Quality Assurance Lead

Quality Assurance Lead
North Charleston, SC
Secret Clearance Required to Start with Upgrade to TS/SCI

Position Requirements and Duties:
The Quality Assurance Lead will define company best practices for Quality, develop tailored solutions in implement Quality to support proposals, and provide corporate support to multiple active production/ integration program.

Responsibilities include:
•     Coordinate, manage, and develop quality assurance activities throughout the product cycle
•     Develop and maintain technical quality assurance and control systems
•     Define standards, methods, and procedures for inspecting and testing products
•     Select, develop, evaluate, and manage Inspection, Quality Planning, and Quality Engineering personnel
•     Oversee compliance audits, in-coming product inspections, and supplier monitoring
•     Provide quality-related training as needed
•     Interpret quality-related requirements, especially related to Quality and Procurement
•     Define quality technical requirements for product design, procurement, assembly, and testing
•     Collaborate with manufacturing engineering teams to incorporate inspection plans into work instructions
•     Review technical data to ensure quality requirements are included and identify key characteristics
•     Integrate metrics into an oversight strategy
•     Collect and analyze program and QA metrics for trends and improvements
•     Provide an overview of product and process performance for continuous improvement
•     Coordinate monthly, weekly, and ad-hoc reporting to customer and SAIC management

Qualifications:
•     US Citizen
•     TS Clearance eligibility
•     Bachelor's degree in quality, technology, information security, or related field and at least five (5) years of directly related experience in an information security, regulatory, privacy or compliance role or equivalent years of relevant work experience

Desired Qualifications:
•     Knowledge of lean and six-sigma quality methodologies to help drive continuous improvement
•     Vendor/Supplier audit/oversight experience
•     Experience working DoD programs

Required Certifications: 
•     ASQ Certifications (CQA, CSQE, CQE, and CMQ/OE)
•     DoD 8570 Classification IAT-II and CSSP Compliant Certifications 
 

Company Overview

Adapt Forward is a cybersecurity solutions provider for some of the nation’s most valuable information systems. Leveraging advanced threat assessment technology and experience in building high-level information security infrastructure, we develop adaptive solutions uniquely tailored to our customers’ business objectives to protect sensitive data against sophisticated threats in an increasingly complex security environment.

Summary of Benefits

• Comprehensive Physical Wellness Package, including Medical, Dental, Vision Care, plus Flexible Spending Accounts for health- and dependent-care are included in our standard benefits plan.
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Contribution is immediately available and vested.
• Annual Training Budget to be used for conference attendance, school enrollment, certification programs, and associated travel expenses.
• Eleven Federal Holidays, plus three weeks of PTO/vacation/sick leave that accrues at a rate of ten hours per month.
• Employee Assistance Program: Counseling/legal assistance and other employee well-being programs are also offered.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Adapt Forward is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in the workplace and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, religion, age, gender, sexuality, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Adapt Forward promotes affirmative action for minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans.