FMS Aerospace

FMS Aerospace

Quality Manager

Huntsville, Alabama

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About the role

  • FMS Aerospace is seeking a highly organized and detail‑oriented Quality Manager to join our Huntsville team.
  • This role oversees all quality-related functions across various departments, ensuring consistent adherence to quality policies and procedures, and facilitates the company's best practices within an aerospace/ aviation environment.
  • Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) across the company related to quality, defects, and process improvements.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, implement, and maintain the AS9100-compliant Quality Management System across all departments having an in-depth knowledge of all company processes and procedures.
  • Lead internal and external audits, including AS9100 certification and surveillance audits.
  • Lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action (CAPA) processes.
  • Create and maintain corrective action requests (CARs), both internally and externally.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 7+ years of quality management experience in the aerospace/aviation industry.
  • Proven experience managing or maintaining an AS9100-certified Quality Management System.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to excel in a fast-paced environment.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
  • Proficiency in written and spoken English.
  • U.S. citizenship required.
  • Strong knowledge of:
  • Experience with FAI documentation and CoC processes.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, regulated environment
  • Education & Experience
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving abilities.
  • Active DoD Secret (or higher) Security Clearance.
  • Technical Knowledge
  • GD&T (ASME Y14.5)
  • Reading mechanical drawings

Nice to have

  • Background in aviation airframe modifications and/or the aerospace industry.
  • DoD or military experience.
  • Experience utilizing FARO scanning arm in an internal controlled environment and externally in the field.
  • Experience in PolyWorks Metrology Suite
  • ASQ certifications (e.g., Certified Quality Manager (CQM), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE))
  • Experience and/or working knowledge with SolidWorks CAD software.
  • Experience with Unanet software.
  • Experience with ERP/MRP systems and quality management software.

Compensation

  • Industry-competitive compensation package

Benefits

  • Company performance-based bonus plan
  • Equity stock-based compensation package
  • Employer-funded comprehensive health, vision, and dental insurance for employees and dependents

Company info

  • FMS Aerospace Company Profile
  • Founded in 2013, FMS is a growing, flexible, customer-driven aircraft structural engineering and flight test company with manufacturing capability.
  • We have many opportunities with a variety of types of projects with both foreign and domestic governments and commercial customers across many types of aircraft.
  • Act as the primary liaison with customers and regulatory bodies on quality-related matters.

Equal opportunity

  • Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings and its family of companies does not discriminate or permit discrimination by any member of its community against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, marital status, age, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by federal or state law in matters of employment, promotion, services or activities it operates.
  • All decisions on employment are made to further the principle of equal employment within FMS.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • citizenship required

This listing is sourced directly from FMS Aerospace's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.