
Quality Assurance Engineer Manager
Johnson City, TNFull-time$80–110K/yrPosted 1mo agoStill listed 1 day ago
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Moog’s Space and Defense Group is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineering Manager to lead quality operations at its Johnson City site. Reporting to the Site Manager, the manager will oversee the Quality Management System, quality engineering staff, customer engagement, and continuous improvement. The role supports manufacturing and defense-related operations and requires approximately 5% travel.
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Moog is a performance culture that empowers people to achieve great things. Our people enjoy solving interesting technical challenges in a culture where everyone trusts each other to do the right thing. For you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.
Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer Manager Reporting To: Site Manager Work Schedule: Onsite – Johnson City, TNQuality Assurance Engineer Manager
Moog Space and Defense Group is the operating group with the longest heritage at Moog. The ever-evolving markets we serve require innovation and allow for constantly developing career opportunities. Our expansive defense portfolio is aligned with U.S. military priorities and our mission of “equipping those who defend freedom.”
Our team in Space & Defense is looking for a Quality Assurance Manager to join them. You will report to the Site Manager and will have an onsite work schedule in Johnson City, TN.
To be considered for the Quality Assurance Engineering Manager role, here’s what you’ll need to bring with you:
- Bachelor’s degree; Engineering or another technical discipline preferred.
- 5 years of experience in a hands on quality-related role within a manufacturing environment.
- 2 years of management and/or related leadership experience, preferably within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience with ISO9001and AS9100 compliance standards- conduct internal and external audits.
- Experience with Root cause corrective action RCCA.
- Experience with budgets, calculating risks, managing matrixed environment and ability to communicate with stakeholders.
- Thorough understanding of the requirements necessary to maintain an effective Quality Management System (QMS).
- Willingness and ability to travel approximately 5% to support business needs.
As a Quality Assurance Engineer Manager, you will:
- Assure 100% Product quality to customer through collaborating and consultancy with peers and functional leaders to establish best practices and by sharing the “Quality First” message across all levels.
- Ensure the Quality Management System is compliant to 3rd party regulatory agencies such as AS9100/ISO9001
- Ensure and promote customer engagement through effective communication and interactions including for manufacturing and quality related content such as Failure Analysis and Root Cause and Corrective Actions.
- Report Key Process Indicators that improve customer satisfaction and financial performance including being an agent for continuous improvement.
- Accountable for the framework necessary to support the Quality Management System. This includes Quality personnel specific accountabilities and maintaining procedural methods, in accordance with AS9100 & ISO9001.
- Oversee the activity of the Johnson City Quality Engineering staff & the incorporation of organizational excellence through Lean practices and continuous improvement tool usage.
- Responsible for team oversight and direction towards reduction in scrap cost, rework cost and quality escapes to customers.
- Manage/oversee Product Warrantees, Repair Team, new design releases with Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, Tool Design, and Technical Writing staff and implement the necessary protocols for achieving the customer's contractual expectations.
- Develop Quality Engineers to better achieve business goals in addition to individual career development.
- Daily interface with Production Supervisors, Operators, Operations Support, and multiple offshore operations on production/quality related issues.
- Perform other responsibilities as assigned to support business operations
How We Care for You:
- Financial Rewards: great compensation package, bonus opportunities, matching 401k, and the ability to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan (select locations), Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
- Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program, relocation assistance.
- Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
- Professional Skills Development: Tuition Assistance, mentorship and coaching opportunities, leadership development and other personal growth programs
- Culture: Warm, respectful, family-like environment driven by our 12 core values. Multiple Employee Resource Groups led by our employees, open and welcoming to all.
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Salary Range Transparency: Johnson City, TN $80,000.00–$110,000.00 Annually Salary Range Disclaimer The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Moog salary range for this position in the given work location. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range(s) listed is just one component of Moog's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, employee stock purchase plan, an open paid time off policy, and many region-specific benefits.
This position requires access to U.S. export-controlled information.
Moog offers an inclusive workplace, and, as such, affirms the right of every person to participate in all aspects of employment based on merit without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, contact our Human Resources department via phone at 844-367-5787.
No unsolicited agency submittals please. Agency partners must be invited to participate in a search by our Talent Acquisition Team and have signed terms in place prior to any submittal. Absent compliance with these pre-conditions resumes submitted directly to any Moog Inc. employee or affiliate will not qualify for fee payment, and therefore become the property of Moog Inc.
How this job compares
Set against the 436 open Quality Assurance Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$80–110K/yr
- US median$91–140K/yr292 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $95K, is 22% below the US median midpoint ($121K) — in the middle half of Quality Assurance Manager salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 12 open Quality Assurance Manager jobs in Tennessee and 436 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Quality Assurance Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (308 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 117 of the 436 open Quality Assurance Manager jobs (27%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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