Quality Manager

Orbital Materials
Canada
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Quality & Regulatory (Non-Software)Experience: 8-12 yearsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving","Team management","Quality assurance"]

Lead the quality department for a new data-center hardware program, building and scaling a QMS from concept to field life while overseeing supplier quality during outsourced manufacture and later in-house production. Establish processes, controls, and audits to ensure safe, compliant, and reliable CPP modules (CDUs, chillers, modular data centers) across phases.

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Orbital Materials
Orbital Materials
10 months ago

Quality Manager

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Job Summary

Lead the quality department for a new data-center hardware program, building and scaling a QMS from concept to field life while overseeing supplier quality during outsourced manufacture and later in-house production. Establish processes, controls, and audits to ensure safe, compliant, and reliable CPP modules (CDUs, chillers, modular data centers) across phases.
Location: Canada
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Quality & Regulatory (Non-Software)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Source and qualify contract manufacturers and key suppliers, conducting technical and commercial audits (capacity, process capability, ISO 9001/14001, special processes, EHS).
  • •Define CTQs/CTPs, control plans, PFMEA/DFMEA alignment, MSA, vendor submissions, and oversee FOK pilot builds for CM partners.
  • •Establish supplier quality agreements, traceability schema, inspection/test instructions, and packaging/labeling/handling standards.
  • •Implement supplier scorecards (OTD, PPM, responsiveness, audit scores); run QBRs and drive SCAR/CAPA with effectiveness verification and aging control.
  • •Build and manage an in-house quality organization (QMS backbone, SOPs/WIs, document control, and e-sign workflows) for a new manufacturing plant.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:PensionHealth InsuranceVisionEquityPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •8–12+ years in complex electro-mechanical/thermal hardware quality; cooling/pressure systems (CDUs, cold plates, manifolds) or similar manufacturing.
  • •Mastery of APQP, DFMEA/PFMEA, Control Plans, MSA (GR&R), SPC, 8D/A3, DOE.
  • •QMS ownership (ISO 9001) and audit management; rigorous configuration/document control.
  • •Experience or familiarity with using AI to improve and automate processes.
  • •Supplier quality leadership (audits, special-process approval, global containment).
Experience:8-12 yearsIndustrialAiData centers
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solvingTeam managementQuality assurance
Certifications:ISO 9001
Tech Stack:MinitabExcelBI toolsPLMERPMESRFIDBarcoding

Company Brief

Orbital Materials
Designs and develops hardware and materials for orbital applications, focusing on modular spacecraft components, deployable habitats, and technologies that support on‑orbit operations, manufacturing, and logistics for commercial and government space missions.
Industry: Space Technology
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