Director of Quality

Pflugerville, TXfull time

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Allen Control Systems Director of Quality at Allen Control Systems to build and lead the quality function including the path toward ISO 9001. Responsible for setting multi-year quality strategy and maintaining quality at the source across manufacturing, supply base, and customers.

Responsibilities

Strategic & Long-Range Leadership
Own the long-range quality strategy, translating business goals into a multi-year plan for systems, staffing, and capability.
Architect our Quality Management System — including our path toward ISO 9001 — from the ground up, building processes that are clear and simple, not just audit-ready.
Own the audit calendar as the QMS matures, treating findings as strategic input, not a checkbox.
Set and report quality KPIs (defect rates, first-pass yield, complaints, supplier performance); a data point is noise, a trend is a signal.
Put every requirement, gate, and approval on trial — if no one can name who owns it and why it exists, that's the signal to cut it, not preserve it.
Ground Truth & Root Cause
Get out onto the floor, into supplier facilities, and in front of customers regularly — not just working from what's reported up the chain.
Personally lead or coach RCCA using practical, lightweight tools (5 Whys, direct observation) instead of heavy formal methodologies when they aren't warranted.
Move with urgency: default to “why can't this be fixed today,” not “when can we fit this in.”
Supply Chain & Supplier Quality
Build a close partnership with Supply Chain and supplier quality engineers, treating supplier quality as a shared mission.

Qualification

8+ years in quality leadershipExperience building or scaling a QMSA track record of practical

Required

8+ years in quality leadership, ideally in manufacturing, hardware, or defense/aerospace.
Experience building or scaling a QMS; ISO 9001 experience strongly preferred (we are not yet certified — you'll help drive us there).
A track record of practical, tool-light RCCA (5 Whys, direct observation) over heavyweight, paperwork-driven processes.
Experience partnering closely with Supply Chain and supplier quality engineers.
Comfort operating at both strategic altitude and on the floor — this is a hands-on role, not a desk job.
Strong communication skills and the ability to influence engineering, manufacturing, and executive leadership alike.

Benefits

Dental
Vision
PTO
Equity/RSU

Company

Allen Control Systems

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