# QA/QC Manager

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: San Diego, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $92,300.00 - $166,850.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Leidos' Undersea Systems Division is seeking a QA/QC Manager in San Diego, CA to join a fast-paced R&D engineering group.

The selected candidate will be part of an elite, top-notch group and will be responsible for establishing, documenting, and enforcing a Quality Management System (QMS) across a multi-disciplinary project that integrates specialized sensor payloads into unmanned systems.

**Key Responsibilities & Duties:**

- Process Development and Standardization:

- Design, evaluate, and write process documentation, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Work Instructions (WIs), Test Plans, Acceptance Criteria Matrices, and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEAs).

- Develop scalable quality checkpoints that transition a system from the exploratory state (R&D prototype) into controlled, repeatable manufacturing processes.

- Implement Lean/Six Sigma methodologies and root cause analysis techniques to identify inefficiencies in testing, assembly, and integration workflows.

- Quality Assurance & Compliance:

- Ensure adherence of all project activities to relevant Navy/DoD standards, internal guidelines, and industry best practices.

- Oversee the quality assurance framework for two distinct systems: Vehicle Systems and Sensor Payloads.

- Conduct systematic internal audits of both processes and finished goods/systems.

- Leadership and Training:

- Lead the training curriculum for technical personnel on newly established QA/QC procedures and compliance requirements.

- Serve as the central resource regarding "how things are built and tested."

- Proactively identify single points of failure (SPOF) in both hardware design and procedural execution, mitigating risks through systemic controls.

**Required Knowledge, Skills & Competencies**

- Technical Expertise:

- Deep understanding of Quality Management Systems (QMS) theory and practical implementation.

- Expert knowledge in structured engineering methodologies.

- Demonstrated familiarity with advanced electronics, mechanical assemblies, and mission-critical hardware integration.

- Proficiency in drafting technical documents.

- Leadership & Process Skills:

- Exceptional ability to structure complex, ambiguous information into simple, actionable, and documented procedures.

- Strong experience managing high-tempo projects with aggressive timelines.

- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.

- Demonstrates a proactive, actionable mindset.

**Minimum Qualifications**

- Experience: Minimum of 7+ years' experience in Quality Assurance/Quality Control management within the Defense, Government Contractor, or specialized high-tech manufacturing sector.

- Sector Experience: Direct, demonstrable experience supporting integrated systems projects involving both advanced R&D prototypes and production-scale hardware units.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field.

- ASQ Certified Quality Manager/Engineer (CQE/CQA)

- Six Sigma Green or Black Belt.

## Skills

### Required
- Quality Management Systems
- Lean/Six Sigma
- Structured Engineering Methodologies
- Technical Documentation
- Leadership
- Communication

### Nice to have
- ASQ Certified Quality Manager/Engineer
- Six Sigma Green or Black Belt

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