Director, Quality

Director, Quality Compensation: $175,000–$210,000 + equity Location: El Segundo, CA Work Policy: Onsite Level: Level 6 Hiring Count: 1 Core KPIs: Quality-system development, AS9100 and NADCAP readiness, production yield, prevention of customer escapes, root-cause resolution, and quality-team development Who we are Rangeview is on a mission to build the foundry system that reindustrializes America. We exist to break the legacy manufacturing trap by reinventing critical production for the twenty-first century. Through advanced software, deep automation, breakthroughs in materials science, and modern financing strategies, Rangeview rewrites both the cost curve and the power structure of making metal parts. Here is a video where you can check out our team, office and what we are doing here at Rangeview, Inc. What’s in it for you As the Director of Quality, you will be the primary architect of Rangeview’s technical quality, reliability, and compliance ecosystem. You will build and scale the organization, systems, and processes required to ensure Rangeview’s hardware consistently meets rigorous customer, industry, and regulatory requirements. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who can operate at both the strategic and tactical levels. You will define the long-term quality roadmap, build a world-class team, lead certification efforts, and work directly with engineering, manufacturing, operations, customers, and executive leadership to improve yield, prevent escapes, and resolve complex technical issues. You will ultimately own the “how” behind Rangeview’s commitment to product quality and manufacturing reliability. What you’ll do Serve as the leader accountable for the Quality organization and the primary point of ownership for product reliability, compliance, and certification activities. Establish the organizational structure and recruit the personnel required to build a world-class quality team capable of supporting reliable, high-volume manufacturing. Develop and scale Rangeview’s quality-management systems, processes, standards, and operating procedures. Lead certification and compliance efforts for applicable industry and customer standards, including AS9100, ISO 9001, NADCAP, and related requirements. Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, local, contractual, and regulatory requirements, including FAR and DFARS requirements where applicable. Define the Quality organization’s strategy, objectives, operating roadmap, and performance metrics in support of company and production targets. Develop and justify departmental budgets, headcount plans, capital-expenditure proposals, and long-term investment strategies. Manage executive communications and cross-functional relationships across engineering, manufacturing, operations, supply chain, and leadership. Develop clear and objective quality and reliability success criteria for products, processes, equipment, and production systems. …