Quality Assurance Lead (ABU DHABI, AE)

EDGE Group
Abu Dhabi
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: QA, Test & Release EngineeringExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Executive leadership","Governance","Root-cause analysis","Cross-functional collaboration","Risk-based decision making"]

Lead enterprise quality assurance and quality control across advanced defense manufacturing, driving regulatory, contractual, and customer compliance throughout the full production lifecycle. Establish and continuously improve the organization’s QMS (including EN/AS 9100 and ISO 9001 practices), govern NCR/MRB and CAPA using 8D, and support industrialization and ramp-up readiness. Own supplier quality strategy, quality KPIs, and lead customer, regulatory, and third-party audits as final quality authority when required.

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Quality Assurance Lead (ABU DHABI, AE)

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Job Summary

Lead enterprise quality assurance and quality control across advanced defense manufacturing, driving regulatory, contractual, and customer compliance throughout the full production lifecycle. Establish and continuously improve the organization’s QMS (including EN/AS 9100 and ISO 9001 practices), govern NCR/MRB and CAPA using 8D, and support industrialization and ramp-up readiness. Own supplier quality strategy, quality KPIs, and lead customer, regulatory, and third-party audits as final quality authority when required.
Location: Abu Dhabi
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: QA, Test & Release Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide executive leadership for Quality Assurance & Quality Control across the full manufacturing lifecycle to ensure regulatory, contractual, and customer compliance.
  • •Establish, govern, and continuously improve the enterprise Quality Management System (QMS), including procedures, control plans, traceability, and calibration governance.
  • •Own non-conformance and CAPA governance (NCR/MRB), ensuring fast containment, robust RCA (8D), and prevention of recurrence.
  • •Lead quality readiness for industrialization and ramp-up, including validation support, inspection/control plan readiness, and change impact management (ECR/ECN).
  • •Define and govern quality KPIs and risk indicators, drive cross-functional actions, and lead customer/regulatory/third-party audits as final quality authority when required.

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years in quality leadership roles within defense, aerospace, or other high-reliability manufacturing environments.
  • •Proven experience establishing and governing enterprise QMS (EN/AS 9100 family, ISO 9001) in regulated production settings.
  • •Track record of quality governance across industrialization, ramp-up, serial production, system integration, and customer acceptance.
  • •Experience leading supplier quality strategy and defense supply chain oversight, including audits, risk classification, and escalation.
  • •Executive-level experience managing non-conformance, CAPA governance, regulatory compliance, and customer audit engagement.
Experience:10+ yearsDefenseAerospaceHigh-reliability manufacturingRegulated manufacturing
Skills:Executive leadershipGovernanceRoot-cause analysisCross-functional collaborationRisk-based decision making
Tech Stack:EN/AS 9100ISO 9001QMSCAPANCRMRB8DECRECNQuality KPIsQuality risk indicators

Company Brief

EDGE Group
EDGE Group PJSC is an Abu Dhabi–based advanced technology and defence conglomerate (launched Nov 2019) developing autonomous systems, electronic warfare, precision weapons, cyber and naval/aerospace solutions for military and dual-use markets.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Government & Public Sector
Funding: Government Funded
Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Founded: 2019
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