Senior Technical Program Manager, Quality
Core
Build end-to-end quality systems connecting defects to root cause and cost impact to drive financial and schedule outcomes for autonomous aircraft production.
Role type
Senior Technical Program Manager (Quality Systems)
Builds
Closed-loop quality frameworks, KPIs linking operational metrics to program cost/schedule, and reproducible analysis pipelines.
Domain
Defense / Aerospace manufacturing / Autonomous systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Technical program management, quality engineering, cost-of-poor-quality (COPQ) analysis, cross-functional resolution, manufacturing process knowledge, quantitative modeling, data pipeline management
Preferred skills
Lean Six Sigma, causal modeling, predictive quality analytics, Palantir Foundry, AS9100 quality management
Technologies
Palantir Foundry, statistical process control software, version control, scripting
Responsibilities
Own cost-of-quality trending and closed-loop resolution rates; drive cross-team resolution across engineering, production, and supply chain; build KPIs connecting quality metrics to program outcomes; leverage quantitative models to identify defect patterns; prepare technical briefings for government stakeholders; maintain reproducible analysis pipelines.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
