Lockheed Martin · 10 hours ago
Program Quality Manager
Sunnyvale, CA
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expLockheed Martin is a leader in aerospace and defense, and they are seeking a Program Quality Manager to oversee quality requirements across program life-cycles. The role involves leading quality management initiatives, ensuring compliance with quality standards, and collaborating with program teams to mitigate risks and enhance product reliability.
AerospaceCyber SecurityMachinery ManufacturingMilitaryNational SecurityRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Leads those who manage the implementation and execution of program quality requirements
Responsible for all aspects of Quality across the programs life-cycle
Requires an understanding of quality tasks across quality functions, and customers
Proficient in company policies
Partners with program teams as the Quality Lead for design, development, and mobilization phases of program execution
Performs contract reviews and flows down contract quality requirements to quality team
Establishes quality budgets and cost commitments
Serves on the program area Risk and Opportunity Review Boards; nominates risks and opportunities
Ensures Quality Assurance Plans are documented and current and implemented
Schedules and ensures assessments of program (e.g. quality audits)
Participates in independent program reviews to understand risks and drive Return to Green plans
Maintains a DCMA/Customer quality relationship
Establishes and maintains effective Quality Program Team business rhythm
Program Quality functional management, responsible for ownership for the Quality Management System
Quality & Process Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Provide expertise to the program to anticipate, predict, and prevent potential mission risk issues by resolving them as early in the program life cycle and at the lowest program level possible
Working with Engineering and Operations, develop accurate and actionable processes and metrics to support high-reliability, high-rate production and on-time delivery
Failure Resolution Cognizance – Review all major anomalies for adequacy of root cause identification, corrective actions, validity of conclusions, and effectiveness of implemented corrective measures
Potential Reach Across Cognizance – Ensure issues that have the potential of reach across to other Strategic Reentry Products and other missile development programs are known and communicated
Qualification
Required
Bachelors or higher level technical or business degree or any other related degree from an accredited college, or equivalent experience/combined education, with professional experience and specialized training commensurate with assignment in lieu of education
Experience with Quality systems and/ or tools
Must be able to perform in a team and customer-focused work environment, maintaining effective communication with internal / external customers
Must be a U.S. Citizen and have the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance
Leads those who manage the implementation and execution of program quality requirements
Responsible for all aspects of Quality across the programs life-cycle
Requires an understanding of quality tasks across quality functions, and customers
Proficient in company policies
Partners with program teams as the Quality Lead for design, development, and mobilization phases of program execution
Performs contract reviews and flows down contract quality requirements to quality team
Establishes quality budgets and cost commitments
Serves on the program area Risk and Opportunity Review Boards; nominates risks and opportunities
Ensures Quality Assurance Plans are documented and current and implemented
Schedules and ensures assessments of program (e.g. quality audits)
Participates in independent program reviews to understand risks and drive Return to Green plans
Maintains a DCMA/Customer quality relationship
Establishes and maintains effective Quality Program Team business rhythm
Program Quality functional management, responsible for ownership for the Quality Management System
You will need to be a driving force to guide technical decisions for product development
Quality & Process Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Provide expertise to the program to anticipate, predict, and prevent potential mission risk issues by resolving them as early in the program life cycle and at the lowest program level possible
Working with Engineering and Operations, develop accurate and actionable processes and metrics to support high-reliability, high-rate production and on-time delivery
Failure Resolution Cognizance – Review all major anomalies for adequacy of root cause identification, corrective actions, validity of conclusions, and effectiveness of implemented corrective measures
Potential Reach Across Cognizance – Ensure issues that have the potential of reach across to other Strategic Reentry Products and other missile development programs are known and communicated
Preferred
Bachelor or Masters degree in Science or Engineering preferred
Missile Defense Mission Or MDA-facing Experience Highly Preferred
Experience across all aspects of the program lifecycle, such as design, development and production
Demonstrated ability to influence technical leaders and program executives
Missile Defense system hardware/software development and integration experience
Experience with failure investigations or failure analysis
Current Secret Clearance
8+ years of related quality engineering experiences
Leadership experiences
Company
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.06BKey Investors
Air Force Research Laboratory
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2025-08-28Post Ipo Debt· $3B
2023-11-13Grant· $33.7M
Leadership Team
Jim Taiclet
Chairman, President & CEO
Craig Martell
Chief Technology Officer
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