Ability to communicate with individuals and groups in person, by phone and telepresence
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee will typically work in an office environment
Responsibilities
  • Lead, develop and grow the quality organization, this will include quality inspectors, NDE inspectors and build reliability
  • Develop and own quality procedures and processes to manage the transition of parts and assemblies from development to high rate production
  • Create the quality roadmap to ensure proper processes and training is in place for customer satisfaction
  • Manage AS9100 certification efforts and ensure continual improvement
  • Work closely with production and engineering teams to manage priorities to support critical path and schedule

ABL Space Systems was founded in 2017 by veterans of SpaceX and Morgan Stanley to develop low-cost launch vehicles for the small satellite industry. More importantly, they're building a launch system they are truly proud of – no gimmicks or over-design, just reliable, rapidly deployable launches.

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$460.2M

Headquarters

El Segundo, California

Founded

2017

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-8%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

22%
INACTIVE