
Supply Chain Quality Manager - PIMD - Newport Beach, CA
Airbus Americas · Newport Beach, CA
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $130k–$160k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 8+ years
- Certification
- Black Belt preferred
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management quality role at Airbus Americas (aerospace & defense) in Newport Beach, CA. If you are interested in applying, you will need to live in the surrounding area, or relocate to Newport Beach.
- They ask for
- 8+ years · degree required · Black Belt preferred
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Black Belt, Green Belt, APQP, Assembly lines
- Base pay
- $130k–$160k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in California: typical posted base $100k–$149k. This one lists $130k–$160k.
Median of the low and high ends of 89 live postings that list pay, out of 189 quality engineer openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 188 other live quality postings in California.
- Base pay
- About 17% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (8+ vs 5+)
Typical $100k–$148k, from 86 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 77%
- FMEA 54%
- Supplier quality 49%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 46%
- AS9100 43%
- ISO 9001 39%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Assembly lines, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Quality team at Airbus Americas
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
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- 3
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- The posting mentions a Black Belt. Does the company sponsor certification?
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- 5
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This plant: Airbus Americas in Newport Beach
1 other open role at this site.
Full description from Airbus AmericasAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
- ✓Manage Suppliers' preventive/corrective action plans so achievements are at the expected level in terms of end results.
- ✓Manage relationships with internal stakeholders, such as MFT leaders, Programs and Final Assembly Lines (FALs). This includes communication, customer / supplier relation & meetings, and improvement actions.
Requirements
The job content requires the ability to travel via car and airplane. Must be able to sit, stand, walk, and view computer monitor for long periods of time. Requires hearing and vision.
This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
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Job Description
Airbus Commercial is looking for a Supply Chain and Quality Manager to join our Procurement department based in Newport Beach, CA, or must relocate to the area. You also must be willing to travel by car and plane to supplier sites.
The position supports: on-time delivery and quality of standard parts from suppliers and their sub-tiers; assessment of the supplier's rate readiness; secures industrial quality performance to support future rates; consolidates the industrial risk outlook and mitigation actions.
Meet the team
Airbus Procurement Operations team is made up of cross national teams of Supply Chain Quality Managers, Specialists, and Leads located in the EU, North America & Asia continents. Our mission is to acquire indirect goods and services for Airbus commercial aircraft and helicopters, playing a major role in generating value and giving to the overall competitiveness of the company. Our team members ensure on-time delivery and on-quality of equipment and systems, drawing on their expertise in Industrial, Operations & Quality Management, and positive relationship building skills to problem-solve and proactively mitigate supply chain issues.
Your working environment
This role will be based out of our Newport Beach, CA offices. If you are interested in applying, you will need to live in the surrounding area, or relocate to Newport Beach.
How we care for you
- •Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
- •Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
- •Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
- •Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.
At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and accessibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.
Your challenges
- •Work onsite at either of the allocated supplier site minimum 3 days a week
- •Ensure maturity and robustness of Supplier's manufacturing and supply chain processes to avoid supply failures
- •Drive continuous improvement of Supply Chain related performances for deliveries of supplied products
- •Review supplier capacity and capability to secure ramp-up period as well as Airbus industrial objectives (major planning changes, ramp down, etc.)
- •Monitor and analyze performance through Key Performance Indicators and organizing the surveillance of the suppliers through audits, assessments, recovery plan and mission, CID (Corrective, Improvement, Development) and industrial risks management with internal and external concerned parties
- •Initiate and organize supplier's ramp-up capacity and capabilities assessments in order to secure ramp-up or major planning changes
- •Monitor major industrial risks, major changes (industrial transfers, major planning changes) and supporting design changes on an industrial point of view in order to protect Airbus operations
- •Initiate and follow recovery plans with Suppliers in case of delivery performances degradation to ensure deliveries are back to Airbus
Your boarding pass
- •Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Industrial Engineering or similar field. Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of education.
- •8+ years professional experience in a procurement operations and supply chain environment (monitoring, auditing, developing suppliers/operations) or equivalent.
- •Knowledge and expertise of Quality Regulations, Quality Core Tools Knowledge, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Practical Problem Solving, International Mgmt. system standards, Authorities / Regulations / Standards, Knowledge of QMS, Auditing/Assessing, IPCA+ and CCP tools / Risk Management / Continuous Improvement (Lean Six Sigma) desirable.
- •Valid Driver’s License
- •Green Belt/Black Belt certification, CPIM certification (Certified in Production & Inventory Management)
- •Authorization to work in the U.S. is required.
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Company
Airbus Americas, Inc.
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