Head of Quality

Tutor is hiring a Head of Quality to lead quality as a function, alongside the Head of Manufacturing. You own the quality system, supplier quality across our supply base, product safety certifications, and the quality targets the company holds itself to. The quality engineers and the quality manager report to you, and you grow the team from there. You report to the CTO. As our operations organization grows, you and the Head of Manufacturing will report to the leader of that organization. This is a building role. The first pieces, incoming inspection, supplier controls and failure analysis, are being put in place by the team you will lead. Your job is to turn them into a system that holds as production grows, a supplier base we can trust, and a quality record that customers and certifying bodies can verify. You have the authority to hold any shipment that is not right.

Responsibilities

Lead quality as a function, alongside the Head of Manufacturing; Own the quality system; Own supplier quality across the supply base; Own product safety certifications; Own the quality targets the company holds itself to; Lead and grow the quality engineers and quality manager; Turn incoming inspection, supplier controls and failure analysis into a system that holds as production grows; Build a supplier base the company can trust; Maintain a quality record that customers and certifying bodies can verify; Hold any shipment that is not right

Requirements

You have led a quality function at a company that builds complex electromechanical hardware in volume; You have built or rebuilt a quality system and taken it through ISO 9001 or an equivalent certification; You have run supplier quality across a supply base, including suppliers overseas; You have taken a product through product safety certification; You have built and led a team of quality engineers and managers; You make decisions from data, and you can hold a shipment when the data says so

Nice to have

Robotics, automation, vehicles, or capital equipment; Reliability engineering methods: life testing, failure rate analysis, design reviews; Building quality data and tooling that other teams use; Experience with manufacturing execution systems

Benefits

Fully employer-covered health insurance; Managed 401(k); Unlimited PTO and all federal holidays off for full-time salaried employees; 16+ days of accrued paid time off plus 1.5x pay on federal holidays for hourly employees; Regular in-office meals and team social events throughout the year