5h ago

Director of Mission Assurance

Hawthorne, CA

$175k-$220k / year

full-timeleadcybersecurity

๐Ÿ’ผ About This Role

You'll lead mission assurance across supplier quality, hardware quality, and configuration management at CHAOS Industries, a defense tech company with a multi-product portfolio giving warfighters domain dominance. You'll establish independent assurance authority across manufacturing and supplier environments, ensuring products and processes meet compliance and mission-readiness requirements. Build scalable systems supporting a rapidly growing production scale.

๐ŸŽฏ What You'll Do

  • Lead supplier quality, manufacturing quality, inspection, and configuration management
  • Drive CAPA, root-cause investigations, and quality improvement initiatives
  • Own configuration integrity including ECO/ECN governance and serialized tracking
  • Maintain readiness for AS9100, FAR/DFARS, and audit/compliance requirements

๐Ÿ“‹ Requirements

  • 12+ years in quality, mission assurance, supplier quality, or configuration management leadership
  • 5+ years managing multi-functional quality organizations
  • Experience in aerospace, defense, RF, electronics, or high-reliability manufacturing
  • Strong understanding of configuration-controlled and serialized hardware environments

โœจ Nice to Have

  • Experience supporting radar, RF, or advanced electronics manufacturing
  • Familiarity with DCMA/DCAA engagement and traceability-controlled production
  • ASQ, CQE, CMII, or equivalent certification

๐ŸŽ Benefits & Perks

  • ๐Ÿฅ 100% paid health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ 401k with 50% match up to 6%
  • ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ Free daily lunch
  • ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Unlimited PTO
  • ๐Ÿข Pre-IPO stock option grants and relocation assistance

๐Ÿ“จ Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks ยท AI estimate

  1. 1Phone Screenยท 30 min
  2. 2Technical Interviewยท 60 min
  3. 3On-site Interviewยท 120 min
0 0 0